Yes, you can smoke at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU) — outdoors, at the landside area outside the terminal building, before security. Inside, the terminal is smoke-free throughout, and DINAC, Paraguay’s civil aviation authority, does not publish a smoking room anywhere in the building.
Silvio Pettirossi is Paraguay’s main international gateway, serving Asunción from the suburb of Luque and handling a little over 1.3 million passengers a year. International flights use two 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.
Outside the Terminal: The Only Option
Smoking at ASU happens outdoors, at the landside area outside the terminal doors. Step out before check-in or after clearing arrivals and customs, and move clear of the entrance. Paraguay’s Ley 5538 (2015), the national tobacco-control law, keeps enclosed public places smoke-free and — under its 2020 implementing decree — requires any designated smoking area to sit outdoors, clear of crowds and non-smoker walkways, which matches how ASU is run in practice.
After Security: Nothing Confirmed
Neither the south nor the north concourse publishes a smoking room past the checkpoint. Once you clear security, plan on a smoke-free wait until boarding — there is no airside terrace, booth or lounge with a smoking area confirmed at this airport. For layovers longer than the queues can absorb, our guide to smoking during layovers covers how to weigh a connection like this.
Vaping
Paraguay’s Ley 5538 covers e-cigarettes the same way it covers cigarettes, restricting use to open-air areas away from crowds — the same outdoor spot outside the terminal doors is where vaping happens at ASU, with nothing indoors or airside.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor (terminal) | No | Smoke-free throughout, both concourses |
| After security / airside | No | No smoking room in either the south or north concourse |
| Outdoor (landside) | Yes | Outside the terminal building, before security |
| Vaping | Same as smoking | Outdoor area only; treated like tobacco under Ley 5538 |
For Paraguay’s airport smoking rules, see our Paraguay airport guide.