While some travelers want to know where they can be ensured a smoke-free travel experience, others want to know where they're still allowed to light up. Welcome to TravelPost.com's airport smoking guide, a comprehensive list noting both smoke-free airports as well as the locations of designated areas within airports that do permit smoking.
We strive to be comprehensive, but as more and more airports continue the move to "smoke-free," this information may change. To ensure you receive the most recent information, we've included links (where available) to airport pages, where you can confirm smoking areas are still available. If something's wrong, let us know as we make frequent updates!
| Airport Code |
Airport |
Smoking Area |
Location |
|
Nearby Hotels |
| ALB | Albany International | NO | | | ALB airport hotels |
| ABQ | Albuquerque International Sunport | YES | One is located at the Route 66 Diner near the center of Concourse A & B; the other is located on Concourse B. | more info | ABQ airport hotels |
| ATW | Appleton/Outagamie Regional | NO | | | ATW airport hotels |
| AMA | Amarillo/Rick Husband International | NO | | | Amarillo hotels |
| ANC | Anchorage/Ted Stevens International | NO | | | ANC airport hotels |
| ATL | Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International | YES | Permitted in designated smoking areas located within T-Gates area and terminals A, B, C, D, E. | more info | ATL airport hotels |
| ACY | Atlantic City International | NO | | | |
| AUS | Austin-Bergstrom International | NO | | | AUS airport hotels |
| BWI | Baltimore/Washington International | NO | | | BWI airport hotels |
| BIL | Billings Logan International | NO | | | BIL airport hotels |
| BOI | Boise International | NO | | | BOI hotels |
| BOS | Boston Logan International | NO | | | BOS airport hotels |
| BZN | Bozeman/Gallatin Field | NO | | | BZN airport hotels |
| BUF | Buffalo/Niagara International | NO | | | BUF airport hotels |
| BUR | Burbank-Bob Hope | NO | | | Burbank hotels |
| CHS | Charleston International | NO | | | CHS airport hotels |
| CHO | Charlottesville/Albemarle Airport | NO | | | CHO airport hotels |
| CLT | Charlotte-Douglas International | NO | Smoking prohibited in airport public areas; ban does not apply to airline clubs (see individual clubs for details). | more info | Charlotte airport hotels |
| ORD | Chicago O'Hare | NO | | | ORD airport hotels |
| MDW | Chicago Midway | NO | | | MDW hotels |
| CVG | Cincinnati/No. Kentucky International | YES | Smoking lounges and/or bars are located in each terminal and each concourse. | Administration (859) 767-3151 | CVG airport hotels |
| CLE | Cleveland Hopkins International | NO | | | CLE airport hotels |
| COS | Colorado Springs | NO | | | COS airport hotels |
| CAE | Columbia Metropolitan | NO | | | CAE airport hotels |
| CMH | Columbus/Port Columbus International | NO | | | CMH airport hotels |
| DFW | Dallas/Ft. Worth | NO | | | DFW airport hotels |
| DAL | Dallas/Love Field | NO | | | DAL airport hotels |
| DIA | Denver International | YES | Mesa Verde restaurant, concourse A; Aviators Lounge, concourse B; Smokin' Bear, concourse C. | | |
| DTW | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | YES | Smoking allowed only in specific bar area in McNamara Terminal. | | DTW airport hotels |
| DET | Detroit City/Coleman Young International | NO | | | |
| HTO | East Hampton | NO | | | |
| CID | Eastern Iowa/ Cedar Rapids | NO | | | CID airport hotels |
| ELP | El Paso International | NO | | | ELP airport hotels |
| FYV | Fayetteville/Drake Field Municipal | NO | | | |
| FLL | Ft. Lauderdale Hollywood International | NO | | | FLL airport hotels |
| FMY | Ft. Meyers/Page Field | NO | | | |
| GRR | Grand Rapids/Gerald R. Ford International | NO | | | GRR Airport hotels |
| GRB | Green Bay/Austin Straubel International | NO | | | GRB airport hotels |
| GSO | Greensboro-Winston-Salem/Piedmont Triad International | YES | Smoking pemitted in main terminal only. One Smoking bar upper level. | more info | GSO airport hotels |
| GPT | Gulfport/Biloxi International | YES | One smoking lounge in main terminal. | Phone: 228-863-5951 Toll Free: 1-866-447-8259 | GPT airport hotels |
| HNL | Honolulu International | YES | Outdoor areas located within terminal. | | HNL airport hotels |
| IAH | Houston-George W. Bush Intercontinental | NO | | | IAH airport hotels |
| HOU | Houston/William H. Hobby | NO | | | HOU airport hotels |
