Eagle County Regional Airport

Eagle County Regional Airport (KEGE) sits 30 miles west of Vail and 12 miles west of Beaver Creek in the Eagle River valley, at 6,548 feet elevation. It is the principal commercial and business-aviation airport for the Vail Valley ski circuit, and during winter ski season (December through early April) handles one of the most concentrated bursts of UHNW private aviation traffic in the United States. American, United, Delta, and Air Canada run seasonal service alongside the heavy private flow; the two FBOs (Vail Valley Jet Center and Atlantic Aviation) operate substantial winter ramp pressure. The single runway 07/25 is 9,000 feet — comfortably handling heavy and ultra-long-range jets at typical winter loads, but operators routinely run runway-analysis software for summer hot-and-high departures, where density altitude can push effective takeoff altitudes past 9,000 feet. KEGE has aircraft-specific approval requirements driven by surrounding mountain terrain on both ends of the valley — captains need recent type-specific KEGE experience and most operators require additional company-specific authorization. The X Games carryover from Aspen, Christmas-New Year window, and President's Day weekend are the structural peaks; brokers should book FBO slots three to six months out. Vail Village is 30 minutes by car; Beaver Creek is 20 minutes; Aspen is two hours.