Morocco is comfortable for smokers who fly. At Casablanca, the official airport authority (ONDA) confirms designated indoor smoking areas in the boarding lounges of both terminals after security — unusual to see stated so plainly — plus an outdoor esplanade. At Marrakesh, travellers report an enclosed indoor smoking room airside as well. Morocco’s public smoking law is loosely enforced.
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 traveller-reported 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 traveller-reported smoking terrace airside, in the boarding area, and the other three have no officially confirmed indoor or airside facility.
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 (officially confirmed)
- An enclosed indoor smoking room airside near Gate A1 at Marrakesh, in international departures (traveller-reported)
- Aspire lounge smoking area at Casablanca Terminal 1 (lounge access; traveller-reported)
- 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. The official ONDA site confirms designated smoking areas in the boarding lounges of Terminal 1, Terminal 2 and the domestic-flights lounge, plus the outdoor esplanade. Travellers report a “Winston” smoking area in Terminal 2 (around gates A2–A3) and a Terminal 1 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 reported by two independent travellers. No official source confirms an indoor or after-security facility at Agadir, Tangier or Rabat, where a few dated third-party reports exist and are described, with their evidence weighed, on each airport’s own page.
- Agadir Al Massira Airport (AGA). Morocco’s third-busiest airport by passenger traffic, with a single terminal. Outdoor smoking only; a single 2017 traveller-forum post describing an after-security courtyard is unconfirmed.
- Fès-Saïss Airport (FEZ). Outdoor smoking landside, plus an airside smoking terrace in the boarding area reported by two independent travellers, dated February 2023 and November 2024; not officially confirmed.
- Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG). Outdoor smoking landside; a single December 2024 traveller report describes a small smoking cabin near Gate 10, unconfirmed officially.
- Rabat-Salé Airport (RBA). Serves the capital from Salé; outdoor smoking landside. Its new terminal was reported complete on 22 July 2026 by the Moroccan news site Hespress, citing an official source, and awaiting an inauguration date; ONDA has announced no opening since, 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 — traveller-reported
- At Marrakesh, travellers place the smoking room 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
Morocco Airports Compared: Indoor, Outdoor & After Security
| Airport | After security | Indoor room | Outdoor area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoking at Agadir Al Massira Airport – AGA | – | – | Yes |
| Mohammed V International Airport (CMN) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Smoking at Fès-Saïss Airport – FEZ | Yes | – | Yes |
| Marrakesh Menara Airport (RAK) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Smoking at Rabat-Salé Airport – RBA | – | – | Yes |
| Smoking at Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport – TNG | – | – | Yes |