Morocco caters for smokers who fly. At Casablanca, the airport operator (ONDA) lists designated indoor smoking areas in the boarding lounges of both terminals after security, plus an outdoor esplanade. Marrakesh has an enclosed indoor smoking room airside as well, described by travellers in 2024. Morocco’s public smoking law is loosely enforced.
Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Agadir (AGA) | Yes | – |
| Casablanca (CMN) | Yes | Yes |
| Fez (FEZ) | Yes | Yes |
| Marrakesh (RAK) | Yes | Yes |
| Rabat (RBA) | Yes | – |
| Tangier (TNG) | Yes | – |
Casablanca (CMN) is the airport that matters for most international travel through Morocco, as Royal Air Maroc’s hub. Marrakesh Menara (RAK) is the country’s main leisure gateway, and the indoor smoking room airside near Gate A1 at Marrakesh means Morocco’s two busiest airports both let you smoke after security. Morocco’s four other main international airports — Agadir, Tangier, Rabat and Fès — permit smoking outdoors, landside, under Morocco’s national Law 15-91, which does not reach the open air; Fès also has a smoking terrace airside, in the boarding area, described by travellers in November 2024, and ONDA lists no indoor or airside facility at the other three.
How Moroccan Airport Smoking Works
Morocco restricts public smoking on paper; the two busiest airports provide designated areas and enforcement is minimal:
- Designated indoor smoking areas in the boarding lounges of both terminals at Casablanca, after security, listed by ONDA
- An enclosed indoor smoking room airside near Gate A1 at Marrakesh, in international departures (described by travellers in 2024)
- Aspire lounge smoking area at Casablanca Terminal 1 (lounge access)
- An outdoor esplanade landside in front of the Casablanca terminal, and outdoor areas at the terminal entrances at Marrakesh
- E-cigarettes are treated the same as cigarettes — use the designated areas
The Hub
Mohammed V International Airport (CMN). Morocco’s main gateway and Royal Air Maroc’s hub, near Casablanca. ONDA, the airport operator, lists designated smoking areas in the boarding lounges of Terminal 1, Terminal 2 and the domestic-flights lounge, plus the outdoor esplanade. Terminal 2 has a “Winston” smoking area around gates A2–A3, and Terminal 1 has an area near the F-gates. Good for RAM layovers — you don’t need to leave airside.
Other Moroccan Airports
Morocco’s four other main international airports permit smoking outdoors, landside, before security, under Law 15-91. Fès-Saïss also has an airside smoking terrace, described by travellers in February 2023 and November 2024. ONDA lists no indoor or after-security facility at Agadir, Tangier or Rabat; each airport’s own page has the details.
- Agadir Al Massira Airport (AGA). Morocco’s third-busiest airport by passenger traffic, with a single terminal. Outdoor smoking landside; the airport lists no smoking facility after security. A traveller described an open-air courtyard past passport control in 2017.
- Fès-Saïss Airport (FEZ). Outdoor smoking landside, plus an airside smoking terrace in the boarding area, described by travellers in February 2023 and November 2024; the airport does not list it.
- Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG). Outdoor smoking landside; a traveller described a small smoking cabin near Gate 10 in December 2024, and the airport does not list it.
- Rabat-Salé Airport (RBA). Serves the capital from Salé; outdoor smoking landside. Its new terminal was completed in July 2026 and is awaiting an inauguration date; ONDA has not announced an opening, so confirm which terminal your flight uses before you travel.
Tips for Smokers at Moroccan Airports
- Casablanca has airside indoor smoking areas in both terminals — ideal for Royal Air Maroc connections
- Look for the boarding-lounge smoking areas (Terminal 2’s “Winston” area, Terminal 1 near the F-gates)
- Casablanca’s Aspire lounge in Terminal 1 has its own smoking area if you have lounge access
- At Marrakesh, the smoking room is airside near Gate A1 in international departures; the airside outdoor viewing terraces there are marked non-smoking
- E-cigarettes follow the same rule as cigarettes — designated areas only