Ookla just published its list of airports with the fastest free Wi-Fi in the
world during Q1 2022. The analysis focuses on Wi-Fi over mobile connections
on free Wi-Fi provided by the individual airports and Wi-Fi at selected
airport lounges.
The COVID-19 pandemic upended a lot of travel plans and put our series on
airport Wi-Fi on hold. Were excited to get back in the swing of things in
time for the summer travel season, and we have fresh data for you on Wi-Fi
speeds at some of the busiest airports in the world during Q1 2022. Our
analysis focuses on Wi-Fi over mobile connections on free Wi-Fi provided by
the individual airports and Wi-Fi at selected airport lounges. The good news
is that every airport surveyed met the recommended speed for streaming on
mobile. However, there was a large divide between the fastest airports on
the list and the slowest.
Mobile Internet Speeds Over Free Wi-Fi at Select Airports Speedtest
Intelligence
® showed four airports in the United States at the top of the list for free
airport Wi-Fi. San Francisco International Airport showed a median download
speed of 176.25 Mbps during Q1 2022, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
171.01 Mbps, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport 113.64 Mbps, and
Chicago
OHare International Airport 85.49 Mbps. Dubai International Airport,
HartsfieldJackson Atlanta International Airport, Amsterdam Airport
Schiphol, and
Los Angeles International Airport followed. All of these airports are
international hubs that passengers from around the world pass through on
their way
to all kinds of destinations. Flyers waiting for connecting planes at these
airports should have no trouble with internet speeds. In case of video
calls,
upload speeds are even faster than downloads at all of these airports, and
San Francisco and SeaTac had the fastest uploads on the list. There is a
wide
gap in median speeds between the free airport Wi-Fi at Los Angeles
International Airport and the rest of the airports on our list.
Denver International has their Wi-Fi split between two SSIDs that serve
different spectrum bands, both of which showed median download speeds
between 44
and 46 Mbps. Connecting to the 5 GHz - DEN Airport Free WiFi will get you
a faster median upload speed than DEN Airport Free WiFi 2.4. Charles de
Gaulle
also has two different SSIDs for their free airport Wi-Fi though travelers
can select either, *WIFI-AIRPORT had slightly faster median speeds than
WIFI-AIRPORT-STANDARD.
Turkeys Istanbul Airport was next on the list with a median download speed
of 31.08 Mbps and a median upload speed of 23.80 Mbps. Spains Madrid
Barajas
Airport was the top of the bottom of our list with a median download speed
of 19.76 Mbps over free airport Wi-Fi.
Four of the bottom five airports on our list were in China. Shanghai
Hongqiao International Airport was faster than the other Chinese airports on
the list
with a median download speed of 14.69 Mbps. Shenzhen Baoan International
Airport and Beijing Capital International Airport were next on our list and
showed
nearly identical median download and upload speeds over free airport Wi-Fi.
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport showed slightly slower download and
upload speeds than both. Mexico City International Airport in Mexico had the
slowest median download and upload speeds over free airport Wi-Fi of any
airport
on this list.
Wi-Fi in airport lounges is often faster than free airport Wi-Fi
Free Wi-Fi is very nice to have for catching up on your life back home or
reliving the glory of your vacation pics as you upload them to your social
media
accounts, but if youre looking for the fastest Wi-Fi in an airport, you may
want to look into other options. In many cases we found that airport lounges
had faster Wi-Fi, like the United Club in Chicago and San Francisco which
boasted median download speeds of 246.17 Mbps and 244.37 Mbps, respectively,
during Q1 2022. The fastest club Wi-Fi download speed at LAX was at the
Alaska Lounge (238.59 Mbps).
Outside the U.S., Wi-Fi speeds at airport lounges ranged dramatically. The
following lounges all showed faster median download speeds than the free
Wi-Fi
at their respective airports during Q1 2022: the Plaza Premium Lounge in
Dubai (148.96 Mbps), the Grand Lounge Elite in Mexico City (125.12 Mbps),
Privium
at Amsterdams Schiphol (121.05 Mbps), the Emirates Lounge at Paris Charles
de Gaulle (93.31 Mbps), and the Sala VIP Puerta de Alcalá in Madrid (50.28
Mbps).
This stronger performance at airport lounges should be expected because its
much easier to configure Wi-Fi over a small area like a single airport
lounge
than it is to serve an entire airport with multiple terminals. Patrons of
airport lounges are also paying for the privilege, whether by the day or the
year, so their expectations are higher. We did not always find this to be
the case, however, so
take a Speedtest
® if you feel like you are not getting what you are paying for.
We were glad to see that travelers at all these airports have fast enough
Wi-Fi to stream video on mobile and that there are other options available
for
those who need faster internet. Airports have had a lot to focus on in the
last couple of years and Wi-Fi was not at the top of the list. We hope that
will change as passenger volumes return to normal. If youre traveling this
summer,
take a Speedtest
at the airport to see how your experience compares.The COVID-19 pandemic
upended a lot of travel plans and put our series on airport Wi-Fi on hold.
