Eagle County Regional in December 2024

66.3%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 439 domestic departures from Eagle County Regional (EGE). 66.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 64.5% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so EGE departures were 11.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 357 departures with 79.0% leaving on time: a change of −12.7 points, with flights up 23%.

Flights arriving at EGE that month were on time 67.6% of the time (442 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 64.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 33.0%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from EGE in December 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	EGE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	66.3%	79.0%	70.1%	77.8%
Arrived on time	64.5%	76.2%	70.7%	78.1%
Cancelled	2.1%	0.3%	1.9%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	45.5 min	18.0 min	28.8 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	12	11	19,686
Scheduled departures	439	357	3,958	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	207	47%	75.8%	21.6 min	1.9%
AA American Airlines	126	29%	50.0%	58.7 min	2.4%
UA United Airlines	74	17%	70.3%	42.5 min	2.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	20	5%	40.0%	50.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	12	3%	25.0%	33.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
EGE–DEN	Eagle to Denver	139	84.2%	-0.2 min	0.7%
EGE–DFW	Eagle to Dallas/Fort Worth	85	55.3%	30.6 min	3.5%
EGE–ORD	Eagle to Chicago	38	63.2%	43.4 min	0.0%
EGE–LAX	Eagle to Los Angeles	37	51.4%	104.8 min	5.4%
EGE–IAH	Eagle to Houston	34	73.5%	44.3 min	2.9%
EGE–MIA	Eagle to Miami	24	37.5%	122.0 min	0.0%
EGE–ATL	Eagle to Atlanta	20	40.0%	50.3 min	0.0%
EGE–SFO	Eagle to San Francisco	15	53.3%	48.3 min	0.0%
EGE–EWR	Eagle to Newark	13	53.8%	20.2 min	7.7%
EGE–JFK	Eagle to New York	11	36.4%	143.6 min	0.0%
EGE–PHX	Eagle to Phoenix	11	63.6%	21.5 min	0.0%
EGE–SAN	Eagle to San Diego	6	50.0%	12.5 min	16.7%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.9%	34.3%	7,618
Late-arriving aircraft	34.9%	40.2%	6,827
National Aviation System	21.8%	17.8%	4,265
Extreme weather	4.4%	7.5%	862
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

19,572 delay minutes on 145 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left EGE on time in December 2024?

66.3% of 439 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 64.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 79.0% of 357 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 66.3% and 2.1% in December 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for EGE · methodology · corrections.