--- title: "Smoking at Belgrade Airport – BEG" canonical: "https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/serbia/beg-smoking-at-belgrade-airport/" language: "en-us" description: "Smoke at Belgrade Airport (BEG) outside the terminal before security; ask staff for the nearest spot and whether the Gate C3 room after security is open." lastmod: "2026-10-24T00:00:00Z" --- # Smoking at Belgrade Airport – BEG **Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)** lists no smoking area before security. After security, its departures map of August 2023 marks a smoking room by Gate C3, and the latest account travellers gave, in August 2025, is that smoking is banned inside both terminals and connecting passengers pass border and security controls to smoke outside; the airport publishes nothing newer, so ask staff whether the room is open. Smoke in the open air outside the terminal building, before security, and ask staff for the nearest spot; if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. ## Where to Smoke at Belgrade Airport Smoking at BEG is outdoors and before security. Serbian law bans smoking in enclosed public spaces that serve as waiting rooms or stations for passengers, so step outside the terminal building before you clear security, or after you leave arrivals. Belgrade Airport publishes no location for a smoking spot outside the building, so ask staff for the nearest one; if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. ## Smoking After Security (Airside) Belgrade Airport’s departures map, dated August 2023, marks a smoking room by Gate C3, after security. The latest account travellers gave is from August 2025: smoking banned inside both terminals, with connecting passengers passing border and security controls to smoke outside and clearing security again on the way back in. Earlier accounts trace the change: travellers described the room by Gate C3 as open in January 2023 and as closed in August 2024\. The airport publishes nothing newer than the map on the room, its closure or a reopening, so on a connection ask staff on arrival whether the room is open and allow time to go out and re-clear security if it is not. ## Vaping at Belgrade Airport Belgrade Airport publishes no rule on e-cigarettes or heated-tobacco devices, so ask staff before you vape. ## Summary | Area | Smoking | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | | Outdoors, before security | Yes | Outside the terminal building; the airport lists no area, so ask staff where; if there is none, outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks | | Inside the terminal | No | Serbian law bans smoking in enclosed passenger areas; in August 2025 travellers described smoking as banned inside both terminals | | After security | Ask staff | The airport’s August 2023 map marks a smoking room by Gate C3; travellers described it as open in January 2023, as closed in August 2024, and smoking as banned inside both terminals in August 2025 | | Vaping | Ask staff | The airport publishes no rule | For Serbia’s airport smoking law and fines, see our [Serbia airport guide](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/serbia/). ## Useful Links - [Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (official site)](https://beg.aero/eng) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Can you smoke at Belgrade Airport? Smoking at Belgrade is outdoors and before security: the airport lists no smoking area there, so smoke in the open air outside the terminal building and ask staff for the nearest spot; if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. After security, the airport’s August 2023 departures map marks a smoking room by Gate C3; in August 2025 travellers described smoking as banned inside both terminals, so ask staff whether it is open. ### Is there a smoking area after security at Belgrade Airport? After security, Belgrade Airport’s departures map of August 2023 marks a smoking room by Gate C3; the latest account travellers gave, in August 2025, is that smoking is banned inside both terminals and connecting passengers pass border and security controls to smoke outside. Travellers described the room as open in January 2023 and as closed by August 2024\. The airport publishes nothing newer, so ask staff on arrival whether it is open. ### Where can I smoke at Belgrade Airport? Outside the terminal building, in the open air, before you clear security or after you leave arrivals. Belgrade Airport lists no smoking area before security, so ask staff for the nearest spot; if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. After security, the airport’s August 2023 departures map marks a smoking room by Gate C3; in August 2025 travellers described smoking as banned inside both terminals, so ask staff whether it is open. ### Can you vape at Belgrade Airport? Belgrade Airport publishes no rule on e-cigarettes or heated tobacco, so ask staff before you vape. ### When did Belgrade Airport close its smoking room? Travellers described the smoking room by Gate C3, after security, as open in January 2023 and as closed in August 2024; in August 2025 they described smoking as banned inside both terminals. Belgrade Airport’s departures map of August 2023 still marks the room, and the airport publishes no date for the closure or any reopening, so ask staff whether it is open and otherwise smoke outside the terminal before security.