Guest post by Tom of Late Departure.

Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea (Korean: 인천국제공항, IATA: ICN) has been named best airport in the world, in the passenger survey results released today by Skytrax, a UK-based aviation research organization with more than 8.2 million questionnaires completed by passengers across the world, during the 10 month survey period.

“Incheon is an airport that has been in the global top 5 ranking for the World Airport Awards during the past 5-6 years, and it is a great achievement for them to secure this premier mark of customer satisfaction.”

SkyTrax’s list of top ten airports are:

1. Incheon International Airport
2. Hong Kong International Airport
3. Singapore Changi
4. Zurich
5. Munich
6. Kansai
7. Kuala Lumpur
8. Amsterdam
9. Centrair Nagoya
10. Auckland

Best European airport went to Zurich which overtook Munich’s lead from last year. In North America, the award went to Dallas/Fort Worth. Other regional winners were Tel Aviv for the Middle East, Auckland for the Pacific region, Cape Town for Africa, Panama for Central America and Lima for South America.

The World Airport Awards are based on the results from 8.6 million questionnaires completed by airline passengers in 2008 and 2009, covering more than 190 airports worldwide. The survey evaluates traveler experiences across 39 different airport service and product factors -  from check-in, arrivals, and transfer through to departure at the gate.