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Eagle County Regional Airport
3 reviews for Eagle County Regional Airport
Most helpful. TSA. Ever.
My friend and I were running late for a flight, and four TSA people helped speed us through the gate (one of them helped us sort out our liquids and gels from a bag we had planned to check).
OK, it was the off-season and we were the only passengers there, but five stars for a very positive experience.
Used to have a friend who had fantastic connections in Aspen. Got me a suite at the Little Nell for eighty bucks! True story. Though we used to thank him with dinner at the Nobu-joint in town there which I think ultimately cost more than the hotel at rack. Man, I love that purple-haze sake. Do they still have that there? Dude later lost his mind and likely the connections in Aspen.
Anyhoo, there's a direct American flight from SFO to Eagle, then I rented the car and drove to Aspen. Great airport.
you know how some airports have additional signage at security, printed to address what they consider to be their local concerns? in big cities, there are sometimes signs warning you that joking about national security will result in your hands being cut off or other appropriate punishment. there might be a quaint drawing of a bomb with a "don't do it" cross over it in places where they're not sure if you get the purpose of the screening area.
in the eagle airport, which serves vail, co, the additional signs, which are very clear, and placed EVERYWHERE warn:
*NO SNOWGLOBES*
because that's the top security priority in vail. i freakin' LOVE that. so ridiculous.
other AWESOME things about this airport:
1) direct flights from chicago (which = no prop plane from denver grazing mountaintops as it dips and plummets at choppy, mid-range altitudes. which also = much happier girl who didn't have to suffer a flight-induced panic attack on the way in).
2) free wifi.
3) leather armchairs in the "terminal" area.
4) antlers.
5) and, finally, no gum in the giftshops. it's apparently not allowed because they recarpeted recently and don't want the carpet to get wrecked by careless, brutish travelers spitting gum on the floor. i asked nicely and batted my eyelashes and the shopkeeper produced a contraband pack from under the counter. blackmarket gum in vail!
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