Yes, Ras Al Khaimah International Airport (RKT) provides designated indoor smoking rooms — one in its Arrival Terminal building and one in its Departure Terminal building. The airport’s own facilities page describes them plainly: smoking is not allowed inside the airport premises generally; special rooms have been allocated for smokers at both terminals, and lighting up anywhere else in either building is not permitted.
RAK Airport, about 18km from Ras Al Khaimah city, has been the home hub of low-cost carrier Air Arabia since 2014. It operates from two separate terminal buildings rather than one shared structure — a small arrivals building and a larger departures building that handles check-in, security and the gates.
Smoking Rooms
The Arrival Terminal building has its own designated indoor smoking room, per the airport’s own facilities page. The Departure Terminal building — which covers check-in, security screening and boarding under one roof — has a separate smoking room of its own. RAK Airport’s facilities page does not specify whether the departure room sits before or after the security checkpoint, so once you are inside, ask at an information desk for directions to the nearest one.
Lounge
For business and first-class passengers, the Departure Terminal’s lounge — branded The Lounge — is described in its own Amex Platinum lounge listing as non-smoking. Travellers who want a cigarette with their pre-flight coffee will need to step out to one of the terminal’s designated smoking rooms instead.
E-Cigarettes and Vaping
E-cigarettes have been legal across the UAE since 2019 and are treated the same as cigarettes at RAK Airport, so vape inside the designated smoking rooms in either terminal building. Vaping in the general terminal areas, gates or lounge is not permitted.
Compared with the far larger Dubai International (DXB), RAK Airport is a small regional gateway with just two smoking rooms across its two terminal buildings.
Summary
| Area | Smoking Allowed | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Arrival Terminal | Yes | Indoor room |
| Departure Terminal | Yes | Indoor room; position relative to security not specified |
| The Lounge (Departure Terminal) | No | Listed as non-smoking |
| Vaping | Yes | Same rooms; legal UAE-wide since 2019 |
For UAE airport smoking rules, vaping rules, and other general info, see our UAE smoking guide.