Yes, you can smoke at Volgograd International Airport (VOG) — outdoors only, on the forecourt (privokzalnaya ploshchad) in front of the terminal, before you pass through security. There is no indoor smoking room and no smoking area after security.
Да, в аэропорту Волгоград (VOG) можно курить — только на улице, на привокзальной площади перед терминалом, до прохождения досмотра. Курительной комнаты в терминале нет, и после досмотра курить негде.
Outside Terminals: Smoking is allowed outdoors on the forecourt by the main entrance. Once you go through security there is nowhere to smoke, so plan to step outside beforehand.
Volgograd International Airport Smoking Policy
Volgograd’s airport (given the additional commemorative name “Stalingrad” in 2025 by presidential decree — the official name remains Volgograd/Gumrak and the IATA code VOG is unchanged) has two passenger terminals — Terminal С for international flights and Terminal С2 for domestic flights. Neither has an indoor smoking room.
Smoking inside the terminals is not allowed. The airport has stated that fitting the terminal with smoking rooms is not planned, and the airside smoking rooms that once existed in the departure zone have been closed. The only place to smoke on airport grounds is outdoors on the forecourt in front of the terminal entrance, before security. There is no paid smoking lounge airside.
Volgograd is in southern Russia, and flights here are occasionally subject to short-notice airspace restrictions, so allow extra time and smoke before screening rather than counting on stepping back out.
For Russia airport smoking rules, vaping rules, and other general info, see our Russia smoking guide.