Top-10 Best Airports

Changi constantly wins all critics' awards for best performance. If you are lucky enough to have a lengthy layover, you should take one of the complementary bus tours of downtown Singapore. Other features of the airport include an on-site pool, custom-designed lounges or even book a hotel room by the hour.

If you have time before your departure, make their way to Maho, a beautiful beach at the tip of the runway. Though take note of the sign that 'low flying and departing aircraft blast can cause physical injury'.

Has cutting-edge amenities. It is the perfect airport for the business-minded traveller, offering loads of conference rooms, multimedia facilities and VIP lounges, all covered with wi-fi.

It's like a Scandinavian space station, with smooth designer lines, swish sensi-flush toilets. But best of all is the adjacent Blue Lagoon, a spa secreted behind the rolling tundra.

This new airport is one of only three airports in the world to be awarded Skytrax's prestigious five-star ranking, which is based on numerous ergonomic criteria (the other two airports are Changi and Incheon International).

Saba is home to the world's shortest runway, measuring a measly 400m in length. Flights connect the scrubby bump in the ocean to its Antillean neighbours.

A massive man-made island and technological marvel, offering travellers the ultimate in Japanese hospitality.

A big shopping esplanade as you would expect - a duty-free heaven, with almost 2 sq km of space to swipe your plastic.

The airport boasts one of the largest collections of local indigenous art in the world.

You can practice your putting at the 18-hole mini-golf course, or wander out to the viewing platform to watch the planes rev their engines before lift-off.