Myrtle Beach International in December 2023

88.6%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 831 domestic departures from Myrtle Beach International (MYR). 88.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.1% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so MYR departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MYR that month were on time 84.9% of the time (830 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 88.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.8%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from MYR in December 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	MYR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	88.6%	—	76.8%	83.1%
Arrived on time	88.1%	—	77.6%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	2.4%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.3 min	—	19.6 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	28	—	36	19,013
Scheduled departures	831	—	13,191	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	201	24%	85.6%	-0.1 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	160	19%	85.6%	-1.2 min	1.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	145	17%	94.5%	4.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	145	17%	90.3%	0.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	58	7%	87.9%	-8.1 min	1.7%
YX Republic Airline	57	7%	91.2%	-3.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	45	5%	75.6%	23.6 min	6.7%
AA American Airlines	20	2%	90.0%	-9.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MYR–CLT	Myrtle Beach to Charlotte	161	90.1%	0.0 min	0.0%
MYR–ATL	Myrtle Beach to Atlanta	118	93.2%	10.2 min	0.0%
MYR–EWR	Myrtle Beach to Newark	88	92.0%	-6.1 min	0.0%
MYR–LGA	Myrtle Beach to New York	86	84.9%	-5.9 min	1.2%
MYR–BWI	Myrtle Beach to Baltimore	70	90.0%	-4.0 min	0.0%
MYR–BNA	Myrtle Beach to Nashville	59	83.1%	1.8 min	1.7%
MYR–BOS	Myrtle Beach to Boston	34	82.4%	14.2 min	0.0%
MYR–DCA	Myrtle Beach to Washington	32	90.6%	-1.4 min	0.0%
MYR–MCO	Myrtle Beach to Orlando	32	87.5%	-5.7 min	0.0%
MYR–DTW	Myrtle Beach to Detroit	31	100.0%	-18.0 min	0.0%
MYR–FLL	Myrtle Beach to Fort Lauderdale	31	77.4%	8.0 min	0.0%
MYR–MDW	Myrtle Beach to Chicago	31	80.6%	-0.4 min	3.2%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	38.2%	37.1%	4,180
Late-arriving aircraft	45.1%	38.8%	4,940
National Aviation System	8.4%	17.6%	915
Extreme weather	8.3%	6.2%	909
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

10,944 delay minutes on 90 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left MYR on time in December 2023?

88.6% of 831 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MYR · methodology · corrections.