This is the world’s best airport for 2025, according to Skytrax

Killing time in the airport is ordinarily such a drag that there’s a whole TikTok trend devoted to people making it through the terminal in as little time as possible. Not so in Singapore Changi, which has just been crowned the World’s Best Airport for the 13th time by air transport rating organization Skytrax. Changi is a destination in itself, where early check-in has been introduced to allow passengers to drop their bags off up to 48 hours before their flight so they can make their time at the airport part of the vacation. Most will hit the mammoth 10-story Jewel shopping mall, with its footfall of 80m people in 2024. Then there are the multiple indoor gardens (including a butterfly center) and the 40-meter high Rain Vortex, the world’s largest indoor waterfall (around 130 feet). There are spas, hotels, art exhibitions, a museum, a cinema; there’s even a dinosaur theme park. Skytrax has also recognized the airport as a gastronomic wonderland. It scooped up the award for World’s Best Airport Dining, as well as those for World’s Best Airport Washrooms and Best Airport in Asia, at the World Airport Awards held in Madrid on April 9. It’s unlikely to be the last accolade earned by this exemplary airport. Changi is investing more than $2b in the next six years on the improvement of services and facilities, CNN Business reported last month. It’s also set to get even bigger. Work is underway on a fifth terminal to add to the existing four, which will open in the 2030s.<br/>