Top 10 Airports in the World

[ChinaToday]

These top ten airports all offer modern leisure facilities, smooth transit and efficient service; what more could an international traveller ask for?

1. Hong Kong International Airport – This airport is located at Hkia Tower 1 Sky Plaza Road, Hong Kong and is also known as Chek Lap Kok Airport to distinguish it from the previous airport it replaced in Kowloon. Built entirely on reclaimed land it opened in July 1998 and last year carried more than 53.9 million passengers. There were also 3.9 million tons of cargo that had moved through the airport. Approximately 100 airlines fly to 160 various locations throughout the world and HKG is an important gateway with China, flying to over 40 Chinese destinations. During peak hours, there will be approximately 63 different flights taking off within an hour.

2. Singapore Changi Airport – This multi-award winning airport is located on the Eastern tip of Singapore about 17km outside of the city. The first terminal opened in December 1981 and although both the exterior and interior is a little dated the facilities, shops and restaurants are excellent. Over 46 million passengers use this airport annually, with approximately 6,300 flights arriving and departing every week from 80 international airlines. There are 100 airlines that use this airport flying to approximately 220 various locations throughout the world.

3. Incheon International Airport – This airport is located at Unseo-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea and opened in March 2001. Incheon has been consistently voted as the best airport in the world, in fact for the last 7 years! There are approximately 20,590 flights each year that carry over 3.1 million passengers. Approximately 80 airlines fly in and out of this airport.

4. Munich Airport – This airport is located at Nordallee 25 85356 Munich, Germany. It started its operations in October 1939 and is today the second busiest airport in Germany, after Frankfurt Airport. Approximately 37.8 million passengers had flown using this airline in 2011. There are 100 different airlines flying to 241 destinations throughout the world.

5. Beijing Capital International Airport – This airport is located approximately 20 miles northeast of Beijing’s city center in China and is Asia’s busiest airport. It opened in March 1958 with many recent upgrades. There were approximately 73.95 million passengers that used this airport in 2010 making it the second busiest passenger airport in the world. More than 90 airlines use this airport and fly to 223 different airlines worldwide.

6. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol – This airport is located at Evert v/d Beekstraat 202 1118 CP Schiphol, Netherlands and is widely considered as an ‘airport city’. It was originally opened in September 1916 as a military airbase and today serves as a primary transport hub for much of north and west Europe. Flights using civil airplanes began using this airfield in 1920. This airport was used by 49.8 million passengers in 2011 connecting to destinations across the globe. There are 106 airlines that fly in and out of this airport to 301 destinations.

7. Zurich Airport – This airport is located at 8302 Kloten, Switzerland. The first flights from this airport were in 1948 but the opening celebration did not take place until 1953. Approximately 24.34 million passengers used this airport last year on some 74 airlines.

8. Auckland International Airport – This airport is located at PO Box 73020 Manukau 2150, New Zealand. In 1928 the airport’s site was originally used by the Auckland Aero Club. The first flight from the airport was in 1965 and it officially opened in 1966. Over 13 million passengers had flown in and out of this airport annually and there are currently 27 airlines operating here.

9. Kuala Lumpur International Airport – This airport is located at Jalan Klia S3, 64000 Sepang, Klia, Malaysia. It was officially opened in January 1996 and today serves as a main connecting hub to much of Asia. This airport had over 34 million passengers in 2010 and can carry over 1.2 million tons of cargo per year. There are 53 airlines that currently carry passengers and 15 airlines that carry cargo.

10. Copenhagen Airport – This airport is located at Lufthavnsboulevarden 6, 2770 Kastrup, Denmark. It opened in April 1925 on the Danish island of Amager just 8km from the capital city of Copenhagen. It was one of the first private airports and originally had a grass runway. Approximately 22.7 million passengers used this airport in 2011. There are currently 60 airlines that fly in and out of this airport.

Top 10 Airports in the World

 

[ChinaToday]

Top (or Bottom) 10 Worst Airports In The World

What makes an airport bad? Frequent flight delays, long lines, dirty bathrooms, uncomfortable seats, bad fast food, crying children, AK-47s? There’s been a real boom in sensational online lists covering which of the world’s airports are the worst in one way or another, ranging from the dull and methodical to the wacky and impressionistic . Our list synthesizes the most recent ratings, giving special weight to enhanced security and long, invasive and inefficient customs and immigration processing.

