Skytrax Announces World’s Best Airports

Skytrax just released the results of its annual airport survey, and its a report that's always looked at carefully since the results are based on the surveying of millions of travelers. The comprehensive survey covers a whole bunch of areas from the availability of public transportation to the quality of children's play areas.

The winner this year was Singapore's Changi airport, last year's second place winner. Last year's top airport, Seoul Incheon, slipped to number two. New entrants into the top ten were Beijing Capital (moving from 17th to 8th) and Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (moving up six places to 10th place).

But what's also interesting is how different regions are represented in the results. The top three airports (Singapore, Seoul Incheon, Hong Kong) are all in Asia. Not one North American airport made the top ten - Vancouver came in at number eleven, though. The only American airport to make the top 25 airports was San Francisco at number twenty. Maybe that's a sign that this country's airports can get moving on improvements.

You can see the news release here. Eventually Skytrax will be posting some more detailed results, but if you want the full report you'll need to shell out $460.