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Eagle, CO

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Eagle, CO (EGE) ranks #168 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Eagle, CO posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

78%
On-time
Top 91%
on-time, US airports
91 min
Delay when late
1.60%
Cancelled
#168 of 382
Corpus placement
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EGE on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%78%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 406,008.

Late Aircraft 43.9% (178,389 min)
Carrier 33.6% (136,288 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 15.8% (64,152 min)
Weather 6.6% (26,980 min)
Security 0.0% (199 min)

EGE - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (94.2%) · worst: December (84.1%)

80%85%90%95% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 84.1%

EGE - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

84%86%88%90%92%94% 202020212022202320242025 91.9% 85.5% ▼ -7.0%

EGE - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 22.8 min · taxi-in 6.4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

15 min20 min25 min30 min Jan 24Dec 25 22.3 min 26.3 min ▲ +17.9%

EGE's average taxi-out (22.8 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is April 2025 at 27.8 min; the lightest is August 2024 at 18.1 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Eagle, CO.

Cancellation Rate

1.60%

595 of 37,271 flights

Diversion Rate

0.36%

135 of 37,271 flights

Delay Rate

22.0%

8,217 of 37,271 flights

Top Routes from EGE

Busiest routes to and from Eagle, CO.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
DEN (Denver) → EGE (Eagle) 6,442 82.4% 120 mi
EGE (Eagle) → DEN (Denver) 6,442 80% 120 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → EGE (Eagle) 4,521 74.1% 721 mi
EGE (Eagle) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 4,519 74.5% 721 mi
ORD (Chicago) → EGE (Eagle) 1,468 76.6% 1,007 mi
EGE (Eagle) → ORD (Chicago) 1,467 75.6% 1,007 mi
EGE (Eagle) → LAX (Los Angeles) 914 72.9% 748 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → EGE (Eagle) 911 76.6% 748 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → EGE (Eagle) 570 82.1% 1,312 mi
EGE (Eagle) → ATL (Atlanta) 570 82.5% 1,312 mi
EGE (Eagle) → MIA (Miami) 501 64.3% 1,810 mi
MIA (Miami) → EGE (Eagle) 501 69.7% 1,810 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Eagle, CO, both outside Colorado so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 78%).

Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas, NV

78% on-time 1,986,833 flights

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, MD

78% on-time 1,049,006 flights

Newark, NJ

Newark, NJ

78.1% on-time 1,354,054 flights

Miami, FL

Miami, FL

77.9% on-time 1,160,127 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 37,271).

Lafayette, LA

Lafayette, LA

37,254 flights 83.2% on-time

Akron, OH

Akron, OH

36,344 flights 80.4% on-time

Gainesville, FL

Gainesville, FL

38,353 flights 85.9% on-time

Charleston/Dunbar, WV

Charleston/Dunbar, WV

36,162 flights 81.5% on-time

Other Airports in Colorado

Compare performance with other Colorado airports.

DEN 78.9%

Denver, CO

Denver · 3,293,040 flights
COS 80.4%

Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado Springs · 134,711 flights
ASE 73.5%

Aspen, CO

Aspen · 78,805 flights
GJT 85.1%

Grand Junction, CO

Grand Junction · 47,063 flights
DRO 83.4%

Durango, CO

Durango · 42,722 flights
MTJ 81.3%

Montrose/Delta, CO

Montrose/Delta · 32,233 flights
HDN 79.7%

Hayden, CO

Hayden · 27,069 flights
GUC 82.9%

Gunnison, CO

Gunnison · 9,819 flights

EGE delay-share reading

The standout signal at Eagle, CO is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 43.9% of 406,008 delay minutes across 37,271 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 78% (1 pts below the 79% national average), with 8,217 delayed and 595 cancelled (1.60%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (43.9% late-aircraft, 33.6% carrier, 15.8% NAS, 6.6% weather, 0.0% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, EGE is strongest in September (94.2% on-time) and weakest in December (84.1%), a 10.1-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~1,112 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DEN (Denver) at 82.4% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Colorado: Colorado flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using EGE's data

EGE's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from EGE before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. April 2025 averaged 27.8 min. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.