A lousy airport experience can ruin the beginning of a trip — or act as the harsh coda at the end of a vacation. Fortunately, there are some airports across the globe that make flying a little more pleasant.
Recently, international air transportation rating organization Skytrax unveiled its 2025 World Airport Awards. The awards are based on questionnaires completed by airport customers from more than 100 countries.
Factors evaluated include:
- Check-in
- Arrivals
- Transfers
- Shopping
- Security
Here are the top-performing airports across the world — including the airport that took the top honor for a record-breaking 13th time.
Changi Airport
World’s Best Airport ranking in 2025: No. 1
Other Skytrax honors received in 2025:
- Best Airport in Asia
- Best Airport: 60-70 million passengers
- Best Airport Dining Experience
- World’s Best Airport Washrooms
Airport code: SIN
Location: Singapore
Changi Airport has taken the top honor in the Skytrax survey for a record 13th time. The airport officially began operations in 1981 and expects to see passenger traffic growth between 3% and 4% every year for the next two decades.
Changi is currently building a fifth terminal and a three-runway system.
Hamad International Airport
World’s Best Airport ranking in 2025: No. 2
Other Skytrax honors received in 2025:
- World’s Best Airport Shopping
- Best Airport in the Middle East
- Best Airport: 50-60 million passengers
Airport code: DOH
Location: Outside of Doha, Qatar
Hamad International Airport is relatively young, having opened in 2014. It hosts more than 360,000 flights and 30 million passengers annually — but anticipates that it will soon serve 50 million travelers each year.
The airport’s western runway is the eighth-longest in the world.
Haneda Airport
World’s Best Airport ranking in 2025: No. 3
Other Skytrax honors received in 2025:
- World’s Cleanest Major Airport
- Best PRM and Accessible Facilities
- World’s Best Domestic Airport
- Best Airport: 70+ million passengers
- The Cleanest Airport in Asia
Airport code: HND
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Haneda Airport, which previously went by the name Tokyo International Airport, is among the world’s busiest airports.
Fortunately for the millions of travelers who pass through the airport each year, it’s hardly the worst place to endure a layover. It has more than 100 food options and more than 100 shops. There are even areas for visitors to shower, do laundry and get their clothes dry cleaned.
The rest of the World’s Best Airport winners
Here are the rest of the airports that won high praise from the flying public:
- Incheon International Airport (South Korea)
- Narita International Airport (Japan)
- Hong Kong International Airport (Hong Kong)
- Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (France)
- Rome Fiumicino Airport (Italy)
- Munich Airport (Germany)
- Zurich Airport (Switzerland)
- Dubai International Airport (United Arab Emirates)
- Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (Finland)
- Vancouver International Airport (Canada)
- Istanbul Airport (Turkey)
- Vienna International Airport (Austria)
- Melbourne Airport (Australia)
- Chubu Centrair International Airport (Japan)
- Copenhagen Airport (Denmark)
- Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (Netherlands)
- Bahrain International Airport (Bahrain)
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