Cape Town International Airport is rated the best airport in Africa. Picture: David Ritchie/Independent Newspapers
South Africa’s Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) and OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) have made it into the Top 10 Best Airports in the World 2024 rankings.
According to AirHelp, CTIA is the second-best airport in the world while ORTIA ranked 6th on the list.
AirHelp said that it ranked 239 airports from 69 countries for this year and the scoring was derived from flights taken from May 1, last year, to April 30, this year.
“There are over 4,000 airports in our database, which we whittled down to 239, based on the busiest airports according to flight traffic, and most popular with air travellers. We aim to rank the world’s major airports, but it’s worth noting that some are excluded due to a lack of data,” said AirHelp.
It said airports were judged on three factors including on-time performance, customer opinion, and food and shops.
Both CTIA and ORTIA are managed by the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) and ACSA took to X, formerly Twitter, to congratulate the airports.
South Africa soars to greater heights of airport excellence! We're thrilled to share that @capetownint and @ortambo_int have been ranked among the top 10 airports in the world by @theairhelper for 2024! Congratulations to ACSA for this incredible achievement! 🎉✈️ #ACSAllence pic.twitter.com/0rfyhCV32x
— Airports Company SA (@Airports_ZA) July 10, 2024
“South Africa soars to greater heights of airport excellence! We’re thrilled to share that @capetownint and ortambo_int have been ranked among the top 10 airports in the world by @theairhelp for 2024! Congratulations to ACSA for this incredible achievement! 🎉✈️ #ACSAllence,” said ACSA.
CTIA also clinched the number one spot as the best airport in Africa due to its marvellous scoring.
Here are the Top 10 and each airport’s score out of 10.
1. Doha Hamad Airport, Doha, Qatar (8.52)
2. Cape Town International Airport, Cape Town South Africa (8.50)
3. Nagoya Chubu Airport, Nagoya Japan (8.49)
4. Osaka Itami Airport, Osaka Japan (8.46)
5. Brasília–Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek Airport, Brasília Brazil (8.32)
6. Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa (8.29)
7. Muscat Airport, Muscat Oman (8.28)
8. Salt Lake City Airport, Salt Lake City United States (8.28)
9. Belém Val-de-Cans Airport, Belém, Brazil (8.26)
10. Tokyo Narita Airport, Tokyo, Japan (8.24)