Airport Survey 2009 - 3 out of top 5 airports servicing over 40 million passengers are American

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Scroll to the bottom to see the only truly meaningful measure of achievement -- the ability to perform well while servicing a huge number of passengers. The USA and Asia come out on top.

Also, note the absence of Australian airports

ASQ Top Performers 2009

BEST AIRPORTS WORLDWIDE

1) Incheon (ICN) 2) Singapore (SIN) 3) Hong Kong (HKG) 4) Beijing (PEK)

5) Hyderabad (HYD)

Best improvement award by region

Africa: Cairo (CAI) Asia Pacific: New Delhi (DEL)

Europe: Ponta Delgada (PDL) Latin America-Caribbean: Cancun (CUN)

Middle East : Abu Dhabi (AUH) North America : Cleveland (CLE)

BEST AIRPORT BY REGION

Africa

1) George (GRJ)

2) Johannesburg (JNB)

3) Cairo (CAI)

4) Port Elizabeth (PLZ)

5) Durban (DUR)

Asia-Pacific

1) Incheon (ICN)

2) Singapore (SIN)

3) Hong Kong (HKG)

4) Beijing (PEK)

5) Hyderabad (HYD)

Europe

1) Keflavik (KEF)

2) Zurich (ZRH)

3) Porto (OPO)

4) Malta (MLA)

5) Southampton (SOU)

Latin America & Caribbean

1) Cancun (CUN)

2) Guayaquil (GYE)

3) Barbados(BGI)

4) Mexico City (MEX)

5) Montego Bay (MBJ)

Middle East

1) Tel Aviv (TLV)

2) Dubai (DXB)

3) Abu Dhabi (AUH)

4) Doha (DOH)

5) Muscat (MCT)

North America

1) Austin (AUS)

2) Halifax (YHZ)

3) Ottawa (YOW)

4) Jacksonville (JAX)

5) Portland (PWM)

BEST AIRPORT BY SIZE OF AIRPORT

fewer than 5 million passengers

1) Halifax (YHZ)

2) Ottawa (YOW)

3) Portland (PWM)

4) Guayaquil (GYE)

5) Jackson (JAN)

5 – 15 million passengers

1) Hyderabad (HYD)

2) Austin (AUS)

3) Cancun (CUN)

4) Nagoya (NGO)

5) Jacksonville (JAX)

15 – 25 million passengers

1) Baltimore/Washington (BWI)

2) Taipei (TPE)

3) Shenzhen (SZX)

4) New Delhi ( DEL )

5) Salt Lake City (SLC)

25 – 40 million passengers

1) Incheon (ICN)

2) Singapore (SIN)

3) Tokyo Narita (NRT)

4) Kuala Lumpur (KUL)

5) Shanghai Pudong (PVG)

over 40 million

1) Hong Kong (HKG)

2) Beijing (PEK)

3) Denver (DEN)

4) Dallas Fort Worth (DFW)

5) Houston George Bush (IAH)

http://www.aci.aero/cda/aci_common/display...6^35015_666_2__

[spookyturtle 9,466]

You lie. Australia has the best airports.

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You lie. Australia has the best airports.

Australia is pathetic and this survey proves it.

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shameless self-bump

[TBoneTX 45,305]

Interesting about Guayaquil. It must a plot on the part of the consulate to make it easier to order USCs to appear for Stokes interviews. Regardless, GYQ is a nice airport, si man.

Agree also with the high rating for Houston IAH. In fact, even on heavy holiday weekends (Thanksgiving, for one), I have experienced or seen gridlock inside or outside of the airport exactly one time, si man.

Not to be eschewed is Houston Hobby Airport (HOU), which is also very good, si man.

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Interesting about Guayaquil. It must a plot on the part of the consulate to make it easier to order USCs to appear for Stokes interviews. Regardless, GYQ is a nice airport, si man.

Agree also with the high rating for Houston IAH. In fact, even on heavy holiday weekends (Thanksgiving, for one), I have experienced or seen gridlock inside or outside of the airport exactly one time, si man.

