Asia’s most on-time airports

Business travelers who travel frequently around the world will already know that some airports in some contries have better reputations than other airports in other countries for on-time arrivals and departures. Hence, a recent article on ForbesTraveller.com (along with a slideshow) which ranked the world’s most on-time airports may confirm what many frequent travelers already know. Moreover and probably to no-one’s surprise, 6 out of the top 10 best airports for punctuality were in Asia. These airports included:

• Haneda Airport (Japan) – For the second year in a row (On-time flight average: 91.4%), Japan’s Haneda Airport took the top spot for on-time arrivals with 88.6% of its flights arrive on-time and 94.3% of its flights depart on-time.
• Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Indonesia) – Jumping from sixth place to second place (On-time flight average: 86.7%), Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport had 84.2% of its flights arrive on-time and 89.2% of its flights depart on-time.
• Narita International (Japan) – In third place (On-time flight average: 86%), Narita International had 84.8% of its flights arrive on-time and 87.1% of its flights depart on-time.
• Incheon International Airport (South Korea) – In forth place (On-time flight average: 84.85), Seoul’s Incheon International Airport had 86.8% of its flights arrive on-time and 82.8% of its flights depart on-time.
• Suvarnabhumi Airport (Thailand) – In fifth place (On-time flight average: 84.4%), Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport had 82.9% of its flights arrive on-time and 86% of its flights depart on-time.
• Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Malaysia) – In sixth place (On-time flight average: 83.6%), Kuala Lumpur International Airport had 81.5% of its flights arrive on-time and 86.1% of its flights depart on-time.

Incidentally, while the Hong Kong International Airport improved its performance from an on-time average of 79.7% last year to an on-time average of 82.25% this year, it was knocked out of the number 10 spot by the the George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Nevertheless, the on-time flight performance of several of Asia’s major airports gives frequent travelers to and within the region something to cheer about.