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title: "Smoking at Surat Airport – STV"
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description: "Surat International Airport (STV) lists no smoking zone; a traveller described one on the first floor of the Security Hold Area in April 2025. Ask staff."
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# Smoking at Surat Airport – STV

Surat International Airport (STV) lists no smoking zone among the amenities on its carrier-information page, so smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks, before you arrive, and ask staff on the day. A traveller described a smoking zone opening on the first floor of the Security Hold Area, on the domestic side of the terminal, on 18 April 2025, citing an announcement from Surat Airport and the Airports Authority of India.

## Security Hold Area, First Floor

The traveller named the first floor of the Security Hold Area — the section of the terminal reached after the security checkpoint — on the domestic side of Surat’s single integrated terminal. Neither the airport nor Air India publishes it, so ask airline ground staff or the terminal information desk for the current spot when you arrive.

## Before Security

Neither the airport nor the traveller names a landside or outdoor smoking option at Surat, so smoke outside the airport property before you arrive.

## Vaping at Surat Airport

There is no vaping equivalent: the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act (PECA) 2019 bans e-cigarettes and vapes nationwide in India, so there is no legal vaping option at Surat Airport.

## Summary

| Area | Smoking | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Security Hold Area, 1st floor (domestic side) | Described by a traveller | 18 April 2025; not on Air India’s official listing; ask staff |
| Landside / before security | Not published | Smoke outside the airport property before you arrive |
| Vaping | No | Banned nationwide under PECA 2019 |

Travellers connecting onward through Gujarat’s other hub can compare notes at [smoking at Ahmedabad Airport (AMD)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/india/amd-ahmedabad-sardar-vallabhbhai-patel-international-airport/).

For India airport smoking rules, the PECA vape ban, lighter-machine instructions, and other rules, see our [India smoking guide](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/india/).

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Is there a smoking area at Surat Airport (STV)?

Surat International Airport’s own published listing does not include a smoking zone among its amenities. A traveller described one opening on the first floor of the Security Hold Area on 18 April 2025, citing an AAI announcement. Ask airline ground staff or the information desk on the day, and otherwise smoke outside the airport property before you arrive.

### Can I smoke inside the terminal at Surat Airport?

The airport’s own listing names no indoor smoking facility, and neither does Air India’s Surat page. A traveller described one in the domestic Security Hold Area on 18 April 2025; ask staff on the day.

### Where is the reported smoking area at Surat Airport?

The traveller named the first floor of the Security Hold Area, on the domestic side of the terminal. Ask airline ground staff or the terminal information desk for the current spot.

### Can I smoke after security at Surat Airport?

The traveller placed the smoking area in the Security Hold Area, the section after the security checkpoint; the airport itself lists none, so ask staff after you clear the checkpoint.

### Can I vape at Surat Airport?

Vaping carries the same restriction as smoking in India: the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act (PECA) 2019 bans e-cigarettes nationwide, so there is no legal way to bring or use one at Surat Airport.

### Does Air India's Surat Airport page list a smoking facility?

Air India’s official Surat Airport information page does not list a smoking facility among its amenities; the one description of a smoking area comes from a traveller on 18 April 2025\. Ask staff on the day.