Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) delays & on-time performance
Eagle, Colorado · 16 nonstop destinations · 4 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at EGE right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
74 flights
Avg arrival delay
28 min
100 min when late
Departed on time
71%
avg taxi-out 23 min
Figures cover 3,958 departures from EGE; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into EGE were on time 70% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 1.9% were cancelled, and 13% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (80% on time); American Airlines was the least (65%).
- Departures scheduled around 7am did best (83% on time); around 2pm did worst (58%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (43%).
Most delayed routes from EGE
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth68%874 flts
- ORD · Chicago70%411 flts
- DEN · Denver79%1,171 flts
Most reliable routes from EGE
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DEN · Denver79%1,171 flts
- ORD · Chicago70%411 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth68%874 flts
Best airline at EGE
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 80% | 1.0% | 16 min | 2 | 201 |
| United Airlines | 79% | 1.5% | 18 min | 5 | 1,496 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 71% | 1.3% | 26 min | 7 | 909 |
| American Airlines | 65% | 2.8% | 44 min | 5 | 1,352 |
Best time to fly out of EGE
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 7am83%549 flts
- 8am77%331 flts
- 10am72%283 flts
- 11am68%457 flts
- 12pm65%490 flts
- 1pm74%861 flts
- 2pm58%233 flts
- 3pm72%587 flts
- 4pm67%70 flts
- 5pm85%42 flts
- 6pm76%49 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft43%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)33%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.