Peru has a strict smoke-free law, and Lima’s airport — including the brand-new terminal that opened in June 2025 — has no airside or indoor smoking. Smoking is confined to designated outdoor areas outside the terminal. The law also explicitly bans vaping in enclosed public spaces.
For international travel through Peru, Lima (LIM) is the airport that matters, as the main Andean hub.
How Peruvian Airport Smoking Works
Peru’s smoke-free law (consolidated under Ley 32159) makes enclosed public spaces 100% smoke-free and vape-free:
- No indoor smoking and no airside smoking at Lima
- Smoking is only at designated outdoor areas outside the terminal, landside
- The old terminal’s airside smoking bar closed in 2017; the new 2025 terminal has no airside area
- Vaping is banned wherever smoking is — outdoor designated areas only
The Hub
Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM). Peru’s main gateway and a key Andean hub. A brand-new terminal opened in June 2025 and, like the old one, has no airside smoking. The only sanctioned option is outdoors at designated areas outside the terminal building (landside). International transit passengers must clear immigration and exit to smoke, then re-clear security.
Tips for Smokers at Peruvian Airports
- Lima has no airside smoking — even in the new 2025 terminal — so plan around a no-smoking layover
- The smoking areas are outdoors, outside the terminal building, landside
- Don’t assume the new terminal added an airside smoking lounge — it didn’t
- Vaping is banned indoors and airside too — outdoor only
Peru Airports Compared: Indoor, Outdoor & After Security
| Airport | After security | Indoor room | Outdoor area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM) | – | – | Yes |