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Smoking at Cluj-Napoca Airport – CLJ

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Yes, you can smoke at Cluj-Napoca Avram Iancu International Airport (CLJ) after security: the airport lists two smoking areas in the departures terminal, on the upper floor, one in the Schengen departures area near boarding gates A6-A7 and one in the non-Schengen departures area near gates B3-B4. It publishes no outdoor smoking area, so ask staff where you may smoke outside the terminal. Romanian law allows smoking rooms only in the transit zone of an international airport (Law No. 349/2002, Article 3).

After security: Schengen departures, gates A6-A7

The airport lists a smoking area in the Schengen departures area, on the upper floor, near boarding gates A6-A7. If your flight is to another Schengen-area country, this is the one on your side of the concourse. The airport publishes no hours for it, so ask staff whether it is open.

After security: non-Schengen departures, gates B3-B4

The second smoking area is in the non-Schengen departures area, also on the upper floor, near gates B3-B4; the airport’s map lists it as well. Flights outside the Schengen zone use this concourse, so non-Schengen passengers have their own area. The airport publishes no hours for it, so ask staff whether it is open.

Before security

The airport publishes no smoking area before security and none outside the terminal. Ask staff where you may smoke outside; otherwise smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks.

Vaping

The airport publishes no rule for e-cigarettes or heated tobacco, so ask staff before using either; Romania’s rule on e-cigarettes is on our Romania guide below.

Summary

AreaSmokingNotes
Check-in and arrivals hallsNoSmoking only in the two areas after security
Schengen departures, upper floor (after security)YesSmoking area near gates A6-A7; no hours published, ask staff
Non-Schengen departures, upper floor (after security)YesSmoking area near gates B3-B4; no hours published, ask staff
Outside the terminalAsk staffNo outdoor smoking area published
VapingAsk staffNo rule published for e-cigarettes or heated tobacco

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

Are there smoking areas at Cluj-Napoca Avram Iancu Airport (CLJ)?

Yes — the airport lists two smoking areas after security in the departures terminal, on the upper floor: one in the Schengen departures area near boarding gates A6-A7 and one in the non-Schengen departures area near gates B3-B4. It publishes no outdoor smoking area, so ask staff where you may smoke outside the terminal.

Is there a smoking area after security at Cluj Airport?

Yes — two: in the Schengen departures area near gates A6-A7 and in the non-Schengen departures area near gates B3-B4, both on the upper floor of the departures terminal. The airport publishes no hours for them, so ask staff whether they are open.

Where can I smoke at Cluj-Napoca Airport?

After security, in the smoking area near gates A6-A7 if you are flying to a Schengen destination, or the one near gates B3-B4 for a non-Schengen flight, both on the upper floor. Before security the airport publishes no smoking area, so ask staff where you may smoke outside the terminal.

Can you vape at Cluj-Napoca Airport?

The airport publishes no rule for e-cigarettes or heated tobacco, so ask staff before using either; the law is on our Romania guide.

Is smoking allowed inside the main terminal at Cluj Airport?

Only in the two smoking areas after security, near gates A6-A7 and B3-B4. Smoking anywhere else in the terminal, the check-in hall, the arrivals hall and the open concourse included, is not allowed.

Does Cluj Airport have a separate smoking area for non-Schengen flights?

Yes — the non-Schengen departures area has its own smoking area near gates B3-B4, on the upper floor, so a passenger flying outside the Schengen zone does not cross into the Schengen concourse to reach one.