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Smoking at Madeira Airport – FNC

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Yes, you can smoke at Madeira Airport (FNC) after security, on the open-air terrace behind the security checkpoint that travellers described in July 2025 and June 2026, overlooking the aircraft. The airport lists no smoking area on its pages, inside or outside the terminal, and publishes no hours for the terrace, so ask staff for the way up; before security, ask staff for the nearest place to smoke outside the terminal, and if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. Portuguese law lets an airport set outdoor smoking areas and reserved indoor rooms (Lei n.º 37/2007, article 5).

Elsewhere in Portugal, Lisbon Airport keeps smoking rooms after security in Terminal 1, and Porto Airport lists no smoking area after security.

After security: the terrace

Behind the security checkpoint, travellers described an open-air balcony where you can smoke while watching the aircraft in July 2025, a roof-deck smoking section in June 2026 and a terrace in June 2017, open around the clock in April 2017. The airport does not list it among its services and publishes no gate, floor, hours or access condition for it, so ask staff for the way up if you cannot find it; a connecting passenger reaches it without leaving the secure area.

Before security

The airport lists no smoking area outside the terminal. Ask staff for the nearest place to smoke outside the building; if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks.

Vaping

The airport publishes no vaping rule for the terminal or the terrace, so ask staff before you vape; the Portuguese rule on e-cigarettes is on our Portugal guide below.

Summary

AreaSmokingNotes
Open-air terrace behind the security checkpoint (after security)YesTravellers described it in July 2025 and June 2026; not listed by the airport, no hours published, ask staff for the way up
Inside the terminalAsk staffThe airport lists no smoking room inside
Before security, outside the terminalAsk staffThe airport lists no smoking area; outside the airport property if there is none
VapingAsk staffThe airport publishes no rule

For Portugal’s airport smoking law, the fines and the vaping rule, see our Portugal airport guide.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can you smoke at Madeira Airport?

Yes — after security, on the open-air terrace behind the security checkpoint that travellers described in July 2025 and June 2026, overlooking the aircraft. The airport lists no smoking area on its pages, inside or outside the terminal, and publishes no hours for the terrace, so ask staff for the way up; before security, ask staff for the nearest place to smoke outside the terminal, and if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks.

Is there a smoking area after security at Madeira Airport?

Yes — an open-air terrace behind the security checkpoint, overlooking the aircraft, which travellers described in July 2025 and June 2026 as they had in 2017. The airport does not list it and publishes no gate, hours or access condition for it, so ask staff for the way up if you cannot find it.

Where can I smoke at Madeira Airport?

After security, on the open-air terrace behind the checkpoint that travellers described in July 2025 and June 2026; the airport does not list it, so ask staff for the way up. Before security, the airport lists no smoking area, so ask staff for the nearest place outside the terminal; if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks.

Can you smoke inside the terminal at Madeira Airport?

The airport lists no smoking room inside the terminal; the place to smoke travellers described in July 2025 and June 2026 is the open-air terrace after security, which the airport does not list. Ask staff.

Can you vape at Madeira Airport?

The airport publishes no vaping rule for the terminal or the terrace, so ask staff before you vape; the Portuguese rule on e-cigarettes is on our Portugal guide.

Is the smoking terrace at Madeira Airport open at night?

The airport publishes no hours for it. In April 2017 travellers described it as open around the clock, and no later report gives hours, so ask staff before a late or early connection.