Top 10 Cleanest Airports in the World 2023

By Peter Miller, Skytrax

See which airports have been voted the World’s Top 10 Cleanest Airports by guests, in the annual airport passenger satisfaction survey. View the Top 10 Cleanest Airport results by global region.

 

 

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the standards of airport cleanliness have become much more important to customers and airports maintaining these highest standards are well featured in the best airport cleanliness results.

 

Tokyo’s Haneda Airport continues its success being named the World’s Cleanest Airport 2023 by travellers. The World’s Top 5 Cleanest Airports in 2023 include Singapore Changi (2nd), Doha Hamad (3rd), Centrair Nagoya (4th) and Tokyo Narita (5th).

 

Top 10 Cleanest Airports 2023

 

1. Tokyo Haneda
2. Singapore Changi
3. Doha Hamad
4. Centrair Nagoya
5. Tokyo Narita
6. Hong Kong
7. Seoul Incheon
8. Helsinki-Vantaa
9. Zurich
10. Copenhagen

 

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Cape Town International Airport was named the Cleanest Airport in Africa. Africa’s Top 5 Cleanest Airports in 2023 include Mauritius Airport (2nd), Durban King Shaka International Airport (3rd), Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport (4th) and Kigali International Airport (5th).

 

Africa: The Cleanest Airports 2023

 

1. Cape Town
2. Mauritius
3. Durban King Shaka
4. Johannesburg
5. Kigali
6. Seychelles
7. Port Elizabeth
8. East London
9. Windhoek
10. Nairobi

 

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Tokyo Haneda International Airport was voted the Cleanest Airport in Asia. Asia’s Top 5 Cleanest Airports in 2023 include Singapore Changi Airport (2nd), Chubu Centrair International Airport (3rd), Tokyo Narita International Airport (4th) and Hong Kong International Airport (5th).

 

Asia: The Cleanest Airports 2023

 

1. Tokyo Haneda
2. Singapore Changi
3. Centrair Nagoya
4. Tokyo Narita
5. Hong Kong
6. Seoul Incheon
7. Kansai
8. Fukuoka
9. Jakarta
10. Kuala Lumpur

 

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Gold Coast Airport was named the Cleanest Airport in Australia/Pacific. Australia/Pacific’s Top 5 Cleanest Airports in 2023 include Brisbane Airport (2nd), Nadi International Airport (3rd), Melbourne Airport (4th) and Auckland Airport (5th).

 

Australia/Pacific: The Cleanest Airports 2023

 

1. Gold Coast
2. Brisbane
3. Nadi
4. Melbourne
5. Auckland
6. Perth
7. Sydney
8. Adelaide
9. Christchurch
10. Darwin

 

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Haikou Meilan International Airport was voted the Cleanest Airport in China. China’s Top 5 Cleanest Airports in 2023 include Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (2nd), Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (3rd), Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport (4th) and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (5th).

 

China: The Cleanest Airports 2023

 

1. Haikou Meilan
2. Chengdu Tianfu
3. Guangzhou
4. Shenzhen
5. Shanghai Hongqiao
6. Hangzhou
7. Zhengzhou
8. Sanya Phoenix
9. Changsha
10. Beijing Daxing

 

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Helsinki-Vantaa Airport was named the Cleanest Airport in Europe. Europe’s 5 Cleanest Airports in 2023 include Zurich Airport (2nd), Copenhagen Airport (3rd), Rome–Fiumicino International Airport (4th) and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (5th).

 

Europe: The Cleanest Airports 2023

 

1. Helsinki-Vantaa
2. Zurich
3. Copenhagen
4. Rome Fiumicino
5. Paris CDG
6. Madrid Barajas
7. Munich
8. Stockholm Arlanda
9. London Heathrow
10. Frankfurt

 

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Doha Hamad International Airport was voted the Cleanest Airport in the Middle East. The 5 Cleanest Airports in the Middle East in 2023 include Bahrain International Airport (2nd), Muscat International Airport (3rd), Salalah International Airport (4th) and Dubai International Airport (5th).

 

Middle East: The Cleanest Airports 2023

 

1. Doha Hamad
2. Bahrain
3. Muscat
4. Salalah
5. Dubai
6. Abu Dhabi
7. Dammam
8. Riyadh
9. Kuwait
10. Jeddah

 

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Vancouver International Airport was named the Cleanest Airport in North America. The 5 Cleanest Airports in North America in 2023 include Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (2nd), Terminal B, LaGuardia Airport (3rd), Houston Hobby Airport (4th) and San Francisco International Airport (5th).

 

North America: The Cleanest Airports 2023

 

1. Vancouver
2. Seattle-Tacoma
3. Terminal B, LaGuardia Airport
4. Houston Hobby
5. San Francisco
6. Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
7. Boston Logan
8. Montréal
9. Houston George Bush
10. Minneapolis St.Paul

 

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Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito was voted the Cleanest Airport in South America. The 5 Cleanest Airports in South America in 2023 include Bogota El Dorado International Airport (2nd), Lima Jorge Chávez International Airport (3rd), Recife International Airport (4th) and Santiago de Chile Airport (5th).

 

South America: The Cleanest Airports 2023

 

1. Quito
2. Bogota
3. Lima
4. Recife
5. Santiago
6. Buenos Aires EZE
7. Montevideo
8. Rio de Janeiro GIG
9. Cartagena
10. São Paulo GRU

 

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Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku was named the Cleanest Airport in Central Asia/CIS. The 5 Cleanest Airports in Central Asia/CIS in 2023 include Almaty International Airport (2nd), Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (3rd), Atyrau International Airport (4th) and Tashkent International Airport (5th).

 

Central Asia / CIS: The Cleanest Airports 2023

 

1. Baku
2. Almaty
3. Nur-Sultan
4. Atyrau
5. Tashkent
6. Chisinau
7. Yerevan
8. Dushanbe
9. Bishkek
10. Ashgabat

 

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Delhi Airport was voted the Cleanest Airport in India & South Asia. The 5 Cleanest Airports in India & South Asia in 2023 include Goa International Airport (2nd), Hyderabad International Airport (3rd), Bangalore Airport (4th) and Chennai International Airport (5th).

 

India & South Asia: The Cleanest Airports 2023

 

1. Delhi
2. Goa
3. Hyderabad
4. Bangalore
5. Chennai
6. Mumbai
7. Kolkata
8. Ahmedabad
9. Colombo
10. Kathmandu

 

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San Jose Juan Santamaría International Airport was named the Cleanest Airport in Central America & Caribbean. The 5 Cleanest Airports in Central America & Caribbean in 2023 include Panama Tocumen International Airport (2nd), Curaçao International Airport (3rd), Kingston Norman Manley International Airport (4th) and Nassau Lynden Pindling International Airport (5th).

 

Central America & Caribbean: The Cleanest Airports 2023

 

1. San Jose Juan Santamaría
2. Panama Tocumen
3. Curaçao
4. Kingston
5. Nassau Lynden Pindling
6. Port of Spain
7. Aruba
8. Martinique
9. Antigua
10. Saint Martin

 

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View the full World Airport Awards results, at the A-Z Award Winners page.

 

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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. They are regarded as a quality benchmark for the world airport industry, assessing customer service and facilities across over 550 airports. The survey and awards are independent of any airport control, influence or input.

There is no entry fee or any type of payment by an airport (or other third party) to be included in the survey or awards, with the survey and awards process fully funded by Skytrax.