--- title: "Smoking at Caticlan (Boracay) Airport – MPH" canonical: "https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/philippines/mph-smoking-at-caticlan-boracay-airport/" language: "en-us" description: "Smoke at Godofredo P. Ramos Airport (MPH) outside the departures building, landside, where Philippine law permits open-air smoking." lastmod: "2026-09-25T00:00:00Z" --- # Smoking at Caticlan (Boracay) Airport – MPH Yes, you can smoke at Godofredo P. Ramos Airport (MPH) — also called Caticlan Airport or Boracay Airport — outside the departures building, landside, where Philippine law permits smoking in the open air. The terminal interior itself is smoke-free. MPH is the closer of Boracay’s two gateway airports and is mid-construction on a permanent terminal. Until it opens, the airport runs on a split arrangement: the original terminal at Caticlan, in the municipality of Malay, handles departures, and a separate interim building near Nabas handles arrivals. San Miguel Corporation’s Trans Aire Development Holdings Corporation operates the airport under a concession from owner CAAP. ## Departures Building (Landside) Executive Order No. 26 (2017) permits — without requiring — Philippine airports to keep an outdoor designated smoking area, and MPH follows that pattern: smoking is outside the departures building, landside. A traveller described this landside spot in April 2019 as before the security checkpoint, with lighters confiscated at screening — the most detailed account available; there is no newer report. Check with airline ground staff at the departures entrance if you can’t spot the area. ## After Security No facility after security is confirmed at MPH. Treat the airside wait as smoke-free and plan your last cigarette before you clear the checkpoint. ## E-Cigarettes and Vaping MPH publishes no separate rule for vapes. E-cigarettes follow the same landside spot outside the departures building that applies to cigarettes; vaping and heated-tobacco products are legal nationwide under Republic Act 11900, the Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act (2022), and devices and e-liquids can travel in hand luggage. ## Summary | Area | Smoking | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | | Departures building interior | No | Smoke-free throughout | | After security / airside | No | No facility confirmed past the checkpoint | | Outside the departures building (landside) | Yes | Named by a dated (April 2019\) traveller report; exact signage not published | | Vaping / e-cigarettes | Same as smoking | Landside area only; no separate vaping area published | If you are flying into Boracay’s other gateway instead, see our guide to [smoking at Kalibo International Airport (KLO)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/philippines/klo-smoking-at-kalibo-airport/), roughly two hours from the island by road. For Philippines airport smoking rules and the national vape law, see our [Philippines airport guide](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/philippines/). ## Useful Links - [Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) — owner of Godofredo P. Ramos Airport](https://www.caap.gov.ph/) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Are there smoking areas at Godofredo P. Ramos Airport (MPH)? Yes — outside the departures building, landside, where Philippine law permits smoking in the open air. The terminal interior itself is smoke-free. ### Can I smoke after security at Caticlan/Boracay Airport? Nothing confirms a smoking facility after security at MPH. Smoking is landside, outside the departures building, so plan to smoke before you enter to check in. ### Where can I smoke at Caticlan Boracay Airport? Outside the departures building, landside. A traveller who passed through in April 2019 placed the spot there and noted that lighters are confiscated at the checkpoint; there is no newer report, so confirm the current arrangement with airline ground staff at the departures entrance. ### Can I smoke inside the Caticlan Airport terminal? The departures building interior is smoke-free. Smoke outside the building instead, before you check in. ### Can I vape at Caticlan Boracay Airport? MPH publishes no separate rule for e-cigarettes. Use the same landside spot outside the departures building that applies to cigarettes; vapes are legal nationwide under Republic Act 11900 (2022), and you can carry them in your hand luggage. ### Why does Caticlan Airport currently use two separate buildings? MPH is mid-construction on a permanent terminal, which broke ground in July 2025\. The original terminal at Caticlan currently handles departures; a separate interim building near Nabas currently handles arrivals — so departing and arriving passengers use different buildings for now.