Airports can be a cold, desolate place to find a strong internet connection. Separated from the comfort of your home router or mesh network in a strange land of cellular dead zones, travelers are forced to log into spotty public Wi-Fi while hunkered near an airport outlet.
Which airports have the fastest Wi-Fi? Internet speed testing and analysis company Ookla tested Wi-Fi speeds in more than two dozen airports across the US and Canada to find out.
Ookla's report found that Seattle-Tacoma International Airport had the fastest download and upload speeds by far (103.00 Mbps up/155.93 Mbps down), followed by the airports in Denver, Calgary, Atlanta, and San Francisco.
The bottom five airports tested with the slowest speeds were Phoenix, Detroit, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Toronto, and bringing up the rear was Montreal. Sorry, French Canadian passengers.
Read the full report for info on which airport Wi-Fi speeds have improved the most from 2017, and what networking and Wi-Fi technology your hometown airport is using. One important note: just because your airport Wi-Fi is fast does NOT mean it's secure. Check out our tips for public Wi-Fi hotspot security before you connect.
(Editor's Note: Ookla is owned by PCMag parent company Ziff Davis.)