The magnificent Singapore Changi Airport has been crowned the World’s Best Airport for the 13th time in the most recent outing of the 2025 Skytrax World Airport Awards
For a ‘record-breaking’ 13th time — Singapore Changi Airport has come out on top as the World’s Best Airport.
The aviation hub bagged the top honour at the 2025 Skytrax World Airport Awards held at Passenger Terminal Expo in Madrid, Spain, on April 9.
The world’s largest customer airport satisfaction survey was conducted from August 2024 until February 2025 and it assessed customer facilities and services across 565 airports. Taking part in the survey were over a 100 customer nationalities.
The World Airport Awards kicked off in 1999, when Skytrax launched its first worldwide Airport customer satisfaction survey. The honours are widely regarded as a quality benchmark for the airport industry. To be included in the survey or awards, there’s no entry fee or payment of any kind by an airport (or any other third party).
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What’s so special about Changi Airport?
With passengers being allowed to check in a whopping 48 hours before their flights, one might as well add Singapore Changi Airport as a stop on their holiday itinerary.
A world-famous butterfly garden, The Jewel (and all the exciting things that come with it like the hedge maze and the bouncing and walking nets) to keep yourself busy, the world’s tallest slide inside an airport, a Rain Vortex, rooftop pool, movie theatre, unmatched shopping avenues, and a forest valley and canopy are just a few of the things that Singapore’s Changi Airport has to offer. There are also gardens — the Sunflower Garden, the Cactus Garden, the Water Lily Garden, the Enchanted Garden, the Orchid Garden — so one can stroll on, as they explore the airport’s serenity and exciting landscapes. You can also make a spirited attempt at the climbing wall.
And if you think Singapore Changi Airport forgot about the most important things for any and all humans — food and bathrooms — then think again, because the airport also casually picked up the awards for World’s Best Airport Dining and the World’s Best Airport Washrooms.
The Jewel
Changi’s nature-themed entertainment and retail complex is something straight out of a child’s overactive imagination, in the most magical way possible. Spanning 10 stories — five above ground and five at the basement level — The Jewel has gardens, a 130-room hotel, a Canopy Park, around 300 dining and retail outlets, the Shiseido Forest Valley and more.
At the Jewel’s topmost level of Jewel is the Canopy Park which houses recreation and leisure attractions like the Topiary Walk and the Petal Garden.
The Shiseido Forest Valley is one of the largest indoor gardens in Asia, covering five levels and an impressive 22,000 square meters (240,000 sq ft) and sits in the heart of Changi’s Jewel. The lush space is home to about 3,000 trees and 60,000 shrubs from 120 species found in high-altitude tropical forests across the globe.
There’s also the Walking Net and a Bouncing Net located in The Jewel.
The Walking Net is suspended 25 meters above ground level and stretches for around 50 meters, while the Bouncing Net is a giant trampoline suspended mid-air at around 8 meters above Level 5 of the airport.
Rain Vortex
If all the attractions above were not enough to satiate the exhausted traveller looking to kill some time between flights — the airport also has what’s perhaps its most famous feature — the Changi Rain Vortex. It’s only the world’s tallest and largest indoor waterfall at a height of 40m/131 feet. Inside an airport. No biggie.
Butterfly Garden
In a world first, Changi’s Butterfly Garden in Terminal 3 is home to over 1,000 tropical butterflies from as many as 40 different species found throughout the different seasons of the year. With a six-meter grotto waterfall, a plethora of flowering plants, and lush greenery, it’s truly a sight to behold.
The Slide
The Slide at Terminal 3 is another exciting activity at Changi. At 12 meters high (roughly 4 stories tall), it’s a popular pit stop for families and those looking to get a quick adrenaline rush in between flights.
Kinetic Rain
Kinetic Rain is a dynamic sculpture located at Singapore Changi Airport, installed in July 2012 as part of the Terminal 1 refurbishment. Covering 75 square meters (810 sq ft) and standing 7.3 meters (24 ft) tall, it is recognized as the world’s largest kinetic sculpture.
With art exhibitions, a museum, spas and even a dinosaur theme park (Jurassic Mile — but go at your own risk, as the reviews for this aren’t great), it’s no wonder that Singapore Changi Airport has emerged as the World’s Best Airport once again.
According to CNN Business, Changi reportedly plans to invest another $2 billion into its airport over the next six years to improve its facilities and services. Work is already underway to add a fifth terminal. One can only imagine how good the award-winning airport will be over the next few years.
The world’s top airports for 2025
1. Singapore Changi Airport
2. Hamad International Airport
3. Tokyo Haneda Airport
4. Incheon International Airport
5. Narita International Airport
6. Hong Kong International Airport
7. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
8. Rome Fiumicino Airport
9. Munich Airport
10. Zurich Airport
11. Dubai International Airport
12. Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
13. Vancouver International Airport
14. Istanbul Airport
15. Vienna International Airport
16. Melbourne Airport
17. Chubu Centrair International Airport
18. Copenhagen Airport
19. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
20. Bahrain International Airport