10. Indira Gandhi Airport , New Delhi, India

New Delhi’s airport was built to serve less than half of the traffic it currently receives, and consequently it’s crowded, dirty, and loud. Only 60% of flights to and from Indira Gandhi are on time, according to this Indian Airports website report , and the terminal is full of mosquitoes and birds, according to travel site Relax Asia . Officials claim that the problem is the rapid increase in domestic air traffic, with officials noting that expansion and construction will make things slower and less efficient in New Delhi and at Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport in Mumbai, India’s other busy-but-underperforming airport.



9. LAX , Los Angeles, California

Ah, pity poor LAX, the once-futuristic hub of west coast American travel, made decrepit and unpleasant by age, just like we all will one day be made decrepit and unpleasant by age. LAX, with its quaint, cartoonish UFO tower and long customs lines and air of promise unfulfilled, is way past its best-before date. LAX endures some of the highest passenger traffic in the United States in an old, undersized facility, and its terminals sprawl in an inefficient ring that’s underserved by shuttles. CNN claims that the airport’s parking ticket cops are eager and merciless , and in a city defined by its reliance on driving, that’s bad news. Plus, the staff are notoriously rude . We love LA!


8. Queen Alia Airport, Amman, Jordan

Amman’s major international airport has been called out by Frommer’s for its repellently dirty washrooms: come on, Jordan. Get it together. You are one of the richest and most influential Arab states. Clean the dirty bathrooms in your airport. We want to pretend we’re in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade at Petra , but we don’t want to risk toxic shock en route. Don’t make us choose, Jordan.



7. Toncontin Airport , Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Toncontin’s terminal in Honduras’ largest city is passable and its immigration procedures are less maddening and corrupt than those in other developing countries, but it makes this list for the death-defying approach to its runway, which had to be lengthened after a fatal overshot in 2008.


6. Ben Gurion Airport , Tel Aviv, Israel

Ben Gurion is a beautiful modern airport crippled by its Inferno-like rings of security: there’s a checkpoint on the way in to the parking lot, another at the entrance of the building, and two others inside the building. Israelis accept the tight security, according to this Toronto Star report , and most visitors grant the country some slack, considering the history of anti-Israeli sentiment and terrorism and the constant, continuing threat of attack. But not everyone is so forgiving. Skytrax’s airport rating site is flooded with complaints about the long delays, rude and apparently idle security staff, and interminable waits. Freedom isn’t free, disgruntled traveller, especially not when so many of your neighbours want you out of the neighbourhood.

5. Guarhulos Airport , Sao Paulo, Brazil

One of the busiest airports in Latin America (it’s neck and neck with Mexico City for the top spot), Guarhulos in São Paulo is second to none when it comes to poor hygiene, inadequate services, paltry food options, and delays at customs. Guarhulos, like many of the other large, overtaxed airports on this list, was built for far fewer travellers than it has been receiving since the recent rapid growth of Brazil’s economy. CNN notes the "round-the-clock rush hour" atmosphere at Guarhulos, adding that passenger traffic has doubled in under a decade. Delays hit bottom in 2008, according to Forbes , when Brazilian airports ranked worst in the world for timeliness. You might be waiting endlessly at Guarhulos, but at least you aren’t at the Brasilia airport, where barely one-quarter of all flights arrive or depart on time.


4. JFK Terminal 3 , New York City

Frommer’s named this terminal of New York’s generally efficient and easily-accessed JFK airport the worst in the world, and number 3’s crumbling interior and endless upkeep drag the entire airport onto this list with it. The New York Observer ran a story in January of 2012 that highlighted the way infrastructure improvements at the airports that serve the Big Apple have lagged behind the great airports in the world’s rising business capitals (like Abu Dhabi , for example). JFK’s terminal 3 is crowded, poorly ventilated, and criss-crossed by clear drainage tubes filled with noxious sludge (see photo for tubes and plastic diaper squares). Booking a flight into or out of JFK? Try JetBlue’s sparkling new Terminal5 . Or maybe try the train.


