Eagle, CO

What the Data Says About EGE

Eagle, CO in Eagle, Colorado handled 37,271 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 78% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 8,217 experienced delays, 595 were cancelled, and 135 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.60%, the diversion rate to 0.36%, and the average delay when departures run late is 91.3 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing EGE against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at EGE, Late Aircraft leads the pack. Late Aircraft accounts for 43.9% of total delay minutes, followed by Carrier at 33.6% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 15.8%. Weather contributes 6.6% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.0%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, September runs the cleanest at EGE with a 94.2% on-time rate, while December is the roughest at 84.1% — a 10-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in March, when average flights hit 1,112. The busiest route from EGE is to EGE (Eagle), with 6,442 flights at a 82.4% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 78% on-time, 91.3-minute average delay, 1.60% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Eagle, CO.