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World’s Best Airports named…Asia sweeps top 5

Submitted by on Thursday, 18 February 20105 Comments
Incheon Airport

Incheon Airport

Airports Council International [ACI] has named the best airports around the World. The Top 5 have 4 repeats and one surprise new winner. South Korea’s Incheon International has again, for the 5th time, won the top spot. The surprise new entrant at number 5 position is Hyderabad International airport.

From the Middle East the field is scored by Tel Aviv taking the Gold, and Dubai taking Silver, and Abu Dhabi Bronze

The rest of the winners are below..

BEST AIRPORTS WORLDWIDE
1) Incheon (ICN)
2) Singapore (SIN)
3) Hong Kong (HKG)
4) Beijing (PEK)
5) Hyderabad (HYD)

BEST AIRPORT BY REGION

Africa
1) George (GRJ)
2) Johannesburg (JNB)
3) Cairo (CAI)
4) Port Elizabeth (PLZ)
5) Durban (DUR)

Asia-Pacific
1) Incheon (ICN)
2) Singapore (SIN)
3) Hong Kong (HKG)
4) Beijing (PEK)
5) Hyderabad (HYD)

Europe
1) Keflavik (KEF)
2) Zurich (ZRH)
3) Porto (OPO)
4) Malta (MLA)
5) Southampton (SOU)

Latin America & Caribbean
1) Cancun (CUN)
2) Guayaquil (GYE)
3) Barbados(BGI)
4) Mexico City (MEX)
5) Montego Bay (MBJ)

Middle East
1) Tel Aviv (TLV)
2)  Dubai  (DXB)
3)  Abu Dhabi (AUH)
4)  Doha (DOH)
5)  Muscat  (MCT)

North America
1) Austin (AUS)
2) Halifax (YHZ)
3) Ottawa (YOW)
4) Jacksonville (JAX)
5) Portland (PWM)

BEST AIRPORT BY SIZE OF AIRPORT

Fewer than 5 million passengers
1) Halifax (YHZ)
2) Ottawa (YOW)
3) Portland (PWM)
4) Guayaquil  (GYE)
5) Jackson (JAN)

5 – 15 million passengers
1) Hyderabad (HYD)
2) Austin (AUS)
3) Cancun (CUN)
4) Nagoya (NGO)
5) Jacksonville (JAX)

15 – 25 million passengers
1) Baltimore/Washington (BWI)
2) Taipei (TPE)
3) Shenzhen (SZX)
4) New Delhi ( DEL )
5) Salt Lake City (SLC)

25 – 40 million passengers
1) Incheon (ICN)
2) Singapore (SIN)
3) Tokyo Narita (NRT)
4) Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
5) Shanghai Pudong (PVG)

over 40 million
1) Hong Kong (HKG)
2) Beijing (PEK)
3) Denver (DEN)
4) Dallas Fort Worth (DFW)
5) Houston George Bush (IAH)

Source: Airports Council International