Eagle County Airport
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| Eagle County Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: EGE - ICAO: KEGE | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Eagle County | ||
| Serves | Eagle County, Colorado | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 6,540 ft (1993.4 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 7/25 | 8,000 | 2,438 | Asphalt |
Eagle County Airport (IATA: EGE, ICAO: KEGE), also known as Eagle County Regional Airport, is a public airport located near Vail in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The airport serves the county and the many visitors of the nearby Vail and Beaver Creek ski resorts.
The airport is highly seasonal, in that most of its scheduled flights only operate from EGE during the winter. Only United and American offer year-round service, to Denver and Dallas respectively. Operations into the airport during the pleasant summer months have proven to be increasingly popular with tourists. United now operates daily flights from Chicago-O'Hare during the summer. Before each season, airlines introduce new or more frequent services, as demand for non-stop flights into EGE continues to rise. Due to the abundance of flights during the ski season, some passengers fly into EGE rather than attempting to fly into the much smaller airports in Hayden/Steamboat Springs (Yampa Valley Airport) and Aspen (Aspen-Pitkin County Airport). The Eagle County Airport is also very popular with private aircraft operators.
Although all six carriers operate Boeing 757s into the airport, there are no Jetways at EGE; all passengers board and alight their aircraft via stairs.
[edit] Airlines
- American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare [seasonal], Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles [seasonal], Miami [seasonal], Newark [seasonal], New York-LaGuardia [seasonal])
- Continental Airlines - seasonal service (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
- Delta Air Lines - seasonal service (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
- Northwest Airlines - seasonal service (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
- United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare , Denver, San Francisco [seasonal])
- United Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Denver)
- US Airways - seasonal service (Charlotte, Philadelphia)
[edit] External links
- Eagle County Airport (Eagle County web site)
- Eagle County Regional Airport (Colorado DOT web site)
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KEGE
- ASN Accident history for KEGE
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS current and historical weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KEGE
- FAA current EGE delay information
