Photo courtesy of Tourism Richmond
The 2016 Skytrax World Airport Awards were given out on March 16 in Cologne, Germany, and Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, came out looking pretty darn good. Vancouver International Airport (YVR) was voted as the top airport in North America, and The Fairmont Vancouver Airport was named best airport hotel in the region.
Vancouver’s airport, located in Richmond, ranked No. 14 in the world rankings, widely referred to as the Passenger’s Choice Awards. Considered the most prestigious accolades for the airport industry, results are determined by airline customers taking part in the annual survey that is based on 13.25 million questionnaires from 550 airports around the world.
The top U.S. airport was Denver International Airport (DEN), which ranked No. 28 in the survey. Denver’s airport made a dramatic rise in the awards, moving up from No. 33. Other U.S. airports cracking the top 50 were Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) at No. 32, San Francisco International Airport (SFO) at No. 37 and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) at No. 43.
The top airport hotels in the world included two North American properties. The Fairmont Vancouver Airport ranked No. 9 and Grand Hyatt DWF came in at No. 10.
Fairmont Vancouver Airport is located 90 steps from the U.S. Departures level of the airport. The hotel offers 392 soundproof guest rooms and more than 8,000 sq. ft. of event space.
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World Airport Awards
Current Rankings
2015 Rankings
1
Singapore Changi
1
2
Incheon Intl Airport
2
3
Munich Airport
3
4
Tokyo Intl Haneda
5
5
Hong Kong Intl Airport
4
6
Centrair Airport
7
7
Zurich Airport
6
8
London Heathrow
8
9
Kansai Intl Airport
12
10
Doha Hamad Airport
22
11
Narita Intl Airport
14
12
Frankfurt Airport
13
13
Amsterdam Schiphol
9
14
Vancouver Airport
11
15
Helsinki Airport
18
16
Beijing Capital Airport
10
17
Brisbane Airport
20
18
Copenhagen Airport
16
19
Cologne/Bonn Airport
23
20
Taiwan Taoyuan Airport
17
21
Auckland Airport
15
22
Cape Town Airport
26
23
Sydney Airport
21
24
Kuala Lumpur Airport
19
25
Melbourne Airport
25
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