Yes, you can smoke at Kutaisi International Airport (KUT) — outdoors, landside, outside the terminal building. Kutaisi Airport has not published details of an after-security smoking option on its own site, so treat the terminal interior as smoke-free once you’re through the doors.
Kutaisi International — officially David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport — is Georgia’s second-busiest airport, state-operated, and its passenger-facing website is still filling in some of the detail that older Georgian airports publish, including a dedicated smoking-area page.
Landside — Outside the Terminal
The option at Kutaisi is outdoors, outside the terminal building. Georgia’s tobacco-control law bans smoking in “buildings and other structures,” so open-air ground outside the terminal falls outside that ban; it’s the only smoking arrangement the airport itself documents. Use it before you check in, or after collecting your bags on arrival.
After Security
Kutaisi Airport’s site does not name or locate a smoking area on the secure side of the terminal, unlike its sister airports in Georgia. Georgian law exempts the transit zones of airports from the indoor-smoking ban, which is why Tbilisi maintains enclosed airside smoking booths; Kutaisi has not published whether it runs an equivalent facility, so departing and transiting passengers should plan on the landside option before they clear security.
Vaping
Georgia’s tobacco-control law treats e-cigarettes and heated tobacco the same as cigarettes, banned everywhere smoking is banned. Vaping is therefore confined to the same outdoor ground outside the terminal; the check-in hall and departure areas are vape-free.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal interior (general) | No | Smoke-free throughout |
| After security / airside | Not published | The airport does not document an after-security smoking option |
| Outdoor (landside) | Yes | Open air outside the terminal; not restricted by the indoor-smoking law |
| Vaping | Same as smoking | Outdoors, outside the terminal |
If you’re connecting through the capital, Tbilisi Airport’s enclosed airside smoking booths are a post-security option Kutaisi doesn’t document.
For Georgia’s national airport smoking rules and the airport transit-zone exemption, see our Georgia airport guide.