Yes, you can smoke at Jersey Airport (JER) — in the designated areas outside the terminal buildings, landside, before check-in and security. The airport’s own guidance is explicit: smoking, including the use of e-cigarettes, is not permitted anywhere inside the terminals and only in designated areas outside the buildings, and there are no smoking facilities in the departure lounge.
Jersey Airport at St Peter is the Channel Islands’ busiest airport and the bailiwick’s single gateway, run by Ports of Jersey, with year-round links to London, regional UK cities and seasonal European routes flown by carriers such as British Airways, easyJet and the local airline Blue Islands.
Before Security: Outside the Terminal
The designated smoking areas sit outside the terminal buildings, landside. Step out of the departures or arrivals doors, move clear of the entrances, and look for the marked spots — everything at Jersey is a short walk, so a pre-flight cigarette costs only a few minutes. This is the place for e-cigarettes too.
The departures side is in the middle of a phased redevelopment of the terminal and departure lounge, with facilities moving around while the work runs — the outdoor smoking areas stay landside throughout, so the routine is unchanged: smoke outside first, then check in and clear security.
After Security
The departure lounge is smoke-free with no smoking facilities, which the airport states directly in its passenger guidance. Once you are through screening the designated areas outside the terminal are behind you, so time your last cigarette before security — the walk from the outdoor areas to screening takes only a couple of minutes at this size of airport.
Vaping
E-cigarettes are named in the airport’s smoking policy and follow exactly the same rule as tobacco: nothing inside the terminals, designated outdoor areas only. Vape landside outside the buildings before you go through security.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the terminal | No | Smoke-free throughout, e-cigarettes included |
| After security / departure lounge | No | The airport confirms there are no smoking facilities airside |
| Outside the terminal (landside) | Yes | Designated areas outside the buildings — cigarettes and vapes |
For Jersey’s smoking rules and how the island’s law treats vaping, see our Jersey airport guide.