Smoking at Seoul Incheon International Airport – ICN – 2026

Looking for a place to smoke at Seoul Incheon Airport? Incheon International Airport (ICN) offers multiple smoking rooms throughout both terminals, with separate areas for traditional cigarettes and e-cigarettes - a unique feature among Asian airports.

Outside Terminals: Smoking is permitted only at designated outdoor smoking areas.

Inside Terminals: Incheon Airport has numerous smoking rooms, with around 10 in each terminal.

Public Area 1F: 2 smoking rooms

Departure Area 3F: 6 smoking rooms

Domestic Airline Offices 2F: 1 smoking room

Concourse 2F: 2 smoking rooms

Concourse 3F: 4 smoking rooms

Smoking room near Gate 45 (confirmed August 2024)

As of May 2025, confirmed smoking areas in Terminal 2:

Gate 235: Open for both classic cigarettes and vape

Gate 247: Smoking room available

Gate 254: Smoking room available

Gate 264: Smoking room available

Incheon Airport has introduced separate areas for smoking and vaping - a creative approach not commonly seen at other Asian airports. Most smoking rooms allow both traditional tobacco and electronic cigarettes, but some dedicated vape areas exist.

Smoking rooms are spacious with tarmac views at some locations

The Transit Hotel in Terminal 1 is close to a smoking lounge (one gate down)

Both terminals have smoking rooms distributed throughout

Look for 흡연구역 (smoking area) signs

Incheon’s indoor smoking rooms make it a comfortable transit point for smokers in Northeast Asia. If connecting onward to Tokyo Narita or Tokyo Haneda, you will find even more extensive smoking room networks at both Japanese airports. Travelers heading south to Singapore Changi will also find smoking areas available in the transit zone.

Smoking Rooms at Seoul Incheon Airport

Outside Terminals: Smoking is permitted only at designated outdoor smoking areas.

Inside Terminals: Incheon Airport has numerous smoking rooms, with around 10 in each terminal.

Terminal 1 Smoking Locations

• Public Area 1F: 2 smoking rooms

• Departure Area 3F: 6 smoking rooms

• Domestic Airline Offices 2F: 1 smoking room

• Concourse 2F: 2 smoking rooms

• Concourse 3F: 4 smoking rooms

• Smoking room near Gate 45 (confirmed August 2024)

Terminal 2 Smoking Locations

As of May 2025, confirmed smoking areas in Terminal 2:

• Gate 235: Open for both classic cigarettes and vape

• Gate 247: Smoking room available

• Gate 254: Smoking room available

• Gate 264: Smoking room available

E-Cigarette & Vape Areas

Incheon Airport has introduced separate areas for smoking and vaping - a creative approach not commonly seen at other Asian airports. Most smoking rooms allow both traditional tobacco and electronic cigarettes, but some dedicated vape areas exist.

Tips for Smokers

• Smoking rooms are spacious with tarmac views at some locations

• The Transit Hotel in Terminal 1 is close to a smoking lounge (one gate down)

• Both terminals have smoking rooms distributed throughout

• Look for 흡연구역 (smoking area) signs

Incheon’s indoor smoking rooms make it a comfortable transit point for smokers in Northeast Asia. If connecting onward to Tokyo Narita or Tokyo Haneda, you will find even more extensive smoking room networks at both Japanese airports. Travelers heading south to Singapore Changi will also find smoking areas available in the transit zone.

Useful Links

• Seoul Incheon International Airport Terminal Maps