Singapore Changi Airport is named the World’s Best Airport in 2026

Japan’s New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido won a major award as the World’s Cleanest Airport (for up to 30 million passengers).

Terminal 2 at Kansai International Airport replicated some earlier year success, winning the award for the World’s Best Low-Cost Terminal.

Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport enjoyed a repeat success in the 2026 event, by winning a top award for the World’s Best Airport Baggage Delivery.

Houston Airport System remains a dominant force by winning the award for the World’s Best Airport Art for the fourth successive year.

Rome Fiumicino Airport is named the Best Airport in Southern Europe, Helsinki Vantaa Airport the Best Airport in Northern Europe, and Budapest Airport again wins the Best Airport in Eastern Europe title.

Munich Airport was successful at the awards, winning the Awards for the Best Airport Staff in Europe, and as the Best Airport in Central Europe.

Cape Town Airport is the major award winner in Africa, receiving two awards – as the Best Airport in Africa and Best Airport Staff Service in Africa.

Delhi International Airport wins the award as the Best Airport in India & South Asia, and Hyderabad Airport received the award for Best Airport Staff Service in India & South Asia. Bangalore Airport collected the award for the Best Regional Airport in India & South Asia.

In the Best Airport Hotel categories, Crowne Plaza Changi Airport collected the award as the World’s Best Airport Hotel and the Best Airport Hotel in Asia.

Grand Hyatt at SFO received the award as the Best Airport Hotel in North America for the second time, and Hilton Munich Airport received the Best Airport Hotel in Europe award.

The Pullman Brisbane Airport won the award as the Best Airport Hotel in Australia & Pacific region, and the Taj Bangalore was a repeat winner of the award as the Best Airport Hotel in India & South Asia.

Hyatt Regency Shenzhen was named the Best Airport Hotel in China, Le Méridien Cairo Airport the Best Airport Hotel in Africa, with the Movenpick Bahrain collecting the award as the Best Airport Hotel in the Middle East.

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important awards note

Hamad International Airport issued the statement below on 17th March 2026:

Hamad International Airport confirms that it is withdrawing from all external exhibitions, conferences, industry events, activations, and awards programmes during this period, and this includes a formal withdrawal from the PTE World 2026 in London and the World Airport Awards 2026.

The safety and wellbeing of our passengers, our staff, and their families is, and remains, our absolute priority. We thank the aviation community for its understanding.

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 World Airport 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.

The Awards are based on the World Airport Survey questionnaires completed by over 100 nationalities of airport customers during the survey period, which operated from August 2025 to February 2026. The survey evaluated the customer experience across airport service and product key performance indicators – from check in, arrivals, transfers, shopping, security / immigration through to departure at the gate.