Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
(JKIA) is missing from the list of Africa’s top 10 airports according to the
latest ranking by Skytrax.
Kenya’s regional neighbours, Rwanda and
Ethiopia, managed to make it to the prestigious list, with Kigali International Airport
being ranked the 8th and Bole International Airport 9th in the continent, respectively.
Cape Town International Airport was ranked Africa’s best, followed by O.R. Tambo
International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg and King Shaka International
Airport (DUR), Durban, emerging third.
Morocco’s Marrakech Menara Airport (RAK) and
Mohammed V International Airport (CMN), Casablanca, were ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, while Egypt’s Cairo International Airport (CAI) emerged sixth.
Mauritius’ Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
International Airport (MRU) was ranked 7th, with Ivato International Airport of
Madagascar closing the ranks of the top 10.
Singapore Changi Airport was named the
Airport of the Year 2026 at the 2026 World Airport Awards ceremony held at PTE
World in London on March 18, 2026.
The World Airport Awards are prestigious
accolades for the airport industry, voted by customers in the largest, annual
global airport customer satisfaction survey.
The Awards are based on the World Airport
Survey questionnaires completed by over 100 nationalities of airport customers
during the survey period, which operated from August 2025 to February 2026.
In total, more than 575 airports worldwide
are assessed based on these performance indicators, with particular attention
paid to consistency and the overall quality of the passenger experience.
The survey evaluated the customer
experience across airport service and product key performance indicators – from
check-in, arrivals, transfers, shopping, security/immigration through to
departure at the gate.
Here’s a look at the full list of the
World’s Top 20 Airports of 2026, according to Skytrax:
1.
Singapore Changi
2.
Incheon International Airport
3.
Tokyo Haneda Airport
4.
Hong Kong International Airport
5.
Narita International Airport
6.
Paris Charles de Gaulle
7.
Rome Fiumicino Airport
8.
Istanbul Airport
9.
Munich Airport
10.
Vancouver International Airport
11.
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
12.
Chubu Centrair International
Airport
13.
Dubai International Airport
14.
Riyadh King Khalid
International Airport
15.
Vienna International Airport
16.
London Heathrow Airport
17.
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
18.
Fukuoka International Airport
19.
Zurich Airport
20.
Bahrain Airport
