page_title: Eagle County Regional Airport
section_title: Terminal and facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Eagle County Regional Airport / Terminal and facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of new Eagle County Regional Airport Terminal building
context_page_description: Eagle County Regional Airport is in Gypsum, Colorado, 4 miles from Eagle and 37 miles from Vail. It covers 632 acres and has one 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, approach through mountainous terrain and challenging departure procedures. In 2008–09 the airport completed a runway repaving and extension project, increasing the runway length to 9,000 feet.
  The airport is largely seasonal, with more scheduled flights in winter. During ski season EGE is the second busiest airport in Colorado after Denver International Airport due to its proximity to Vail and Beaver Creek ski resorts. Some passengers prefer to fly into EGE rather than Aspen since Eagle has lower minimums allowing a better potential to land in bad weather. Despite being advertised as Vail Airport by airlines and other entities, it is a 45-minute drive to Vail via Interstate 70. Flights during summer have become popular with tourists, with United Airlines and American Airlines offering service nearly year round.
context_section_description: EGE's terminal has one concourse with five gates, built in 1996 and remodeled in 2001, 2007, and 2019. There are four TSA screening lanes, a pre-security concession/gift shop, and three luggage carousels, in addition to a special ski/snowboard slide.  In 2012, a new inline baggage handling system was constructed in time for the 2012/13 ski season.  Beyond the security checkpoint, there is a restaurant, coffee shop, gift shop, and bar.  The Airport also offers free wifi in the terminal.  The Airport has customs facilities for private aircraft located at the Vail Valley Jet Center.
  The facility is in the midst of a terminal expansion project. On July 1, 2019 the first phase of this project opened, with access to the new terminal with four gates with jet bridges, enhanced concessions, and other new aviation technology.  The final two ground-loading gates should open in time for the 2019/2020 Winter season. As of December 2019, the new TSA checkpoint is open, serving both TSA PreCheck and normal security lines.
caption: New Terminal
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