# Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE / KEGE)

**Eagle County Regional Airport** (IATA: EGE, ICAO: KEGE) is a medium airport in Eagle, Colorado, United States. It opened in Jul 1940. It has one runway, 9,000 ft (2,743 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 645 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kege

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: EGE / KEGE
- FAA: EGE
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Eagle, Colorado, United States
- Opened: Jul 1940
- Elevation: 6,547 ft / 1,996 m
- Coordinates: 39.6426, -106.9180
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 9,000 ft / 2,743 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches, 3 departures, 2 arrivals
- Passengers: 644,842 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://www.flyvail.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_County_Regional_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3916534
- Weather station: KEGE
- Ident: KEGE

## Timeline

- Jul 1940: Eagle County Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 9,000 ft / 2,743 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 082° / 262° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/06403AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 323,000 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 317,439 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 330,939 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 310,452 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 347,648 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 380,523 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 283,223 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 403,766 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 431,652 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 454,083 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 563,819 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 644,842 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

7 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 120 mi / 193 km · United Airlines

### Seasonal (6)

- [IAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiah.md) George Bush Intercontinental Airport · United States · 935 mi / 1,504 km · United Airlines
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 1,005 mi / 1,618 km · United Airlines
- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 1,310 mi / 2,108 km · Delta Air Lines
- [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · United States · 1,569 mi / 2,525 km · United Airlines
- [EWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewr.md) Newark Liberty International Airport · United States · 1,721 mi / 2,769 km · United Airlines
- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 1,741 mi / 2,802 km · Delta Air Lines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from EGE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 5
- DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 2 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 645K (2025) | #1,003 of 3,974 | #245 in North America | #170 in US |
| Longest runway | 9,000 ft / 2,743 m | =1,801 of 29,858 | =387 in North America | =287 in US |
| Elevation | 6,547 ft / 1,996 m | #730 of 43,403 | #375 in North America | #267 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 135.575 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 135.575 |
| CNTR | DENVER CNTR | 128.650 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.800 |
| GCCD | GND/CLNC DEL | 121.800 |
| MISC | EAGLES NEST | 41.750 |
| RDO | DENVER RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [ASE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kase.md) Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) · 29 mi / 47 km
- [RIL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kril.md) Garfield County Regional Airport · 44 mi / 71 km
- [HDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khdn.md) Yampa Valley Airport · 60 mi / 97 km
- [GUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kguc.md) Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport · 77 mi / 123 km
- [GJT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgjt.md) Grand Junction Regional Airport · 93 mi / 150 km

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #94

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Eagle County Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eagle_County_Regional_Airport&oldid=1364483662), revision of 16 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kege/data