| IND | Indianapolis International | NO | | more info | IND airport hotels |
| OGG | Kahului Maui | YES | Outdoor areas located within terminal. | | OGG airport hotels |
| MCI | Kansas City International | NO | | | MCI airport hotels |
| LGA | La Guardia Airport | NO | | | LGA airport hotels |
| LIT | Little Rock National | NO | | | LIT airport hotels |
| LGB | Long Beach | NO | | | LGB airport hotels |
| LAX | Los Angeles International | YES | Within designated areas; courtyards within certain terminals permit smoking | | LAX airport hotels |
| SDF | Louisville International | YES | One smoking lounge on the mezzanine level of the main terminal | | SDF airport hotels |
| LAS | McCarron International | NO | | | LAS airport hotels |
| MIA | Miami International Airport | YES | Smoking allowed in some restaurants and bars | | MIA airport hotels |
| MSP | Minneapolis/St. Paul International | NO | | | MSP airport hotels |
| MKE | Milwaukee/Mitchell International Airport | YES | One smoking lounge on the upper level of the main terminal near the entrance to concourse E. | | MKE airport hotels |
| EWR | Newark Liberty International | NO | | | EWR airport hotels |
| MSY | New Orleans/Louis Armstrong International | NO | | more info | MSY airport hotels |
| JFK | New York-John F. Kennedy International | NO | | more info | JFK airport hotels |
| OAK | Oakland International | NO | | | OAK airport hotels |
| ONT | Ontario International | NO | | | |
| SNA | Orange County-John Wayne International | NO | | | SNA airport hotels |
| MCO | Orlando International | NO | | | MCO airport hotels |
| PBI | Palm Beach International/West Palm Beach | NO | | | PBI airport hotels |
| PHL | Philadelphia International | NO | | | PHL airport hotels |
| PHX | Phoenix Sky Harbor | NO | Smoking banned in public areas but some bars and lounges look the other way, such as the sports bar in the Southwest gate area. | | PHX airport hotels |
| PIT | Pittsburgh International | NO | | | PIT airport hotels |
| PDX | Portland International | NO | | | PDX airport hotels |
| SMF | Sacramento International | NO | | | SMF airport hotels |
| SLE | Salem/McNary Field | NO | | | |
| SLC | Salt Lake City International | YES | Smoking lounges are located on the lower levels of both Concourses A and B, and in the Concourse E lobby. | | SLC airport hotels |
| SFO | San Francisco International | NO | | | SFO airport hotels |
| SJC | San Jose/Mineta International | NO | | | SJC airport hotels |
| SAF | Santa Fe Municipal | NO | | more info | |
| SEA | Seattle-Tacoma International | NO | | | SEA airport hotels |
| RSW | Southwest Florida International/Lee County | NO | | | RSW airport hotels |
| GEG | Spokane International | NO | | | GEG airport hotels |
| STL | St. Louis/Lambert International | YES | Designated enclosed smoking lounges in all terminals. | | STL airport hotels |
| TOL | Toledo Express | NO | | | TOL airport hotels |
| DCA | Reagan National | NO | | | DCA airport hotels |
| IAD | Washington Dulles International | YES | Smoking lounges are located near gates B38, C4 and D30. | | IAD airport hotels |
| CRW | Yeager/Charleston Airport | NO | | | CRW airport hotels |
| LHR | London Heathrow | YES | Designated areas only; passengers arriving at Heathrow must clear customs to reach a designated smoking area within Heathrow. Departing passengers have a variety of smoking area options once clearing the security checkpoint. | more info | |
| CDG | Paris Charles de Gaulle | YES | Designated areas only; country-wide ban on smoking in airports enacted February 1, 2007 so verify before leaving. | more info | |
| MUC | Munich International | YES | Designated smoking zones in waiting areas and restaurants in Terminals 1 and 2 | more info | |
| FRA | Frankfurt-Main | YES | Designated smoking area in gate A22 | | |
| FCO | Rome Fiumincino | YES | Designated smoking areas only, including some bars and restaurants. | | |
| BCN | Barcelona El Prat | YES | Smoking is permitted in designated areas of the airport, including most restaurants and bars. | | |
| TPA | Tampa International | YES | Designated smoking area areas at A, C, E and F. | | |
| CPH | Copenhagen Airports | YES | Designated smoking areas with special smoking facilities. | | |
| RDU | Raleigh-Durham International | YES | AJ's Tavern near A21, Carolina Varsity Bar & Grill near A16 (located in Terminal A) and Triangle Cyber Café and Pinehurst Village Brewery located in Terminal C. | | |