Airports & Ground Transportation
Getting There
- Colorado - is approximately 2 hours (by air) east of Los Angeles and San Francisco, 1.5 hours north of Dallas and Houston, 2 hours west of Chicago, and about 3 hours west of New York City and Washington DC. Denver is the capital city of Colorado and the major connection point for out-of-state visitors.
- Eagle County - is the home of Vail and Beaver Creek and is approximately 90 miles west of Denver (110 miles west of Denver International Airport) on Interstate 70. You can rent a car at DIA or you can take a van from the airport; this "might be" a good option because once in Vail or Beaver Creek a car is very often not needed.
In Eagle County, traveling east to west along I-70, you have East Vail, Booth Creek, Vail Village, West Vail, Minturn, Eagle-Vail, Avon, Beaver Creek, Mountain Star, Wildridge, Bachelor Gulch, Arrowhead, Edwards, Singletree, Eagle, The Eagle County Airport, Gypsum and Cotton Ranch. Eagle County Map . Eagle County Website
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Airports
- Denver International Airport (DIA) - is just off I-70 northeast of Denver so plan on a minimum 2 hours in good weather to drive from DIA to Vail, Beaver Creek is 15 minutes further west and Eagle is another 30 minutes west.
It is served by all major US airlines and several commuters.
You can rent cars there or take van and limo service to get to the Vail Valley.
- Eagle County Regional Airport - is just off I-70 in the western part of Eagle County.
There are a limited number of flights, mainly in the ski season, each day to and from some larger US cities.
From here it is a 20 minute drive to Beaver Creek and a 30 minute drive to Vail Village by rental car, limo or vans.
- Airline Service is provided mainly in the ski season by American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, United and US Airways.
- General Aviation - uses the Eagle County Regional Airport throughout the year. There is a LOC/DME-C approach, LOC-B approach and a GPS-D approach.
The Vail/Beaver Creek Jet Center at the Eagle County Airport services most General Aviation airplanes (970) 524-7700
Airlines
Many airlines offer service to/from the Denver International Airport which is a 2 to 2 1/2 hour drive in good traffic and weather from Vail and Beaver Creek. The following airlines offer the service to/from the Eagle County Regional Airport ...
- American Airlines - (800) 433-7300 from Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark and LaGuardia in the winter; Dallas in the summer
- Continental Airlines - (800) 525-0280 from Houston and Newark
- Delta Airlines - (800) 221-1212 from Atlanta and Cincinnati
- Northwest Airlines - (800) 225-2525 from Minneapolis
- United Airlines - (800) 241-6522 from Denver in the winter; Denver and Chicago in the summer
- US Airways - (800) 428-4322 from Charlotte
Ground Transportation
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