LaGuardia Airport (LGA) Smoking Areas
LaGuardia Airport (LGA) maintain a 100% smoke-free indoor environment in all terminals. It comes as the latest U.S. airport to ban such smoking and to ensure the health and comfort of all passengers and employees, and to eliminate complaints about secondhand smoke smelling and inhaling from e-cigarettes. For travellers who wish to smoke, designated LGA airport smoking areas are located only outside the terminals. They are located a specific distance from terminal entrances to prevent smoke from filtering inside.
LGA Airport Smoking Section (Outdoor)
| Terminal | Location |
|---|---|
| Terminal A | 25 away from the entrance and exit |
| Terminal B | Departure and arrival curbsides |
| Terminal C | Outside the terminal building on the curbside |
LGA Airport Smoking Policy
Smoking indoors is not allowed at the airport. All terminals, concourses, restrooms, lounges, and restaurants are smoke-free areas.
- Passengers who would like to smoke should leave the LaGuardia Airport terminals and smoke in the smoking area outside the terminals – at least 25 feet from any doorways, exits or ventilation intakes..
- Electronic cigarettes and vaping are treated the same as smoking.
- No smoking rooms or lounges are available in terminals.
- LGA airport smoking area after security is not allowed. Passengers need to exit the security area for smoking and then re-enter.
Frequently Asked Question (FAQs)
No, LGA Airport does not have any designated indoor smoking areas.
At LGA Airport Terminal B, smoking is allowed only in designated outdoor areas along the departure and arrival curbsides, away from entrances.
Smokers must be at least 25 feet away from LGA Airport Terminal A entrances, exits, and ventilation intakes as per state law.
No, vaping and e-cigarettes are the same as smoking and are not allowed indoors.
Yes, but the passengers will have to leave the terminal and clear security a second time to re-enter for their flight.
Yes, passengers can find outdoor smoking zones near the arrival curbsides, outside LaGuardia Airport baggage claim areas, in each terminal.