Fort McMurray named the best small airport in North America

Fort McMurray airport is officially the Best Small Airport in North America.

This, according to the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards, who awarded Fort Mac with the 2018 title of Best Small Airport, a category defined as those airports serving less than two million passengers annually.

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In terms of size, Fort McMurray Airport was tied with Portland International Jetport for Best Small Airport this year.

Canada’s own Toronto Pearson International Airport also made the grade, coming in as the Best Large Airport for two years in a row.

Best Airport by Size and Region

Airport Service Quality Awards 2018

The ASQ program is administered by Airports Council Internation (ACI), which acts as the sole trade representative of airports across the globe.

The index is the only survey world-wide that gauges traveller satisfaction across a full 34 performance indicators, which are assessed on the day of travel, according to a release from ACI.

The ASQ network runs nearly 650,000 surveys each year across 376 airports and 90 countries.