Airline and airport snafus really feel all however inevitable of late, however which may be since you’re flying out and in of the incorrect airports.

Right here that can assist you determine if that is the case is AirHelp Inc., which advocates on behalf of passengers by submitting customer support claims for flight disruptions that embody cancellations, delays and misplaced baggage; annually, it points an evaluation of greater than 4,000 airports in its worldwide database to find out the most effective performers and worst offenders. Elements considered embody every airport’s on-time efficiency, mixed with buyer suggestions about airport navigation, meals and buying choices. 

This yr’s survey displays information collected from Jan. 1 to Sept. 30, plus survey responses from greater than 15,800 passengers.

The outcomes say that the world’s greatest airport is Oman’s Muscat Worldwide.

In second and third place, respectively, are Brazil’s Recife-Guararapes Worldwide Airport and South Africa’s Cape City Worldwide Airport. 

Japan and Brazil typically dominate in airport efficiency, with every counting three areas on the High 10 listing of greatest world airports. Of US hubs, solely three made it onto the world’s High 50 listing: Minneapolis-St. Paul Worldwide (No. 13), Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide (No. 34) and Detroit Metropolitan Airport Wayne County (No. 38). 

European airports did not do significantly better, with simply 9 making it into the High 50 greatest airport experiences of the world, in line with AirHelp.  Bilbao Airport in northern Spain took the No. 1 spot in Europe.

This factors to an extra pattern: Main metropolitan hubs don’t correlate nicely with wonderful airports, as one would possibly anticipate. Busy as they might be, Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson ranked at No. 55, whereas London Heathrow Airport got here in at No. 163 and Paris Charles de Gaulle at No. 173. New York Metropolis’s hubs fared marginally higher than their rivals throughout the pond, with John F. Kennedy at No. 106 and La Guardia, contemporary off its $8 billion renovation, at No. 70.  

“The journey expertise is just not the only real duty of the airways, but additionally the airports,” mentioned Tomasz Pawliszyn, chief govt officer of AirHelp, in an emailed assertion. “This yr, airports throughout Asia have had a powerful efficiency.”

Curious to be taught whether or not your travels have taken you thru the yr’s greatest or worst airports? Learn on to see AirHelp’s High 10 in each instructions. 

The ten Greatest Airports within the World

10. Amami Airport, Japan (ASJ)

9. Tokyo Narita Worldwide Airport, Japan (NRT)

8. Belo Horizonte Tancredo Neves Worldwide Airport, Brazil (CNF) 

7. Belem/Val-de-Cans Worldwide Airport, Brazil (BEL)

6. Osaka Itami Worldwide Airport, Japan (ITM)

5. Doha Hamad Worldwide Airport, Qatar (DOH) 

4. Brasília-Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek Worldwide Airport, Brazil (BSB)

3. Cape City Worldwide Airport, South Africa (CPT)

2. Recife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre Worldwide Airport, Brazil (REC)

1. Muscat Worldwide Airport, Oman (MCT)

The ten Worst Airports within the World

10. Halim Perdanakusuma Worldwide Airport, Indonesia (HLP)

9. Marseille Provence Airport, France (MRS)

8. Sofia Airport, Bulgaria (SOF)

7. Toronto Pearson Worldwide Airport (YYZ)

6. Denpasar Worldwide Airport, Bali (DPS)

5. Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) 

4. Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport, Portugal  (LIS)

3. London Gatwick Airport, UK (LGW)

2. Malta Worldwide Airport (MLA)

1. Banjarmasin Syamsudin Noor Worldwide Airport, Indonesia (BDJ)

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