Indonesia is among the most flyer-friendly Southeast Asian countries for smokers. The world’s fourth-most-populous country has one of Asia’s highest adult smoking rates (~32% as of 2023), and tobacco regulation has stayed relatively relaxed compared to neighbouring Singapore, Malaysia, or Thailand. Indonesian airports — Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta (CGK), Bali Denpasar (DPS), Surabaya Juanda (SUB), Makassar Sultan Hasanuddin (UPG), and Manado Sam Ratulangi (MDC) — all maintain enclosed indoor smoking rooms post-security, with no signs of moving to outdoor-only.
For travellers, this matters most at Jakarta and Bali. Both are major transit airports for Australia, the broader Asia-Pacific region, and onward to Europe. Smokers transiting through Jakarta or Bali don’t need to leave the secure zone for a smoke break.
How Indonesian Airport Smoking Works
Indonesia’s Government Regulation No. 28/2024 requires workplaces and public places to provide designated smoking areas, and Indonesian airports provide theirs as enclosed indoor rooms rather than pushing smokers outside. The rooms are:
- Enclosed indoor cabins or larger rooms with ventilation
- Usually located post-security at major airports; a few secondary airports keep their confirmed room landside instead
- Free to use, no fees
- Often near food courts or in central concourse positions
- Available at most international terminals; some domestic-side terminals and secondary airports have no confirmed room
Standards vary by airport. Jakarta and Bali have the most modern facilities, most smaller regional airports keep simpler rooms, and Padang (PDG) is the one confirmed exception with no smoking area open to the public.
The Major Hubs
Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta (CGK). Indonesia’s main international gateway, named after the country’s first president and vice-president. Three terminals (T1, T2, T3) with smoking rooms in each. Terminal 3 is the newest and largest, with rooms near Gates 2 and 8 (international) and Gates 12 and 18 (domestic). T1 and T2 also have rooms distributed across the concourses.
Bali Denpasar (DPS). I Gusti Ngurah Rai International, the gateway to Bali tourism. Smoking rooms between Gates 4-7 — the international one on the second floor of departures, near gate 5, and the domestic one on the third floor. Post-security and free to use, with outdoor areas near the terminal entrances.
Major Regional Airports
Surabaya Juanda (SUB). Indonesia’s second-largest city airport. Terminal 1 has a landside indoor smoking room by check-in and arrivals, plus outdoor shelters at the departure and arrival forecourts; Terminal 2 has airside indoor rooms in both the domestic and international departure areas. The Garuda Indonesia lounge has a dedicated smoking room, and the airside Diplomat Cafe permits smoking at its seating.
Makassar Sultan Hasanuddin (UPG). Eastern Indonesia hub on Sulawesi island. Indoor ruang merokok rooms in the airside departure area near the boarding gates, plus smoking rooms inside the Concordia Lounge (2nd floor, in front of Gate 1) and the around-the-clock Blue Sky Premier Lounge. Outdoor areas sit at ground level by the entrances.
Manado Sam Ratulangi (MDC). North Sulawesi airport, gateway to Bunaken and other premier diving destinations. An enclosed ruang merokok in the airside departure lounge near the gates, with curbside smoking tolerated landside by the forecourt and parking.
Palembang (PLM). South Sumatra’s gateway, which regained international status in 2025. Two indoor smoking rooms — one post-security on the domestic departure floor near the lounge, one landside at the drop-off zone — plus smoking areas inside the paid Saphire and Blue Sky Premier lounges.
Semarang (SRG). Central Java’s airport. The confirmed indoor smoking option is inside the post-security Concordia Lounge, which sells walk-in passes rather than requiring status or membership; landside, open-air smoking outside the terminal is also permitted before check-in.
Pekanbaru (PKU). Riau’s mainland gateway on Sumatra. The confirmed indoor smoking area is inside the post-security Blue Sky Premier Lounge, which also sells walk-in tickets online; landside, open-air smoking outside the terminal is also permitted before check-in.
Padang (PDG). West Sumatra’s airport is an exception to the flyer-friendly pattern — its one smoking room, inside the Minangkabau Lounge, is reserved for SkyTeam Elite Plus members and Business or First Class passengers, with no public smoking area for other travellers.
Labuan Bajo (LBJ). Gateway to Komodo National Park. A ventilated smoking room sits in the second-floor departure lounge past security, and landside open-air smoking outside the terminal is permitted before check-in.
Batam Hang Nadim (BTH). Riau Islands gateway with ferry connections to Singapore. Smoking rooms after security near Gate A5 and at a coffee shop between Gates A3 and A4, plus a designated outdoor area landside before security.
Lombok (LOP). A café smoking room near Gate 1 in international departures after security, plus an area before passport control; the domestic side has no confirmed indoor room, so use the outdoor area landside before security.
Medan Kualanamu (KNO). North Sumatra’s main gateway. Indoor smoking rooms after security — one in the International Departure Hall beside immigration, another inside a coffee shop on the Pier Level — plus a room inside the Saphire Lounge and a landside spot at check-in before security.
Yogyakarta International (YIA). The Kulon Progo airport that replaced Adisutjipto (JOG) for commercial flights. Indoor smoking areas sit airside at the cafes opposite the departure gates and inside the Concordia Lounge, plus designated outdoor areas outside the terminal, landside.
Jakarta Halim (HLP). Jakarta’s smaller, mostly domestic secondary airport. Its only confirmed smoking option is landside, inside the pay-or-membership Saphire Lounge before security — a different pattern from the post-security rooms at Indonesia’s bigger hubs.
Tips for Smokers at Indonesian Airports
- Most major Indonesian airports have post-security indoor smoking rooms, making transit easy — Padang (PDG) and Jakarta Halim (HLP) are the confirmed exceptions
- Cigarettes are inexpensive in Indonesia (~$2-3/pack) — cheaper than duty-free at most airports
- Kretek (clove cigarettes) are widely available and uniquely Indonesian
- Vaping is legal and welcome in smoking rooms
- Bali DPS is the most pleasant smoking environment thanks to tropical airport design
- Eastern Indonesian regional airports (UPG, MDC) have basic but functional rooms
Indonesia Airports Compared: Indoor, Outdoor & After Security
At a glance — which Indonesia airports let you smoke after security, in an indoor room, or in an outdoor area: