Singapore Changi Airport has been named the World’s Best Airport 2025 in the prestigious Skytrax World Airport Awards, held last week in Madrid. Notably, Vancouver was named best airport in North America, 2nd-best globally in its category (20-30 million passengers) and 13th globally in the Awards’ pre-eminent best-overall category, leading a trio Canadian airport rankings in the top 100.
Those included Montreal, ranked 51, and Toronto Pearson at 55. (More Canadian honours listed below).
For Changi, it is the 13th time in the history of the awards that the facility has received the top accolade. Not surprisingly, it scored some other wins: World’s Best Airport Dining, the World’s Best Airport Washrooms, and as the Best Airport in Asia.
The full World’s Top 20 Airports for 2025 list includes:
- Singapore Changi Airport
- Hamad Int. Airport
- Tokyo Int. Airport (Haneda)
- Incheon Int. Airport
- Narita Int. Airport
- Hong Kong Int. Airport
- Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
- Rome Fiumicino Airport
- Munich Airport
- Zurich Airport
- Dubai Int. Airport
- Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
- Vancouver Int. Airport
- Istanbul Airport
- Vienna Int. Airport
- Melbourne Airport
- Chubu Centrair Int. Airport
- Copenhagen Airport
- Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
- Bahrain Int. Airport
Meanwhile, the highest ranked Airports by passenger numbers in 2025 are:
- 70+ million pax – Tokyo Int. Airport (Haneda)
- 60 to 70 million – Singapore Changi Airport
- 50 to 60 million – Hamad Int. Airport
- 40 to 50 million – Rome Fiumicino Airport
- 30 to 40 million – Narita Int. Airport
- 20 to 30 million – Zurich Airport
- 10 to 20 million – Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
- 5 to 10 million – Bahrain Int. Airport
- Less than 5 million – Goa Manohar Int. Airport
Canada
Other Canadian honours included:
- Vancouver: (In addition to previously listed honours), #2 best airport staff North America; #7 best art (world)
- Montreal: (in addition to previously listed honours) Best Airport Staff in North America and The Cleanest Airport in North America; 9th best Airport in North America
- Toronto Pearson: (in addition to previously listed honours), #4 best airport staff North America
- Ottawa: 6th best Regional Airport North America; 5th-best globally “Less than 5 million passengers”
- Billy Bishop Toronto City: 10th-best globally “Less than 5 million passengers”
- Fairmont Vancouver Airport: 4th World’s Best Airport Hotel (and #2 North America)
The World Airport Awards
The World Airport Awards are prestigious accolades for the airport industry, voted by customers in the largest, annual global airport customer satisfaction survey. Operating since 1999, the Awards are independent and impartial and provide a customer satisfaction study that is global in scope and coverage. They are regarded as a quality benchmark for the world airport industry, assessing customer service and facilities across over 575 airports. The survey and awards process is provided to airports at no cost.
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