Indonesia’s major 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.
Indonesia Airports Compared: Before and After Security
Before security, you can always smoke outside: at a designated smoking area where there is one, or outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. After security, Yes means there is a smoking area past security and a dash means none is listed. Each airport’s page has the details.
| Airport | Before security | After security |
|---|---|---|
| Bali Denpasar (DPS) | Yes | Yes |
| Batam (BTH) | Yes | Yes |
| Jakarta (CGK) | Yes | Yes |
| Jakarta Halim (HLP) | Yes | Yes |
| Labuan Bajo (LBJ) | Yes | Yes |
| Lombok (LOP) | Yes | Yes |
| Makassar (UPG) | Yes | Yes |
| Manado (MDC) | Yes | Yes |
| Medan (KNO) | Yes | Yes |
| Padang (PDG) | Yes | Yes |
| Palembang (PLM) | Yes | Yes |
| Pekanbaru (PKU) | Yes | Yes |
| Semarang (SRG) | Yes | Yes |
| Surabaya (SUB) | Yes | Yes |
| Yogyakarta (YIA) | Yes | Yes |
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 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 room
Facilities vary by airport. Jakarta Halim (HLP) has a landside lounge room and, as a reader described in October 2026, a room by the coffee shop at Gate 10 in domestic departures; the only room at Padang (PDG) is closed to the general 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 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 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 has no public smoking area — 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, and a room inside Max’s Bites next to the toilets at Gate 1 in domestic departures, described by a reader on 12 and 28 October 2026; landside, smoke outdoors 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. A smoking room next to the coffee shop at Gate 10 in domestic departures, described by a reader on 28 October 2026, and an enclosed room inside the pay-or-membership Saphire Lounge landside, before security.
Tips for Smokers at Indonesian Airports
- Most major Indonesian airports have post-security indoor smoking rooms, making transit easy — the exception is Padang (PDG), whose only room is reserved for SkyTeam Elite Plus and Business or First Class passengers; Jakarta Halim (HLP) pairs a landside Saphire Lounge room with the Gate 10 room a reader described in October 2026
- Kretek (clove cigarettes) are widely available and uniquely Indonesian
- Vaping is legal; use the smoking rooms
- Bali DPS has indoor smoking rooms between Gates 4-7 in both terminals, after security
- Eastern Indonesian regional airports (UPG, MDC) have airside rooms near the gates