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# Smoking at Bukhara Airport – BHK

Yes, you can smoke at Bukhara International Airport (BHK) — outdoors, landside, beyond the five-metre zone Uzbek law requires clear of the terminal entrances. Bukhara’s small terminal does not publish a designated smoking room, so treat the building’s interior as smoke-free and plan on stepping outside.

Bukhara is a small regional airport serving the historic Silk Road city, run by state operator JSC Uzbekistan Airports.

## Inside the Terminal

The terminal building at BHK is smoke-free. The operator’s own site publishes contact and administrative details for Bukhara, with no facility page for a smoking room unlike its sister airports at Tashkent and Samarkand.

## Outside the Terminal

Uzbekistan’s Law No. ZRU-844 on tobacco restrictions permits open-air smoking outside a five-metre zone around the entrances to airports and other transport terminals. At Bukhara’s small forecourt, that means stepping back from the doors before lighting up landside.

## Vaping

Uzbekistan bans e-cigarettes nationwide under Law No. ZRU-844, so do not bring a vape device into the country. The same outdoor landside rule that covers cigarettes at BHK is for combustible tobacco only — there is no vaping equivalent.

## Summary

| Area | Smoking | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Terminal interior | No | No designated smoking room published |
| After security / airside | No | No facility |
| Outside the terminal, landside | Yes | Permitted beyond the five-metre zone required clear of the doors |
| Vaping / e-cigarettes | No | Banned nationwide |

Bukhara sits alongside [Samarkand Airport’s sterile-area smoking rooms](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/uzbekistan/skd-smoking-at-samarkand-airport/) and [Tashkent Airport’s airside smoking area in Terminal 2](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/uzbekistan/tas-smoking-at-tashkent-airport/) as one of Uzbekistan’s three international gateways.

For Uzbekistan’s nationwide smoking law, the vape ban and every other Uzbek airport, see our [Uzbekistan airport guide](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/uzbekistan/).

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Are there smoking areas at Bukhara Airport (BHK)?

Yes, outdoors — Uzbek law permits smoking landside beyond a set distance from the terminal entrances. Bukhara’s small terminal does not publish a designated smoking room, so the terminal interior is smoke-free.

### Is there a smoking area after security at Bukhara Airport?

The terminal past security is smoke-free — Bukhara is a small regional terminal, and the operator names no airside smoking room. Smoke landside before security instead.

### Can I smoke inside the terminal at Bukhara Airport?

The terminal interior is smoke-free throughout. Uzbek law bans smoking within five metres of the terminal doors, so step further out onto the open forecourt to smoke landside.

### Where can I smoke at Bukhara Airport?

Outside the terminal building, landside, beyond the five-metre zone Uzbek law requires clear of the entrance doors. There is no indoor or airside facility.

### Can I vape at Bukhara Airport?

Uzbekistan bans e-cigarettes nationwide under Law No. ZRU-844, so do not bring a vape into the country. The outdoor landside rule that covers cigarettes is for combustible tobacco only, and there is no vaping equivalent at BHK.

### How big is Bukhara Airport?

Bukhara International is a small regional airport serving the historic Silk Road city, run by state operator JSC Uzbekistan Airports.