Eagle County Regional in May 2026

81.5%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 135 domestic departures from Eagle County Regional (EGE). 81.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.0% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so EGE departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 135 departures with 71.1% leaving on time: a change of +10.4 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at EGE that month were on time 80.0% of the time (135 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 35%, air carrier 34% and extreme weather 23%.

On time 77.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.5%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.7%

Every scheduled departure from EGE in May 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	EGE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	81.5%	71.1%	70.1%	77.1%
Arrived on time	77.0%	62.2%	70.7%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.7%	1.9%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.5 min	25.0 min	28.8 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	5	11	20,391
Scheduled departures	135	135	3,958	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	73	54%	79.5%	6.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	42	31%	71.4%	8.0 min	2.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	20	15%	80.0%	-4.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
EGE–DEN	Eagle to Denver	93	79.6%	4.0 min	0.0%
EGE–DFW	Eagle to Dallas/Fort Worth	42	71.4%	8.0 min	2.4%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	33.9%	33.0%	667
Late-arriving aircraft	8.7%	40.4%	170
National Aviation System	34.7%	20.5%	681
Extreme weather	22.7%	6.0%	447
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,965 delay minutes on 29 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 May 2026?

81.5% of 135 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 71.1% of 135 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 81.5% and 0.7% in May 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2026; 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.