Third straight record year still on table for airport despite low snow, early ski terrain closures

Third straight record year still on table for airport despite low snow, early ski terrain closures

In back-to-back years, Eagle County Regional Airport set records for the number of people flying commercially in and out of the one-runway facility in Gypsum. But with snowpack at nearby Vail and Beaver Creek at record low levels this ski season, a three-peat is still possible, if unlikely. There’s a chance of a third straight record year, Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) officials say, because the number of commercial passengers (enplanement…