Yes, you can smoke at Puerto Princesa International Airport (PPS) — outside the terminal building, landside, where Philippine law permits smoking in the open air. The passenger terminal interior itself is smoke-free.
PPS is Palawan’s main air gateway, a single two-level terminal a short drive from Puerto Princesa city centre.
Outside the Terminal (Landside)
Executive Order No. 26 (2017) permits — without requiring — Philippine airports to keep an outdoor designated smoking area, and PPS follows that pattern: smoking is outside the terminal building, landside. The airport does not publish an exact spot on its own website or signage guide, so ask the information counter or airline ground staff to point you there if you can’t see signage from where you’re dropped off.
Inside the Terminal — Smoke-Free
The terminal interior is smoke-free throughout, on both the ground-floor arrivals level and the upper level that holds check-in and the departure gates. No facility past the security checkpoint is confirmed, so treat the whole building as non-smoking from the doors to the gate.
E-Cigarettes and Vaping
PPS publishes no separate rule for vapes. Use the same landside area outside the terminal that applies to cigarettes, not anywhere inside the building. Vapes 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal interior (both levels) | No | Smoke-free throughout |
| After security / airside | No | No facility confirmed past the checkpoint |
| Outside the terminal (landside) | Yes | Exact spot not published; ask staff |
| Vaping / e-cigarettes | Same as smoking | Landside area only; no separate vaping area published |
If you are connecting through the Visayas, see our guide to smoking at Iloilo International Airport (ILO), which keeps a marked outdoor area outside its terminal.
For Philippines airport smoking rules and the national vape law, see our Philippines airport guide.