Not to be eschewed is Houston Hobby Airport (HOU), which is also very good, si man.

The strong showing America shows in the >40 million category puts to rest all allegations that Americans don't know how to run an airport. Any clown can service 5 million passengers, it takes real skill to excel in that category. The US and Asia come out on top with all those Euro airports the hippies like to crow about nowhere in the top 5.

[Ali G. 37]

This is talking about passenger throughput. Heck New Delhi made forth on the list. Delhi... the airport is a sh-thole..

The survey involved over 100 airports worldwide and was based on regular monthly questionnaires completed by passengers.

Dallas is nice by Us standard but nothing akin to what I experience in most other modern airports. Most US airports are old, run down, dingy and stuck in the 80s. Probbaly the worst place in the world to be stuck in while your flight is delayed or you are waiting to take a flight. Whereas HongKong, London, Sydney, Melbourne, Berlin, Athens, Dubai etc etc are freagin awesome airports.

Edited February 18, 2010 by Booyah

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This is talking about passenger throughput. Heck New Delhi made forth on the list. Delhi... the airport is a sh-thole..

Man, you must not know how to read. This is talking about Airport Service Quality, categorized by throughput. The ratings are of ASQ.

Sydney? Didn't even make the list Talk about freakin' pathetic.

[Ali G. 37]

TOP AIRPORTS : 2009

1. Seoul Incheon

2. Hong Kong

3. Singapore Changi

4. Zurich

5. Munich

6. Kansai

7. Kuala Lumpur

8. Amsterdam

9. Centrair Nagoya

10. Auckland

http://www.worldairportawards.com/

Edited February 18, 2010 by Booyah

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Sorry, but the ACI has been at this game a lot longer. Think of them as the Consumer Reports of airports.

Sydney didn't make the only list that matters. Fact. Suck on it, Ozzie.

[Ali G. 37]

Man, you must not know how to read. This is talking about Airport Service Quality, categorized by throughput. The ratings are of ASQ.

Sydney? Didn't even make the list Talk about freakin' pathetic.

Hence the silliness of the study. If you are going to tell me that Delhi' airport is better than Sydney's two modern airports, than that is lunacy.

[Ali G. 37]

Sorry, but the ACI has been at this game a lot longer. Think of them as the Consumer Reports of airports.

Sydney didn't make the only list that matters. Fact. Suck on it, Ozzie.

Where is NYC, Newark, LAX etc? Or is Delhi better than those?? Rubbish..

Edited February 18, 2010 by Booyah

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Hence the silliness of the study. If you are going to tell me that Delhi' airport is better than Sydney's two modern airports, than that is lunacy.

Delhi is highly rated in the 15-25 million passenger category. Without knowing which throughput category Sydney's airports would place in, I couldn't say if Delhi beat them or not.

That said, the absence of Sydney (or any Ozzie airport) in any of the lists is revealing.

Like I said, Australia appears to be as pathetic as I thought it was.

Where is NYC, Newark, LAX etc? Ir is Delhi better than those?? Rubbish..

Those airports almost certainly place in the >40 mill category. They were beaten out by 5 superior airports in that category. Fair and square.

[Ali G. 37]

Delhi is highly rated in the 15-25 million passenger category. Without knowing which throughput category Sydney's airports would place in, I couldn't say if Delhi beat them or not.

That said, the absence of Sydney (or any Ozzie airport) in any of the lists is revealing.

Like I said, Australia appears to be as pathetic as I thought it was.

Without knowing what is actually measured, the survey means squat. Find me that, along with the full list, and then we can talk. The thought that Delhi beats any airport is just ridiculous right there. Anyone who has traveled knows that airports in Asia are awesome, hence me stating that for about 2.5 years now.

Those airports almost certainly place in the >40 mill category. They were beaten out by 5 superior airports in that category. Fair and square..

They would have been severely beaten out.

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Without knowing what is actually measured, the survey means squat. Find me that, along with the full list, and then we can talk.

Go to the source URL. It's there. It's not my job to do your homework for you, ya lazy git.