The 15 Best Airports in the World (2018)

[jabloomf1230]

According to Business Insider:

http://www.businessinsider.com/best-airports-in-world-skytrax-2018-3#2-incheon-international-airport-icn-14

None in the US and one in Canada (YVR at #14).

[fppilot]

Not really amazing that American airports dominate the list of departure airports, and these dominate the distanations!

 

[WingZ]

Interesting list, the commute from Auckland to London contains a possible connection through airports #1 and #2 in the rankings!
Changi has always been light years ahead - first contact years ago with the self-flushing toilet as I recall.

Dubai not featured... I suppose it's merely BIG 🙂

And how Heathrow got in there defeats me... perhaps if Terminal 5 were the only one operating?

[jabloomf1230]

These lists tend to be all over the place and I don't mean geographically. Some authors stress certain criteria and other authors emphasize different airport features and aspects.

In contrast, the airline rating lists tend to be fairly consistent.

[honanhal]

I’ve been to 9 of these 15 and to me it’s a fairly reasonable list overall. I find Changi a bit puzzling at number 1 — unless it’s changed a lot in the last couple of years, I’d have Incheon at the top, ahead by a mile. That’s a hell of an airport and honestly in a class of its own for facilities.

Not surprised Dubai doesn’t make the cut, however shiny the terminals are. I had to spend a 12-hour plus layover there once. In contrast to Incheon or Hong Kong, definitely not a good place to do that.

Only real head-scratcher here is Frankfurt. That’s a terrible airport in my experience. And I wonder about Heathrow being on the list at all. Definitely no way it should be ahead of Schiphol. But again, not a bad list on the whole.

James