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.
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EGE on-time rate vs. the national average
Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Eagle, CO sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Eagle, CO handles more flight
volume than 56% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
9% of them, placing it in the quadrant for busy and delay-prone.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
Eagle, CO vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 37,271 ·
On-time rate: 78.0%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes406,008 min
Late Aircraft178,389 min · 44%
Carrier136,288 min · 34%
NAS (National Aviation System)64,152 min · 16%
Weather26,980 min · 7%
Security199 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
EGE - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: September (94.2%) · worst: December (84.1%)
EGE - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Eagle, CO vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
78%Top 91%higher than 9% of 382 airports
Eagle, CO
60%95%
U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Eagle, CO's on-time rate?
Eagle, CO (EGE) has a 78% on-time rate across 37,271 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 1 pts below the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does EGE rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Eagle, CO ranks #168 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a mid-size U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Eagle, CO?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at EGE, accounting for 43.9% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 43.9% late-aircraft, 33.6% carrier, 15.8% NAS/air-traffic-control, 6.6% weather, and 0.0% security.
When is the best time to fly through Eagle, CO?
September is historically EGE's strongest month at 94.2% on-time, while December is the weakest at 84.1%, a 10.1-point swing across the BTS historical record.