World's best and worst airports

Travel Guide experts Frommer’s has issued lists of what it considers to be the world’s best and worst airport terminals - with some interesting choices.

A new terminal at NZ’s Wellington airport, which at first glance looks like a model of Ayers Rock, is rated fourth-best. Terminal 3 at New York’s JFK airport is rated fifth-best, but Terminal 5 at the same airport heads the list of world’s worst.

Topping the list of 10 best terminals in the world is the Hajj Terminal at Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah airport. It’s in use only six weeks a year, for the annual Muslim pilgrimage.

Australian terminals don't get a mention. Here are the two lists:

World’s best
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) Hajj Terminal
Leifur Eriksson Air Terminal, Keflavik, Iceland
Seoul (South Korea) Incheon Airport
Wellington (New Zealand) 'Rock' Terminal
New York JFK Airport Terminal 5
Singapore Changi International Airport Terminal 3
Marrakech (Morocco) Menara Airport Terminal 1
Madrid (Spain) Barajas Terminal 4
Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo, Uruguay
Bilbao (Spain) Airport Main Terminal


World’s worst
New York JFK Airport Terminal 3
Manila (Philippines) Airport Terminal 1
Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport Terminal B/C
Nairobi, Kenya Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport, Terminal 3
Amman (Jordan) Queen Alia Airport
New York LaGuardia Airport Terminal 5
Terminal B at Newark Liberty International Airport
Paris’ Beauvais Airport
Chicago Midway Airport

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