Paraguay Airport Smoking Areas

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Yes, you can smoke at Paraguay’s main international airport — outdoors, on the landside area outside the terminal building, before security. Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU), serving the capital Asunción, keeps its terminal interior smoke-free throughout, with no indoor or airside smoking room published.

For international travel through Paraguay, Silvio Pettirossi (ASU) is the airport that matters — the country’s primary gateway, in the suburb of Luque just outside Asunción.

How Paraguayan Airport Smoking Works

Paraguay’s Ley 5538 (2015), the national tobacco-control law, bans smoking in enclosed public places, workplaces and public transport, and a 2020 implementing decree requires any designated smoking area to sit outdoors, clear of crowds and non-smoker walkways:

  • No indoor or airside smoking room at Silvio Pettirossi
  • Smoking is at the outdoor landside area outside the terminal building, before security
  • The terminal interior, both international concourses included, is smoke-free
  • E-cigarettes are covered by the same law and restricted to the same open-air spaces as tobacco

Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU)

Paraguay’s main international gateway, serving Asunción from Luque and handling a little over 1.3 million passengers a year through two international concourses — a south concourse with gates 1-4 and a north concourse with gates 5-6, whose arrivals hall was expanded in a 2023 renovation. Silvio Pettirossi’s smoking area is the landside area outside the terminal doors; neither concourse publishes a smoking room past security.

Tips for Smokers at Paraguayan Airports

  • Silvio Pettirossi restricts smoking to the outdoor landside area outside the terminal — plan your last cigarette before check-in or security
  • Neither international concourse has a confirmed post-security smoking room
  • A connection at ASU means clearing immigration and exiting the terminal to reach the outdoor area, then re-clearing security
  • Vaping follows the same outdoor-only pattern as cigarettes, under Ley 5538

Paraguay Airports Compared: Indoor, Outdoor & After Security

AirportAfter securityIndoor roomOutdoor area
Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU)––Yes

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can you smoke at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU)?

Yes — outdoors. Asunción’s Silvio Pettirossi International keeps smoking on the landside area outside the terminal, before security. The terminal interior, both international concourses included, is smoke-free.

Is there a smoking area after security at Asunción Airport?

Neither of ASU’s two international concourses — the south concourse with gates 1-4 or the north concourse with gates 5-6 — publishes a smoking room, so plan on a smoke-free wait once you clear the checkpoint.

Are e-cigarettes and vapes allowed at Paraguayan airports?

Yes — outdoors, at the same landside area as cigarettes. Paraguay’s Ley 5538 (2015) treats e-cigarettes the same as tobacco and restricts use to open-air spaces, so the terminal interior stays vape-free.

What is Paraguay's airport smoking law?

Paraguay’s Ley 5538 (2015), the national tobacco-control law, bans smoking in enclosed public places, workplaces and public transport. A 2020 implementing decree requires any designated smoking area to sit outdoors, away from crowds and non-smoker walkways — the pattern ASU follows in practice.

Is Silvio Pettirossi Paraguay's only major international airport?

Yes — it is Paraguay’s main international gateway, serving the capital Asunción from the suburb of Luque. Ciudad del Este’s Guaraní Airport handles some regional and cargo traffic near the Argentina-Brazil border; Silvio Pettirossi carries the great majority of the country’s international passengers.