Top 10 Regional Airports in the World 2023

By Peter Miller, Skytrax

 

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

 

For the awards process, a regional airport is one that predominantly serves domestic or regional international flights. It may also serve a small number of intercontinental routes, but the primary focus is on the short haul and regional market.

 

Chūbu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya, Japan is named the World’s Best Regional Airport for 2023. The World’s Top 5 Regional Airports include Düsseldorf Airport (2nd), Haikou Meilan Airport (3rd), Fukuoka Airport (4th) and Houston Hobby Airport (5th).

 

 

Top 10 Regional Airports 2023

 

1. Centrair Nagoya
2. Dusseldorf
3. Haikou Meilan
4. Fukuoka
5. Houston Hobby
6. Hamburg
7. Paris Orly
8. Quito
9. Dammam
10. Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky

 

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Chūbu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya, Japan was named the Best Regional Airport in Asia for 2023. Asia’s Top 5 Regional Airports in 2023 include Haikou Meilan International Airport (2nd), Fukuoka Airport (3rd), Hyderabad International Airport (4th) and Bangalore International Airport (5th).

 

 

Top 10 Regional Airports in Asia 2023

 

1. Centrair Nagoya
2. Haikou Meilan
3. Fukuoka
4. Hyderabad
5. Bangalore
6. Xi’an
7. Seoul Gimpo
8. Changsha
9. Sapporo
10. Da Nang

 

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Houston Hobby Airport was voted the Best Regional Airport in North America for 2023. North America’s Top 5 Regional Airports in 2023 include Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (2nd), New York LaGuardia Airport (3rd), Denver International Airport (4th) and Calgary International Airport (5th).

 

 

Top 10 Regional Airports in North America 2023

 

1. Houston Hobby
2. Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
3. New York LGA
4. Denver
5. Calgary
6. Phoenix
7. Minneapolis St.Paul
8. Detroit
9. Toronto City
10. Baltimore-Washington

 

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Düsseldorf Airport was named the Best Regional Airport in Europe for 2023. Europe’s Top 5 Regional Airports in 2023 include Hamburg Airport (2nd), Paris Orly Airport (3rd), Cologne Bonn Airport (4th) and London City Airport (5th).

 

 

Top 10 Regional Airports in Europe 2023

 

1. Dusseldorf
2. Hamburg
3. Paris Orly
4. Cologne / Bonn
5. London City
6. Budapest
7. Málaga
8. Malta
9. Porto
10. Alicante

 

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King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia was voted the Best Regional Airport in the Middle East for 2023. The Top 5 Regional Airports 2023 in the Middle East include Madinah Airport (2nd), Salalah International Airport (3rd), Dubai World Central (4th) and Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (5th).

 

 

Top 10 Regional Airports in the Middle East 2023

 

1. Dammam
2. Medina
3. Salalah
4. Dubai World Central
5. Beirut
6. Amman
7. Sharjah
8. Tehran Mehrabad
9. Tehran IKA
10. Eilat Ramon

 

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Haikou Meilan International Airport was named the Best Regional Airport in China for 2023. China’s Top 5 Regional Airports in 2023 include Xi’an Xianyang International Airport (2nd), Changsha Huanghua International Airport (3rd), Sanya Phoenix International Airport (4th) and Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (5th).

 

 

Top 10 Regional Airports in China 2023

 

1. Haikou Meilan
2. Xi’an
3. Changsha
4. Sanya Phoenix
5. Hangzhou
6. Xiamen
7. Kunming
8. Tianjin
9. Qingdao
10. Zhengzhou

 

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Gold Coast Airport was voted the Best Regional Airport in Australia/Pacific for 2023. The Top 5 Regional Airports 2023 in Australia/Pacific include Adelaide Airport (2nd), Christchurch Airport (3rd), Wellington International Airport (4th) and Cairns Airport (5th).

 

 

Top 10 Regional Airports in Australia/Pacific 2023

 

1. Gold Coast
2. Adelaide
3. Christchurch
4. Wellington
5. Cairns
6. Darwin
7. Canberra
8. Hobart
9. Papeete
10. Alice Springs

 

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Durban King Shaka International Airport was named the Best Regional Airport in Africa for 2023. Africa’s Top 5 Regional Airports in 2023 include Marrakech Menara Airport (2nd), Kigali International Airport (3rd), Bram Fischer International Airport, Bloemfontein (4th) and Chief Dawid Stuurman​​ International Airport, Port Elizabeth (5th).

 

 

Top 10 Regional Airports in Africa 2023

 

1. Durban King Shaka
2. Marrakech
3. Kigali
4. Bloemfontein
5. Port Elizabeth
6. East London
7. Entebbe
8. Rabat
9. Windhoek
10. La Réunion

 

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Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport was voted the Best Regional Airport in Central Asia/CIS for 2023. The Top 5 Regional Airports 2023 in Central Asia/CIS include Almaty International Airport (2nd), Chisinau Airport (3rd), Zvartnots International Airport, Yerevan (4th) and Atyrau Airport (5th).

 

 

Top 10 Regional Airports in Central Asia/CIS 2023

 

1. Nur-Sultan
2. Almaty
3. Chisinau
4. Yerevan
5. Atyrau
6. Tashkent
7. Nakhchivan
8. Ashgabat
9. Samarkand
10. Ganja

 

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Hyderabad International Airport was named the Best Regional Airport in India & South Asia for 2023. The Top 5 Regional Airports 2023 in India & South Asia include Bangalore International Airport (2nd), Chennai International Airport (3rd), Goa International Airport (4th) and Cochin International Airport (5th).

 

 

Top 10 Regional Airports in India & South Asia 2023

 

1. Hyderabad
2. Bangalore
3. Chennai
4. Goa
5. Cochin
6. Chittagong
7. Amritsar
8. Paro
9. Mangalore
10. Kozhikode

 

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Juan Santamaría International Airport, San José was voted the Best Regional Airport in Central America/Caribbean for 2023. The Top 5 Regional Airports 2023 in Central America/Caribbean include Bermuda L.F. Wade International Airport (2nd), Punta Cana International Airport (3rd), El Salvador International Airport (4th) and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, San Juan (5th).

 

 

Top 10 Regional Airports in Central America/Caribbean 2023

 

1. San Jose Juan Santamaría
2. Bermuda
3. Punta Cana
4. El Salvador
5. San Juan
6. Guatemala La Aurora
7. Santo Domingo Las Américas
8. Nassau Lynden Pindling
9. San Pedro Sula La Mesa
10. Belize City Municipal Airport

 

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Quito’s Mariscal Sucre International Airport was named Best Regional Airport in South America for 2023. South America’s Top 5 Regional Airports in 2023 include José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport, Guayaquil (2nd), José María Córdova International Airport, Medellin (3rd), Buenos Aires Airpark (4th) and São Paulo Congonhas Airport (5th).

 

 

Top 10 Regional Airports in South America 2023

 

1. Quito
2. Guayaquil
3. Medellin
4. Buenos Aires Airpark
5. São Paulo CGH
6. Recife
7. Brasília
8. Cartagena
9. Belo Horizonte
10. La Paz / El Alto

 

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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.