Yes, you can smoke at Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport (IQT) — Iquitos’s airport. Open-air smoking outside the terminal building, landside, is permitted; the airport publishes no designated area; no smoking facility after security is confirmed. The terminal interior is smoke-free.
IQT is the main gateway to Iquitos, a city in the Peruvian Amazon with no road connection to the rest of Peru — reachable only by river or by air. The airport runs around the clock. If you smoke, plan to do so outside the building before you check in.
Where to Smoke
Open-air smoking outside the terminal building, landside, is permitted; the airport publishes no designated area; no smoking facility after security is confirmed. Step outside before you check in — once you pass security, there is nowhere to smoke until you land.
- The terminal operates 24 hours a day, per the operator’s own site, so there is no time of day when an indoor or after-security option opens up — landside, in the open air, is the only option around the clock.
Inside the Terminal and After Security
There are no indoor smoking rooms anywhere in the terminal, and no smoking facility after security is confirmed. Peruvian law makes enclosed public spaces 100% smoke-free; the terminal’s own amenities, including the Martina Café and the Caral VIP Lounge, are smoke-free throughout.
Connecting passengers must exit the terminal to smoke landside in the open air, then re-clear security for their onward flight — build the extra time into a short connection.
Vaping
Peru’s Ley 32159, published 12 November 2024, bans smoking and vaping together — Article 6.1 prohibits “fumar o vapear” in enclosed public spaces, workplaces and public transport. E-cigarettes are treated the same as cigarettes at IQT: vape in the open air outside the terminal, landside; no vaping facility after security is confirmed.
Travellers connecting through Lima Jorge Chávez Airport on the way to or from Iquitos face the same open-air, landside-only rule there too.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor (terminal) | No | Enclosed smoking barred by Peruvian law |
| After security / airside | No | No smoking facility after security is confirmed |
| Outdoor (landside) | Yes | Open-air smoking permitted; no designated area published; 24-hour access |
| Vaping | Outdoor only | Banned indoors and airside under Ley 32159 |
For Peru’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our Peru airport guide.