The best airports in the world for 2026 have been crowned
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Singapore's Changi Airport has been named the best airport in the world for the second consecutive year.
The popular stopover for Aussies is celebrating its 14th win at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards.
Seoul's Incheon International Airport came in second place, with Tokyo's Haneda Airport coming in third.
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Singapore's Changi Airport has been name the best in the world for 2026. Getty
The awards are based on customer satisfaction surveys, covering 575 airports worldwide.
Asian airports had a clean sweep of the top five, with Hong Kong coming in fourth place, and Japan's second airport, Narita, landing at number five.
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One of the other frontrunners, and last year's runner-up, Doha's Hamad International, withdrew from the awards at the last minute, citing the closure of airspace around Qatar and conflict in the Middle East.
Paris came in sixth place and is considered the best airport in Europe, followed by Rome at number seven.
Istanbul, Munich and Vancouver made up the rest of the top 10.
Top 10 best airports in the world:
- Singapore Changi
- Seoul Incheon
- Tokyo Haneda
- Hong Kong
- Tokyo Narita
- Paris
- Rome Fiumicino
- Istanbul
- Munich
- Vancouver
Best airports in Australia
The best airport in Australia and the Pacific is Melbourne Airport, taking the local crown for the sixth time in seven years.
Overall, it was ranked 21st on the global list, dropping from its spot in the top 20 last year.
The best airport in Australia and the Pacific is Melbourne Airport. Grimshaw Architects
Melbourne Airport CEO Lorie Argus said in a statement: "We're incredibly proud that travellers continue to rate us as the best airport in our region, but we want to be even better."
"The people who work at Melbourne Airport are our secret sauce and always strive to put our customers first."
However, he said technology improvements were still needed.
"We're processing record international passenger numbers through the same amount of immigration kiosks we had a decade ago, while still requiring travellers to fill out a paper arrivals card, which has to change as we edge closer to welcoming the world to Australia for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics," he said.
Other Aussie airports in the top 100 according to Skytrax were Perth (58), Adelaide (72) and the Gold Coast (81).
