While America may be home to some beautiful airports, if you want to experience the world’s best airports, you’ll most likely have to leave the country. In fact, you’d have to travel abroad to see any of the 20 best airports — at least according to Skytrax. The international air transport rating association just released its 2025 World Airport Awards, a customer satisfaction survey of 575 airports around the globe, published annually since 1999. Check out the 20 best airports for 2025 below.
A Repeat Winner
Anyone familiar with the World Airport Awards will be unsurprised by the winner: Singapore’s Changi Airport, which took the top spot as the world’s best airport for the 13th time. Changi also won Skytrax’s individual award categories for the World’s Best Dining and World’s Best Washrooms, the latter of which was just introduced this year.
Changi is the rare airport to be thought of not only as a waystation but also as a destination in and of itself. It features a 10-story shopping mall, indoor gardens and a koi pond, a dinosaur theme park, a rooftop pool, a movie theater, and the world’s largest indoor waterfall — all of which helped draw more than 80 million people to the airport last year. Passengers are allowed to drop off their bags up to 48 hours in advance, making it all the easier to enjoy Changi’s amenities before departing.
Not content with its current standing, Changi is also investing $2 billion to both improve its four terminals and add a fifth, which is scheduled to open in the 2030s.
Secondary Prizes
While Singapore stole the spotlight in this year’s list of the world’s best airports, it’s far from the only exceptional airport out there. Next on the list is Doha, Qatar’s Hamad International Airport, which held the top spot last year. At No. 3 in the rankings is Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, which also won a slew of individual recognitions: World’s Cleanest Airport, World’s Best Domestic Airport, and World’s Best Airport PRM & Accessible Facilities.
Other honorees include Seoul Incheon Airport (No. 4), which also won World’s Best Airport Staff; Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (No. 43), which was singled out for World’s Best Airport Baggage Delivery; Copenhagen Airport (No. 18), which won World’s Best Airport Security Processing; and the Houston Airport System for the World’s Best Airport Art (which includes Hobby, at No. 29, and George Bush Intercontinental at No. 33).
The Full List
Skytrax surveyed 565 passengers from over 100 nationalities around the globe to compile its rankings. A few things stand out among the top 20 airports in the world. Location is particularly significant: Almost all of the world’s best airports are found in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, with the only exceptions being Melbourne Airport in Australia and Vancouver International Airport in Canada. Check out the full list of the top 20 best airports in the world for 2025 below:
1. Singapore Changi Airport – Singapore
2. Doha Hamad International Airport – Qatar
3. Tokyo Haneda Airport – Japan
4. Seoul Incheon International Airport – South Korea
5. Tokyo Narita Airport – Japan
6. Hong Kong International Airport – Hong Kong
7. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport – France
8. Rome Fiumicino Airport – Italy
9. Munich International Airport – Germany
10. Zurich Airport – Switzerland
11. Dubai International Airport – United Arab Emirates
12. Helsinki-Vantaa Airport – Finland
13. Vancouver International Airport – Canada
14. Istanbul Airport – Turkey
15. Vienna International Airport – Austria
16. Melbourne Airport – Australia
17. Chubu Centrair International Airport – Japan
18. Copenhagen Airport – Denmark
19. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport – The Netherlands
20. Bahrain International Airport – Bahrain
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