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Wednesday, 10th December 2008

Lists & Rankings -- The world’s top ten airport web sites

The world’s top ten airport web sites

When they travel by air, many people look for the best fare online, book their tickets, and then blithely set off on their trips without thinking about doing any web research on the airports they are leaving from and the airports they are flying to.

Until recently, yours truly was one of these great non-researchers. On the few times in the distant past that I'd bothered to look at airport web sites, they always appeared clunky to me and not very useful. But airport Web sites, if they’re good ones, should be your first stop before leaving for the airport. Is the long term parking lot under construction? Might public transportation be a better option than driving? Have they plowed the runways? How far is the walk to the gate? And where’s the nearest coffee stop?

Across the board, in the United States and throughout the rest of the world, most leading airports now have web sites that are founts of useful information flight schedules and flight delays, services, shopping and dining, parking and ground transportation options and other services. They usually show you the latest local weather conditions, too.

We've looked at dozens of airport web sites in the last few weeks and we've selected ten favorites– five in the US and five internationally –based on ease of navigation, design quality, and richness of content. But it's only fair to say there are many more airports out there that have good web sites.

Top five US web sites

  1. Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
  2. Chicago O'Hare International Airport
  3. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
  4. Denver International Airport
  5. San Francisco International Airport

Top five international airport sites

  1. Copenhagen Airports
  2. Frankfurt Airport City
  3. London Heathrow International Airport
  4. Singapore Changi Airport
  5. Tokyo Narita International Airport

Source: The Airfarewatchdog Blog


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