Yes, you can smoke at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) after security, on the open-air smoking terrace of Terminal 4: a free 500 m² outdoor area on Floor 0, on the south side of the terminal beside baggage reclaim hall 10, reached from the boarding area before a flight and on the way to baggage reclaim after landing; ask staff for the route from your gate. Terminals 1, 2 and 3, the T4S satellite and every area before security list no smoking area, so ask staff; the paid Cibeles VIP Lounge in Terminal 1, for non-Schengen passengers with a Terminal 1 boarding pass, has a terrace.
Terminal 4
The Terminal 4 smoking terrace is an outdoor area of about 500 m² on the south side of the terminal, on Floor 0 beside baggage reclaim hall 10, with a translucent glazed side enclosure 2.35 m high, ten tables with stools, vending machines, a food truck and charging points. It is free. Departing passengers enter it from the boarding area after security, and passengers who land at the Terminal 4 building reach it before baggage reclaim; ask staff for the route from your gate. The airport publishes no opening hours for it. Travellers described its entrance in July 2022 as one floor down from gate J40, and in August 2025 as still there and well signed.
Terminal 4S
The airport lists no smoking area in the T4S satellite, reached from Terminal 4 by the automated people-mover, so smoke at the Terminal 4 terrace before you cross, and ask staff in T4S.
Terminals 1, 2 and 3
The airport lists no smoking area after security in Terminals 1, 2 and 3; ask staff. Travellers wrote in January 2025 and July 2025 that Terminal 1 has no smoking area after security outside a paid lounge. The paid Cibeles VIP Lounge, on Floor 2 of the Terminal 1 boarding area for non-Schengen flights, open 24 hours, admits passengers with a Terminal 1 boarding pass for €51.26 (adults and children from 11), for up to three hours before departure. It has a terrace; Aena’s lounge conditions allow smoking and e-cigarettes only on designated lounge terraces, and travellers described a smoking terrace there, near gate B26, in June 2024.
Before security
The airport lists no smoking area before security at any terminal. Ask staff for the nearest spot outside the terminal; if there is none, smoke outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. Spain’s tobacco law (Ley 28/2005) keeps the terminal interiors smoke-free.
Vaping
Aena publishes no vaping rule for the public areas of the airport, the Terminal 4 terrace included, so ask staff before you vape; its lounge conditions allow e-cigarettes only on designated lounge terraces.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal 4, Floor 0, beside baggage reclaim hall 10 (after security) | Yes | Free open-air terrace, 500 m², from the boarding area or on the way to baggage reclaim, ask staff for the route from your gate; no hours published; travellers described the entrance one floor down from gate J40 in July 2022 |
| Terminal 4S satellite (after security) | Ask staff | The airport lists no smoking area; smoke at the Terminal 4 terrace before the people-mover |
| Terminals 1, 2 and 3 (after security) | Ask staff | The airport lists no smoking area |
| Cibeles VIP Lounge, Terminal 1, Floor 2 (after security, paid) | Yes | €51.26, 24 hours, non-Schengen, up to three hours before departure; a terrace, where Aena’s lounge conditions allow smoking; travellers described it near gate B26 in June 2024 |
| Before security, every terminal | Ask staff | The airport lists no smoking area; outside the airport property if there is none |
| Vaping | Ask staff | Aena publishes no rule for the public areas |
For Spain’s airport smoking law and the vaping rule, see our Spain airport guide.