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Readers' Choice Awards

The Best Airports in the United States: 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards

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By CNT Editors and Hannah Towey

It isn’t possible for the Condé Nast Traveler team to see and do everything, everywhere, all at once—though we try our best! Fortunately, we also have you, our readers. This year you cast an astonishing 757,109 votes in the 38th annual Readers’ Choice Awards survey, sharing your opinions on the very best in travel. You told us you were enchanted by Italian hotels (especially if their names included Belmond), went on safari in Botswana, took to semiprivate aviation, and advocated for newcomers to the top American cities. We loved poring over the results to find out what’s sticking with readers and editors and spinning the data into a snapshot of the current moment in travel. Ahead: your manual for planning that next adventure, whether it's to a top-rated hotel or resort, or centered around a worthy cruise, spa, or island. These are the best airports in the US, as voted by our readers.

View the Readers' Choice Award winners for best airports in the world here.

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    9. Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)

    “Stunning airport,” writes one reader of Salt Lake City International Airport, which began opening in phases in late 2020, “No notes.” This is the first totally new US hub airport to be built in the 21st century, and it's full of art and design. There's lots to love about SLC beyond youth and beauty, though: public transit that brings you straight to the terminal, punctual flights, and affordable prices for food, beverages, and merchandise. What—affordable prices for food, beverages, and merchandise in an airport? You read that right. There's a pricing policy in place that bars vendors from charging travelers more than the going rate for their goods on a regular street, and it seems to be working.

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