Airport Tier List: The Best and the Worst

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Post created by @FocusedDictum70 aka TAB
Post edited by @FocusedDictum70 aka TAB
Current as of WoA 3.1.0 - July 2025

Disclaimer: Be advised that all your about the read are opinions, not (necessarily) facts.

Which airport holds the crown? Which one is king of all airports? Well, unfortunately (or maybe it’s for the best?) there’s no such thing as THE one and only, best in everything. They all have pros and cons, some good for cargo, some for pax (passengers), some are just fun even without being great, and so on.

As of version 3.1.0, it’s pretty safe to say BKK, IAD and LHR are at the top 5. What I did was graduating some features I considered important, and added their grades to see what would come up!

Legend:

  1. Very Bad: :angry: 2. Bad: :frowning: 3. So-so :neutral_face: 4. Good: :slightly_smiling_face: 5. Great: :smiley:
Airport Pax Stands Pax Taxi Cargo Stands Cargo Taxi RWY Handlers Best Pax Best Cargo Best Overall
INN :angry: :smiley: :angry: :slightly_smiling_face: :neutral_face: :angry: 10 6 15
BRI :frowning: :frowning: :angry: :neutral_face: :frowning: :frowning: 8 6 12
PRG :neutral_face: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :neutral_face: 10 7 14
IAD :slightly_smiling_face: :slightly_smiling_face: :neutral_face: :neutral_face: :smiley: :neutral_face: 16 9 22
NGO :slightly_smiling_face: :neutral_face: :slightly_smiling_face: :frowning: :neutral_face: :slightly_smiling_face: 14 10 20
SAN :neutral_face: :smiley: :frowning: :neutral_face: :neutral_face: :slightly_smiling_face: 15 9 20
MCT :slightly_smiling_face: :slightly_smiling_face: :neutral_face: :neutral_face: :slightly_smiling_face: :neutral_face: 15 9 21
LEJ :frowning: :frowning: :smiley: :slightly_smiling_face: :slightly_smiling_face: :angry: 9 12 18
SXM :frowning: :angry: :angry: :frowning: :angry: :slightly_smiling_face: 8 7 11
LHR :smiley: :slightly_smiling_face: :slightly_smiling_face: :smiley: :neutral_face: :smiley: 18 14 27
SYD :slightly_smiling_face: :neutral_face: :neutral_face: :frowning: :neutral_face: :slightly_smiling_face: 14 9 19
BKK :smiley: :neutral_face: :smiley: :angry: :smiley: :slightly_smiling_face: 17 11 23
MSY :neutral_face: :smiley: :frowning: :neutral_face: :frowning: :slightly_smiling_face: 14 9 19
GRU :slightly_smiling_face: :neutral_face: :slightly_smiling_face: :frowning: :neutral_face: :smiley: 15 12 21
SCL :slightly_smiling_face: :smiley: :neutral_face: :slightly_smiling_face: :slightly_smiling_face: :neutral_face: 16 10 23

LHR, BKK and IAD at the top, no surprises here! LHR at number 1? Not so sure! For me, that crown belongs to BKK for being the most balanced airport at the top of the list. In fact, this is how I’d rank them:

  • Best F Pax: LHR
  • Best D/E Pax: BKK
  • Best B/C Pax: IAD
  • Best E/F/G Cargo: BKK
  • Best B/C/D Cargo: LEJ

-BKK is currently the most balanced top tier airport IMO. Long taxi for cargo might be it’s biggest downside, and update 3.0 changed how close by RWYs work, hurting BKK (and GRU) the most - specially BKKs cargo capabilities;
-LHR is the only airport capable of landing and handling A388s nonstop. It also happens to have 5 out of the 10 best player-to-player routes. Only 1 landing RWY is it’s main problem, followed by cargo crossing the landing RWY, slowing it down;
-IAD is the only one with 4 runways, and have decent taxi times. It’s the king of C Pax, with 3 RWYs for simultaneous C landing and 1 for C takeoffs. It’s the perfect, most optimal airport for a player-to-player C fleet of A21N to LHR and A21NX to INN, PRG and LEJ. It lacks cargo, and it’s biggest issue is not having enough handlers for all the big planes it can land;
-LEJ should be the best cargo by far, but it strongly lacks handlers. Unless you have hundreds of spare Gold Planes to buy them, of course.
-SCL is still new for me to be sure, bit it might end up in the top 5. Great taxi times and 2 fully functional RWYs are it’s strong points, but it seems to lacks handlers for all the big planes it can land. It also doesn’t have many optimal player-to-player routes, so while it’s a better choice for AI connections then MCT and GRU, MCT is still a better choice for late game player-only operations.
-SXM at the bottom of the list is no surprise for most. Unless you’re playing B size only (and you should!), those beautiful beaches ain’t enough to compensate it’s horrible backtracking for big planes.

What about you, how’d rate them? Please comment, like and subscrib… oh wait, this is not Youtube! Soooo… thank you for reading, hope you all enjoyed as much as I did writing it! :grin:

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