The 10 best airports in the world

FROM Hong Kong to Amsterdam, hit up any of these 10 top-notch airports for the trip of a lifetime - before you've even left the ground.

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HIT up any of these top-notch airports for the trip of a lifetime - before you've even left the ground.

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Singapore's Changi Airport has been ranked the world's best by millions of worldwide passengers - last claiming the prize back in 2010.

Judging more than 40 categories, airport customers chose it over 190 others in a recent annual survey conducted by Skytrax, a privately owned research company in London.

The company ranked the airports after collecting 12.1 million questionnaires completed by passengers. They judged each airport on factors like shopping, dining, staff courtesy, baggage delivery, and wait times at security.

Overall, airports in Asia and Europe did well.

Missing from the list were any airports in the United States or Australia.

Here's the top 10 list

1. Singapore Changi Airport

2. Incheon International Airport

3. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

4. Hong Kong International Airport

5. Beijing Capital International Airport

6. Munich Airport

7. Zurich Airport

8. Vancouver International Airport

9. Tokyo International Airport (Haneda)

10. London Heathrow Airport

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A modern feel is important to consumers, but so is efficiency, says Richard Gritta, an airline industry expert and professor of finance at the University of Portland.

"The reason you don't see US airports [on the list]," says Gritta, "is because, by and large, our airports have become so crowded. There are security and weather problems and a lack of more sophisticated air traffic control. You're picking up the anger of the entire industry."

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