2019 is expected to set a new record for the number of scheduled air passengers. It’s estimated almost 4.6 billion will fly to their travel destinations, meaning the quality of an airport matters more than ever before.
With these statistics in mind, luggage storage network, Stasher, has standardised the latest data available for key categories – including fewest delays, shortest distance to city centre, cost of airport parking and quality of restaurants – to rank the world’s biggest airports.
Of the 106 airports analysed, Heathrow London is ranked as the second, best airport in the world.
This may not seem surprising, as Heathrow is also currently ranked as the seventh busiest airport globally, and there has been a lot of recent financial investment in its facilities. It also recently published a masterplan for a third runway and new terminal facilities.
Efforts are clearly paying off as Heathrow Terminal 5 was awarded the World’s Best Airport Terminal title this year and in this study it receives top scores for number of lounges (10), quality of restaurants & food and airport hotel quality.
Top 10 airports around the world
- Sheremetyevo International Airport – Russia
- Heathrow Airport – England
- Piarco International Airport – Trinidad & Tobago
- Suvarnabhumi Airport – Thailand
- Copenhagen Airport – Denmark
- José María Córdova International Airport – Colombia
- Adelaide Airport – Australia
- Calgary International Airport – Canada
- El Dorado International Airport – Colombia
- Hamad International Airport – Qatar
Sheremetyevo International in Russia beats Heathrow to the top spot. This might seem surprising; however, Sheremetyevo has top scores for key categories including fewest delays and parking costs. It also scores highly for the number of passenger lounges and airport hotel quality.
It is also the only airport with less than 10 percent of delayed flights over a year. Just six percent of flights were delayed for longer than 15 minutes. Completing the top five is Piarco International in Trinidad & Tobago in third place, followed by Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi airport and Denmark’s Copenhagen airport .
