Seoul's Incheon International Airport has been named the world's best in the annual World Airport Awards.

Incheon beat out last year's winner, Hong Kong International, which fell to second place. Singapore's Changi came third.

Australia's airports were nowhere to be seen in the top rankings, with Auckland named the best airport in the Australasia/Pacific region, coming in at number 10 over all. Brisbane and Melbourne were named the second and third best airports in the region.

Asian airports dominated the awards, with seven of the nine service awards going to airports from the region.

Skytrax CEO Edward Plaisted congratulated Incheon on winning the award, which is based on surveys conducted with 8.6 million air passengers, covering more than 190 airports worldwide.

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

The survey evaluates traveller experiences across 39 different airport service and product factors - from check-in, arrivals, transfer through to departure at the gate.

WORLD'S TOP 10 AIRPORTS

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 BY REGION

AFRICA
Cape Town

ASIA
Incheon Int'l

AUSTRALIA/PACIFIC
Auckland

EUROPE
Zurich

MIDDLE EAST
Tel Aviv

NORTH AMERICA
Dallas/Fort Worth

SOUTH AMERICA
Lima

CENTRAL AMERICA
Panama

BEST IN CATEGORY

BEST DUTY FREE SHOPPING
Dubai

EASIEST INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT AIRPORT
Incheon International

BEST AIRPORT DINING
Hong Kong

BEST SECURITY PROCESSING
Incheon International

CLEANEST AIRPORT WASHROOMS
Kansai

BEST TERMINAL CLEANLINESS
Incheon International

BEST BAGGAGE DELIVERY
Helsinki

BEST LEISURE AMENITIES
Singapore

BEST IMMIGRATION SERVICE
Kuala Lumpur