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London’s airports get a lot of shtick. Whether it’s strikes, delays, tech glitches or, most recently, fires, it’s rare that British travellers look upon the capital’s aviation hubs with fondness. Just one made it onto a recent roundup of the UK’s top 10 best airports, while four were named and shamed among the 10 worst. In another study London terminals made up half the worst in the country. Not a great look.
But not everyone thinks London’s aviation hubs are so awful. In a brand-new ranking of the world’s top 100 best airports for 2025 by Skytrax three of London’s airports made the cut. Not bad, eh?
London Heathrow, one of the busiest airports on the globe and home to one of the best airport restaurants, earned a very respectable rank at number 22 (down one from last year). It also did well in other Skytrax rankings, placing 6th in the world for the best airports with more than 70 million passengers, 10th best in Europe, and third best in Western Europe.
Rising 12 places since Skytrax’s list last year, in 36th place was London Gatwick, which was also named the 5th best Western European hub. London City, the only airport in the capital recommended by Which?, just made it into the ranking at number 91. LCY earned 7th place in Skytrax’s list of the planet’s best regional airports and ranked 6th best in Western Europe.
And, though it didn’t make it into the top 100, London Luton (which is due to get a massive expansion soon) did come 10th on Skytrax’s list of the world’s best low-cost airline terminals.
You can read more about Skytrax’s best airports in the world for 2025 here.
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