 eagle county regional airport , sometimes referred to as vail/eagle airport or the eagle vail airport, is a public airport located four miles (6&nbsp;km) west of eagle, colorado, united states. the airport serves its namesake eagle county, which includes visitors to the nearby vail and beaver creek ski resorts. it covers  and is configured with a single runway. the history channel rated eagle county regional airport as #8 on its list of most extreme airports in july, 2010 due to the elevation, weather variability, an approach through mountainous terrain and challenging departure procedures. in 2008&ndash;2009, the airport completed a runway repaving and extension project, increasing the runway length to 9,000 feet. this enables aircraft to take off with more passengers and fuel and the capability to serve longer distances. the airport is largely seasonal, with the greatest number of scheduled flights operating during the winter months. during the ski season, ege is the second busiest airport in colorado after the denver international airport. eagle serves as a good alternative to denver for skiers in the vail valley because of its close proximity to the major international ski resorts of vail, beaver creek, copper mountain, keystone, and breckenridge. due to the abundance of flights into ege and the ability to accept larger aircraft than aspen, during the ski season, a number of passengers fly into ege rather than attempting to fly into aspen. operations into the airport during the summer months have proven to be increasingly popular with tourists, with united express offering service year-round and with american airlines serving the airport during summer months
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