3. Heathrow Airport , London, United Kingdom

Heathrow is massive, confusing, crowded, expensive and inhumane. Hopefully all of the investment underway to prepare for the 2012 Olympics will pay off (the way it has in the airport’s well-regarded fifth terminal ). Right now, like at JFK, if you’re stuck in the wrong terminal (which would be any of the rest of them), prepare to endure the classic worst-that-the-third-busiest airport in the world has to offer. Airside is better than landside, according to Skytrax , and there are plenty of diversions if you can fight your way through the crowds to “enjoy” them. Keep calm and carry on flying out of Luton or Gatwick.



2. Charles-de-Gaulle Aiport , Paris, France

Now that the authorities at Paris’ biggest airport have figured out how to sequester the homeless into a single terminal (terminal 3, if you must know ), Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Paris is a little better, but the terminals are still large, grimy, function-only boxes, and the delays and staff are bad enough for CNN to call it the "most hated airport in the world .” Travelling between terminals is interminable and confusing, and customs lines reach up to hours-long waits. How strange: the French are indifferent to visitors’ opinions of them.

1. Ninoy Aquino Airport , Manila, Philippines

The expert complainers agree: Ninoy Aquino airport in Manila is the worst in the world, for many of the by-now familiar reasons (waits, crowds, dirty terminals), but the problem that pushes it over the edge is the collapse of part of the ceiling in 2011 . The chorus of disapproval got so loud that the Philippine government committed to a US$25 million facelift. Hopefully the cash can help scrub the plaster dust and debris off of the airport’s reputation.

Top Ten Worst Airports In The World 2012 Edition | immigroup.com

 

[Hulk]

Top (or Bottom) 10 Worst Airports In The World

What makes an airport bad? Frequent flight delays, long lines, dirty bathrooms, uncomfortable seats, bad fast food, crying children, AK-47s? There’s been a real boom in sensational online lists covering which of the world’s airports are the worst in one way or another, ranging from the dull and methodical to the wacky and impressionistic . Our list synthesizes the most recent ratings, giving special weight to enhanced security and long, invasive and inefficient customs and immigration processing.

10. Indira Gandhi Airport , New Delhi, India

New Delhi’s airport was built to serve less than half of the traffic it currently receives, and consequently it’s crowded, dirty, and loud. Only 60% of flights to and from Indira Gandhi are on time, according to this Indian Airports website report , and the terminal is full of mosquitoes and birds, according to travel site Relax Asia . Officials claim that the problem is the rapid increase in domestic air traffic, with officials noting that expansion and construction will make things slower and less efficient in New Delhi and at Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport in Mumbai, India’s other busy-but-underperforming airport.



9. LAX , Los Angeles, California

Ah, pity poor LAX, the once-futuristic hub of west coast American travel, made decrepit and unpleasant by age, just like we all will one day be made decrepit and unpleasant by age. LAX, with its quaint, cartoonish UFO tower and long customs lines and air of promise unfulfilled, is way past its best-before date. LAX endures some of the highest passenger traffic in the United States in an old, undersized facility, and its terminals sprawl in an inefficient ring that’s underserved by shuttles. CNN claims that the airport’s parking ticket cops are eager and merciless , and in a city defined by its reliance on driving, that’s bad news. Plus, the staff are notoriously rude . We love LA!


8. Queen Alia Airport, Amman, Jordan

Amman’s major international airport has been called out by Frommer’s for its repellently dirty washrooms: come on, Jordan. Get it together. You are one of the richest and most influential Arab states. Clean the dirty bathrooms in your airport. We want to pretend we’re in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade at Petra , but we don’t want to risk toxic shock en route. Don’t make us choose, Jordan.



7. Toncontin Airport , Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Toncontin’s terminal in Honduras’ largest city is passable and its immigration procedures are less maddening and corrupt than those in other developing countries, but it makes this list for the death-defying approach to its runway, which had to be lengthened after a fatal overshot in 2008.


6. Ben Gurion Airport , Tel Aviv, Israel

Ben Gurion is a beautiful modern airport crippled by its Inferno-like rings of security: there’s a checkpoint on the way in to the parking lot, another at the entrance of the building, and two others inside the building. Israelis accept the tight security, according to this Toronto Star report , and most visitors grant the country some slack, considering the history of anti-Israeli sentiment and terrorism and the constant, continuing threat of attack. But not everyone is so forgiving. Skytrax’s airport rating site is flooded with complaints about the long delays, rude and apparently idle security staff, and interminable waits. Freedom isn’t free, disgruntled traveller, especially not when so many of your neighbours want you out of the neighbourhood.