Were excited to get back in the swing of things in time for the summer
travel season, and we have fresh data for you on Wi-Fi speeds at some of the
busiest airports in the world during Q1 2022. Our analysis focuses on Wi-Fi
over mobile connections on free Wi-Fi provided by the individual airports
and Wi-Fi at selected airport lounges. The good news is that every airport
surveyed met the recommended speed for streaming on mobile. However, there
was a large divide between the fastest airports on the list and the slowest.
Mobile Internet Speeds Over Free Wi-Fi at Select Airports
Speedtest Intelligence showed four airports in the United States at the top
of the list for free airport Wi-Fi. San Francisco International Airport
showed a median download speed of 176.25 Mbps during Q1 2022, Seattle-Tacoma
International Airport 171.01 Mbps, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
113.64 Mbps, and Chicago OHare International Airport 85.49 Mbps. Dubai
International Airport, HartsfieldJackson Atlanta International Airport,
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, and Los Angeles International Airport followed.
All of these airports are international hubs that passengers from around the
world pass through on their way to all kinds of destinations. Flyers waiting
for connecting planes at these airports should have no trouble with internet
speeds. In case of video calls, upload speeds are even faster than downloads
at all of these airports, and San Francisco and SeaTac had the fastest
uploads on the list. There is a wide gap in median speeds between the free
airport Wi-Fi at Los Angeles International Airport and the rest of the
airports on our list.
Denver International has their Wi-Fi split between two SSIDs that serve
different spectrum bands, both of which showed median download speeds
between 44 and 46 Mbps. Connecting to the 5 GHz - DEN Airport Free WiFi
will get you a faster median upload speed than DEN Airport Free WiFi 2.4.
Charles de Gaulle also has two different SSIDs for their free airport Wi-Fi
though travelers can select either, *WIFI-AIRPORT had slightly faster
median speeds than WIFI-AIRPORT-STANDARD. Turkeys Istanbul Airport was
next on the list with a median download speed of 31.08 Mbps and a median
upload speed of 23.80 Mbps. Spains Madrid Barajas Airport was the top of
the bottom of our list with a median download speed of 19.76 Mbps over free
airport Wi-Fi.
Four of the bottom five airports on our list were in China. Shanghai
Hongqiao International Airport was faster than the other Chinese airports on
the list with a median download speed of 14.69 Mbps. Shenzhen Baoan
International Airport and Beijing Capital International Airport were next on
our list and showed nearly identical median download and upload speeds over
free airport Wi-Fi. Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport showed slightly
slower download and upload speeds than both. Mexico City International
Airport in Mexico had the slowest median download and upload speeds over
free airport Wi-Fi of any airport on this list.
Wi-Fi in airport lounges is often faster than free airport Wi-Fi
Free Wi-Fi is very nice to have for catching up on your life back home or
reliving the glory of your vacation pics as you upload them to your social
media accounts, but if youre looking for the fastest Wi-Fi in an airport,
you may want to look into other options. In many cases we found that airport
lounges had faster Wi-Fi, like the United Club in Chicago and San Francisco
which boasted median download speeds of 246.17 Mbps and 244.37 Mbps,
respectively, during Q1 2022. The fastest club Wi-Fi download speed at LAX
was at the Alaska Lounge (238.59 Mbps).
Outside the U.S., Wi-Fi speeds at airport lounges ranged dramatically. The
following lounges all showed faster median download speeds than the free
Wi-Fi at their respective airports during Q1 2022: the Plaza Premium Lounge
in Dubai (148.96 Mbps), the Grand Lounge Elite in Mexico City (125.12 Mbps),
Privium at Amsterdams Schiphol (121.05 Mbps), the Emirates Lounge at Paris
Charles de Gaulle (93.31 Mbps), and the Sala VIP Puerta de Alcalá in Madrid
(50.28 Mbps).
This stronger performance at airport lounges should be expected because its
much easier to configure Wi-Fi over a small area like a single airport
lounge than it is to serve an entire airport with multiple terminals.
Patrons of airport lounges are also paying for the privilege, whether by the
day or the year, so their expectations are higher. We did not always find
this to be the case, however, so take a Speedtest if you feel like you are
not getting what you are paying for.
We were glad to see that travelers at all these airports have fast enough
Wi-Fi to stream video on mobile and that there are other options available
for those who need faster internet. Airports have had a lot to focus on in
the last couple of years and Wi-Fi was not at the top of the list. We hope
that will change as passenger volumes return to normal. If youre traveling
this summer, take a Speedtest at the airport to see how your experience
compares.
https://www.ookla.com/articles/global-airport-wifi-performance-q2-2022
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