Adelaide Airport has been named the best airport in Australia in a new global list. Picture: Greg Higgs

For years the title of Australia’s best airport has been hogged by the big cities on the east coast.

But a new list gives Adelaide Airport the title of Australia’s No.1, ranking it among the world’s top 10 airports.

The list, released by luggage storage network Stasher, ranked more than 100 airports around the world, using four criteria: fewest delays, shortest distance to city centre, cost of airport parking and quality of restaurants.

Adelaide was rated seventh in the world, among a top 10 that also included major global hubs such as Heathrow, Bangkok and Qatar’s Hamad International Airport, along with more surprising entries including Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport and Trinidad and Tobago’s Piarco International Airport.

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Among other Australian airports, Brisbane was ranked 18th in the world, while further down the rankings were Perth and the Gold Coast at 60th and 61st respectively. Melbourne (68th) beat Sydney (84th), while Cairns was ranked 85th in the world.

The new list’s results are in stark contrast to the results of the annual Skytrax World Airport Awards, which earlier this year ranked Adelaide Airport the worst among Australia’s big six airports. According to those rankings — based on a global airport customer satisfaction survey — Brisbane Airport was the best in Australia, followed by Sydney.

However, the new study’s focus on aspects such as airport parking costs ranks Adelaide ahead of the larger Australian airports. For instance, at Adelaide Airport an hour’s parking starts from $4 compared to a minimum $10 at Melbourne Airport.

Adelaide Airport has been named one of the world’s top 10 airports. Picture: Bianca De Marchi

World’s best 10 airports ranked by Stasher

1. Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia

2. Heathrow Airport, London England

3. Piarco International Airport, Trinidad & Tobago

4. Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand

5. Copenhagen Airport, Denmark

6. Jose Maria Cordova International Airport, Colombia

7. Adelaide Airport, Australia

8. Calgary International Airport, Canada

9. El Dorado International Airport, Colombia

10. Hamad International Airport, Qatar

Australia’s top 7 airports

7. Adelaide

18. Brisbane

60. Perth

61. Gold Coast

68. Melbourne

84. Sydney

85. Cairns

To see the full list, visit stasher.com

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