5. Guarhulos Airport , Sao Paulo, Brazil

One of the busiest airports in Latin America (it’s neck and neck with Mexico City for the top spot), Guarhulos in São Paulo is second to none when it comes to poor hygiene, inadequate services, paltry food options, and delays at customs. Guarhulos, like many of the other large, overtaxed airports on this list, was built for far fewer travellers than it has been receiving since the recent rapid growth of Brazil’s economy. CNN notes the "round-the-clock rush hour" atmosphere at Guarhulos, adding that passenger traffic has doubled in under a decade. Delays hit bottom in 2008, according to Forbes , when Brazilian airports ranked worst in the world for timeliness. You might be waiting endlessly at Guarhulos, but at least you aren’t at the Brasilia airport, where barely one-quarter of all flights arrive or depart on time.


4. JFK Terminal 3 , New York City

Frommer’s named this terminal of New York’s generally efficient and easily-accessed JFK airport the worst in the world, and number 3’s crumbling interior and endless upkeep drag the entire airport onto this list with it. The New York Observer ran a story in January of 2012 that highlighted the way infrastructure improvements at the airports that serve the Big Apple have lagged behind the great airports in the world’s rising business capitals (like Abu Dhabi , for example). JFK’s terminal 3 is crowded, poorly ventilated, and criss-crossed by clear drainage tubes filled with noxious sludge (see photo for tubes and plastic diaper squares). Booking a flight into or out of JFK? Try JetBlue’s sparkling new Terminal5 . Or maybe try the train.


3. Heathrow Airport , London, United Kingdom

Heathrow is massive, confusing, crowded, expensive and inhumane. Hopefully all of the investment underway to prepare for the 2012 Olympics will pay off (the way it has in the airport’s well-regarded fifth terminal ). Right now, like at JFK, if you’re stuck in the wrong terminal (which would be any of the rest of them), prepare to endure the classic worst-that-the-third-busiest airport in the world has to offer. Airside is better than landside, according to Skytrax , and there are plenty of diversions if you can fight your way through the crowds to “enjoy” them. Keep calm and carry on flying out of Luton or Gatwick.



2. Charles-de-Gaulle Aiport , Paris, France

Now that the authorities at Paris’ biggest airport have figured out how to sequester the homeless into a single terminal (terminal 3, if you must know ), Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Paris is a little better, but the terminals are still large, grimy, function-only boxes, and the delays and staff are bad enough for CNN to call it the "most hated airport in the world .” Travelling between terminals is interminable and confusing, and customs lines reach up to hours-long waits. How strange: the French are indifferent to visitors’ opinions of them.

1. Ninoy Aquino Airport , Manila, Philippines

The expert complainers agree: Ninoy Aquino airport in Manila is the worst in the world, for many of the by-now familiar reasons (waits, crowds, dirty terminals), but the problem that pushes it over the edge is the collapse of part of the ceiling in 2011 . The chorus of disapproval got so loud that the Philippine government committed to a US$25 million facelift. Hopefully the cash can help scrub the plaster dust and debris off of the airport’s reputation.

Top Ten Worst Airports In The World 2012 Edition | immigroup.com

Wonder where this guy found dirty toilets and mosquitoes on T3? Maybe he is talking about old Airport.

Anyways looks like someone is participating in pissing contest here.

 

[Ayush]

To some poster here, no offence but why not make another thread rather than derailing this one.
Will surely contribute there

 

[SHAMK9]

Hope to see New Isb airport in top 20 after completion

 

[PITA]

Why isn't O'Hare or Pearson Int'l not on the list of worst airports. I rarely get good experiences with either. Maybe it's just my luck.

I have to agree with indianrabbit. I didn't notice any of those things either and thought IGA to be quite impressive.

 

[agamdilawari]

Top (or Bottom) 10 Worst Airports In The World


10. Indira Gandhi Airport , New Delhi, India

New Delhi’s airport was built to serve less than half of the traffic it currently receives, and consequently it’s crowded, dirty, and loud. Only 60% of flights to and from Indira Gandhi are on time, according to this Indian Airports website report , and the terminal is full of mosquitoes and birds, according to travel site Relax Asia . Officials claim that the problem is the rapid increase in domestic air traffic, with officials noting that expansion and construction will make things slower and less efficient in New Delhi and at Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport in Mumbai, India’s other busy-but-underperforming airport.

