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# Smoking at Oaxaca International Airport – OAX

Yes, you can smoke at **Oaxaca International Airport (OAX)** — outdoors, in the open air outside the single-storey terminal, is where smokers go. Operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR) publishes no designated smoking area, and Mexico’s 2023 tobacco-law reform keeps the terminal interior smoke-free.

Oaxaca International Airport — officially Aeropuerto Internacional Xoxocotlán — is the main air gateway to Oaxaca City and the Central Valleys, and handles close to 1.9 million passengers a year. Its single-storey terminal has eight gates reached by open-air walkways rather than jet bridges; those walkways stay inside the secured part of the airport, where ASUR does not list a smoking facility.

## Where to Smoke

Smoking at OAX means stepping outside the single-storey terminal into the open air. ASUR’s own pages for Oaxaca cover shopping, dining and VIP-lounge services, without a smoking-area guide, and the operator does not list an airside or indoor smoking facility anywhere on site.

## After Security

Step outside the terminal into the open air before you clear security — ASUR does not list an airside smoking facility at OAX, and the open-air walkways out to the aircraft remain inside the secured zone.

## Vaping

Mexico’s 2023 tobacco-law reform also bans the retail sale of e-cigarettes nationwide; personal possession is not an offence. Treat vaping the same as smoking at OAX — open air, outside the terminal, never indoors.

## Summary

| Area | Smoking | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Indoor terminal | No | Smoke-free under Mexico’s 2023 tobacco-law reform |
| After security / airside | No | No airside smoking facility, incl. the open-air gate walkways |
| Vaping | Same as smoking | Open air, outside the terminal only |
| Outdoor (landside) | Yes | Open-air, outside the terminal building; no designated area published |

For Mexico’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our [Mexico airport guide](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/mexico/).

## Useful Links

[Oaxaca International Airport (ASUR official)](https://www.asur.com.mx/Contenido/Oaxaca)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Can you smoke at Oaxaca International Airport?

Yes — the open air outside the single-storey terminal is where smokers go. ASUR, which operates OAX, publishes no designated smoking area, and the terminal is smoke-free indoors under Mexico’s 2023 tobacco-law reform.

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

The single terminal building — check-in, the gate area and the open-air walkways out to the aircraft — is smoke-free under Mexico’s 2023 tobacco-law reform. Step outside to smoke, in the open air.

### Is there a smoking area after security at Oaxaca Airport?

Step outside the terminal into the open air before you clear security — ASUR does not list an airside smoking facility at OAX, and the walkways out to the aircraft stay inside the secured zone.

### Where can I smoke at Oaxaca Airport?

Outdoors, outside the single-storey terminal building. Oaxaca International publishes no designated or marked smoking spot.

### Can I smoke on the walk out to the aircraft at Oaxaca Airport?

Those walkways from the gates to the aircraft are open-air and sit inside the secured part of the airport, where there is no airside smoking facility at OAX. Smoke outside the terminal building before you go through security instead.

### Are e-cigarettes and vaping allowed at Oaxaca Airport?

Yes — in the open air outside the terminal, the same as cigarettes; ASUR publishes no separate vaping rule at Oaxaca. Under Mexico’s 2023 tobacco-law reform, e-cigarette sale is banned nationally, so a device brought into the country risks being seized at customs.