Yes, you can smoke at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) after security, on three outdoor terraces: the SkyCourt mezzanine, the Pier 1 terrace at Terminal 2A next to Frei Café, and the Terminal 2B mezzanine terrace, all listed open 00:00 to 23:59 every day. Before security, smoke in the designated outdoor areas in front of the terminals, at least 5 metres from an entrance. There is no indoor smoking room; Hungarian law allows no enclosed smoking room in an airport (Act XLII of 1999 on the protection of non-smokers).
Terminal 2A: the SkyCourt and Pier 1 terraces
Two outdoor terraces after security. The SkyCourt mezzanine terrace sits in the SkyCourt, the building that joins Terminals 2A and 2B after security; the Pier 1 terrace is at Terminal 2A next to Frei Café. The airport lists both as open 00:00 to 23:59 every day and publishes no gate numbers for them, so ask staff for the nearest. Smoking anywhere else inside is not allowed, the quiet boxes included.
Terminal 2B: the mezzanine terrace
The third terrace is on the Terminal 2B mezzanine, which the airport’s terraces page also calls the Pier B mezzanine; it is listed open 00:00 to 23:59. Passport control for flights outside the Schengen area is in Terminal 2B after security, and the airport does not say which side of it the terrace is on, so ask staff if you are flying to a non-Schengen destination.
Before security: outside the terminals
Smoke in the designated outdoor areas in front of the terminals, at least 5 metres from an entrance, as the airport asks. Smoking anywhere else in the public areas of the airport is not allowed. The airport also lists a free outdoor terrace before security with a view of the Terminal 2A apron and publishes no smoking rule for it, so ask staff before smoking there.
Vaping
The airport publishes no rule of its own for e-cigarettes or heated tobacco, so ask staff before using either; Hungary’s rule on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco is on our Hungary guide below.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| SkyCourt mezzanine terrace (after security) | Yes | Outdoor; listed open 00:00 to 23:59 |
| Pier 1 terrace, Terminal 2A, next to Frei Café (after security) | Yes | Outdoor; listed open 00:00 to 23:59 |
| Terminal 2B mezzanine terrace (after security) | Yes | Outdoor; listed open 00:00 to 23:59; ask staff which side of passport control |
| Inside the terminals | No | No indoor smoking room listed |
| Designated outdoor areas in front of the terminals (before security) | Yes | At least 5 metres from an entrance |
| Vaping and heated tobacco | Ask staff | No airport rule published |
For Hungary’s airport smoking law, the fines and the vaping rule, see our Hungary airport guide.