American network testing company ookla The covid-19 pandemic disrupted many travel plans and suspended a series of reports on airport Wi Fi, a document said on Wednesday. Okla is happy to get back to work during the summer tourist season, providing the latest data on Wi Fi speeds at some of the world's busiest airports in the first quarter of 2022** Okla's analysis focuses on the free Wi Fi provided by each airport and the Wi Fi mobile connection in the VIP lounge of the selected airport. The good news is that each airport surveyed has reached the recommended speed of mobile streaming media. However, there is a big gap between the fastest and slowest airports on the list.
Speedtest Intelligence ® It shows that four airports in the United States are at the top of the list of airports that provide the fastest free Wi Fi network in the world. The median download speed of San Francisco International Airport in the first quarter of 2022 was 176.25 Mbps, the median download speed of Seattle Tacoma International Airport was 171.01 Mbps, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport were 113.64 Mbps and 85.49 Mbps respectively. Dubai International Airport, hazfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and Los Angeles International Airport followed. All these airports are international hubs through which passengers from all over the world pass on their way to various destinations. Passengers waiting for transfer at these airports should have no problem with network speed. If it's a video call, all these airports upload faster than download. San Francisco International Airport and Seattle Tacoma International Airport upload the fastest on the list. The free airport Wi Fi at Los Angeles International Airport is far from the median speed of other airports on the list.
The Wi Fi of Denver International Airport is divided into two SSIDs, which serve different frequency bands. The median download speeds of the two SSIDs are between 44 and 46 Mbps. "Denver Airport Free WiFi" connected to 5GHz will get a faster median upload speed than "Denver Airport Free WiFi 2.4". Free Wi Fi at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport also has two different SSIDs, although passengers can choose one of them. The median speed of " * wifi-airport" is slightly faster than that of "wifi-airport-standard".
Istanbul Airport in Turkey followed with a median download speed of 31.08 Mbps and a median upload speed of 23.80 Mbps. The median download speed of free airport Wi Fi at Madrid Barajas airport in Spain is 19.76 Mbps.
Four of the five airports at the bottom of the list are in China. Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport is faster than other Chinese airports on the list, with a median download speed of 14.69mbps. Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport and Beijing Capital International Airport followed, showing almost the same median download and upload speed on free airport Wi Fi. The download and upload speed of Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is slightly slower than these two airports. The median download and upload speed of free Wi Fi at Mexico City International Airport in Mexico is the slowest of all airports on this list.
Wi Fi in airport VIP rooms is usually faster than free airport Wi Fi
In many cases, ookla found faster Wi Fi in airport VIP rooms, such as the United club in Chicago and San Francisco. In the first quarter of 2022, the median download speed was 246.17 Mbps and 244.37 Mbps, respectively. The fastest download speed of club Wi Fi at Los Angeles International Airport is Alaska Lounge (238.59 Mbps).
Outside the United States, there are great differences in Wi Fi speeds in airport VIP rooms. In the first quarter of 2022, the median download speed of the following VIP rooms is faster than that of free Wi Fi at their respective airports: Plaza Premium lounge in Dubai (148.96 Mbps), grand lounge elite in Mexico City (125.12 Mbps), privium at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam (121.05 Mbps), Emirates lounge at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris (93.31 Mbps) and Puerto de ALCAL á VIP Sala in Madrid (50.28 Mbps).
This stronger performance of airport VIP rooms should be expected, because it is much easier to configure Wi Fi in a small area such as a single airport VIP room than to serve the whole airport with multiple terminals. Customers in the airport VIP lounge are also paying for this privilege, whether by day or year, so their expectations are higher.