Flights Denver → Vail
DEN → EGE
Route overview
The flight route from Denver to Vail operates with an aircraft type De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q, featuring an on-time performance rate of 84%, with average delays of 7.1 minutes when not on schedule. Over the past year, there have been a total of 329 flights on this route, connecting Denver International Airport, which opened in 1989, to Vail Valley Metropolitan Airport, serving around 460,000 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Denver (DEN) → Vail (EGE) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 453 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.88%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Vail the average ATFM delay is 5.0 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Vail: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to Vail (EGE) heads west for about 193 km, a flight time of roughly 40m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 43% of DEN-EGE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Vail it is 5.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 453 tracked DEN-EGE flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about DEN-EGE
On the Denver (DEN) -> Vail (EGE) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 453 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-Vail is 0.88% across 453 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