 

[Ayush]

Hope to see New Isb airport in top 20 after completion

Inshallah we will see new isb airport as.well as Mumbai/delhi in the top 20.

Mate, he is right.both Mumbai and Delhi are not good enough to handle our crowds.

 

[agamdilawari]

Inshallah we will see new isb airport as.well as Mumbai/delhi in the top 20.


Mate, he is right.both Mumbai and Delhi are not good enough to handle our crowds.

I don't know abt Mumbai mate but plz leave T3 IGI out of all this.....have traveled numerous times from T3 in past 2 years both domestic n internationally....travel from there frequently and u urself will reach airport well in advance from next time just to experience the ambiance around that place.
T3 also has an underground metro station if some r not aware about it.

 

[Ayush]

I don't know abt Mumbai mate but plz leave T3 IGI out of all this.....have traveled numerous times from T3 in past 2 years both domestic n internationally....travel from there frequently and u urself will reach airport well in advance from next time just to experience the ambiance around that place.
T3 also has an underground metro station if some r not aware about it.

Google it mate.
And ya Mumbai is worse than Delhi in this case.

 

[third eye]

Top (or Bottom) 10 Worst Airports In The World

What makes an airport bad? Frequent flight delays, long lines, dirty bathrooms, uncomfortable seats, bad fast food, crying children, AK-47s? There’s been a real boom in sensational online lists covering which of the world’s airports are the worst in one way or another, ranging from the dull and methodical to the wacky and impressionistic . Our list synthesizes the most recent ratings, giving special weight to enhanced security and long, invasive and inefficient customs and immigration processing.

10. Indira Gandhi Airport , New Delhi, India

New Delhi’s airport was built to serve less than half of the traffic it currently receives, and consequently it’s crowded, dirty, and loud. Only 60% of flights to and from Indira Gandhi are on time, according to this Indian Airports website report , and the terminal is full of mosquitoes and birds, according to travel site Relax Asia . Officials claim that the problem is the rapid increase in domestic air traffic, with officials noting that expansion and construction will make things slower and less efficient in New Delhi and at Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport in Mumbai, India’s other busy-but-underperforming airport.



Top Ten Worst Airports In The World 2012 Edition | immigroup.com

Something is wrong here.

Maybe this survey is based on the old IGI that does not exist anymore.

Terminal 3 at IGI is comparable with the best anywhere & is maintained well too.

 

[Skyman]

Maybe it's the Indian toilets People are not used to using a proper toilet so they do it on the floor or something. Or it must be the long lines or the rude service or flight delay (delay is natural for Indians ).
Just nice looking hard infrastructure won't work, you must have the soft infrastructure too like customer service, flight on time, clean toilets, and other things.

 

[third eye]

Maybe it's the Indian toilets People are not used to using a proper toilet so they do it on the floor or something. Or it must be the long lines or the rude service or flight delay (delay is natural for Indians ).
Just nice looking hard infrastructure won't work, you must have the soft infrastructure too like customer service, flight on time, clean toilets, and other things.

Get well soon.

 

[Contrarian]

Cant agree with this.

IGI is now one of the best airports world over. A couple of months back they won the second best airport in an Asian contest.

Bombay airport is shitty though. I can agree with that.

 

[Indrajith]

Delhi International Airport wins the top award for the world's Most Improved Airport at the 2012 World Airport Awards

Delhi International Airport has been named as the World's Most Improved Airport in 2012, at the World Airport Awards held at the Passenger Terminal EXPO in Vienna.

"Coinciding with the opening of the new Terminal 3, there has been a significant improvement in product standards for passengers travelling into Delhi International Airport. The enhanced airside transit service, and better shopping and dining options has really improved the passenger experience and Delhi International Airport now provides a most competitive international standard" said Edward Plaisted, Chairman of SKYTRAX.

Other top contenders for the World's Most Improved Airport award were Ankara Esenboga Airport in 2nd place, Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport 3rd, Sydney Airport in 4th place and Recife International Airport in 5th.

Delhi International Airport enjoys success being voted the world's Most Improved Airport