On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Detroit to Myrtle Beach: on-time record

Detroit Metro Wayne County to Myrtle Beach International

85.0%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

In the 12 months to July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 394 flights from Detroit (DTW) to Myrtle Beach (MYR), a distance of 636 miles. 85.0% of them arrived within 15 minutes of schedule.

That is 9.0 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 9.6 points above the 75.4% recorded for all departures from DTW. Flights that did arrive were 0.9 minutes early on average, and 1.3% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

Delta Air Lines operates most of the reported flights on the route, with 335 flights in the period.

The on-time share is up 0.6 points on the previous 12 months (84.4%); cancellations moved from 0.7% to 1.3%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 21%.

85.0%arrived on timenational 76.0%
-0.9 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
1.3%cancellednational 1.8%
33flights a month394 in 12 months · 636 miles
Every scheduled DTW to MYR flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines33585%83.9%-1.1 min1.5%
NK Spirit Airlines5714%91.2%0.9 min0.0%

Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.

Compared with the airports and the nation

MeasureDTW to MYRAll departures from DTWAll arrivals at MYRAll reported flights
Arrived on time85.0%75.4%75.8%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late13.5%22.5%21.8%21.9%
Cancelled1.3%1.9%2.2%1.8%
Diverted0.3%0.2%0.2%0.3%
Average arrival delay-0.9 min9.7 min7.3 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights7541,8201,5371,684
Scheduled flights394121,88913,1917,043,858

12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.

The return direction, MYR to DTW, recorded 84.8% on time across 394 flights in the same period.

Month by month

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Share of scheduled DTW to MYR flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

Year on year: on time 85.0% against 84.4% (+0.6 pts), cancelled 1.3% against 0.7%, flights 394 against 589.

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave DTW (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier54.7%33.3%1,425
Late-arriving aircraft23.9%39.7%622
National Aviation System20.5%20.7%534
Extreme weather1.0%6.1%26
Security0.0%0.1%0
2,607 delay minutes on 53 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar monthFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg arrival delayYears in sample
Jan6578.5%1.5%1.6 min3
Feb7486.5%2.7%-5.9 min3
Mar11889.0%0.0%-4.8 min3
Apr14490.3%0.0%-1.9 min3
May15686.5%0.0%3.4 min3
Jun15383.0%0.7%1.9 min3
Jul16876.2%4.2%6.9 min3
Aug20081.0%1.5%5.4 min3
Sep15188.1%0.7%-1.4 min3
Oct15283.6%0.7%-0.1 min3
Nov10491.3%0.0%-9.0 min3
Dec9388.2%1.1%-3.1 min3

Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.

Other routes from Detroit (DTW)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DTW–ORDDetroit to Chicago5,95670.1%17.5 min3.2%
DTW–ATLDetroit to Atlanta4,85778.1%8.1 min0.8%
DTW–LGADetroit to New York3,93671.3%10.5 min5.1%
DTW–EWRDetroit to Newark3,70572.8%8.4 min4.8%
DTW–MCODetroit to Orlando3,64574.4%10.9 min1.0%
DTW–CLTDetroit to Charlotte3,51082.1%1.8 min1.7%
DTW–DFWDetroit to Dallas/Fort Worth3,49372.9%8.7 min2.3%
DTW–DENDetroit to Denver3,09579.5%4.2 min0.4%

All 105 routes and the airport record for DTW · airport record for MYR

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Detroit to Myrtle Beach on time?

85.0% of the 394 flights scheduled from DTW to MYR in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.

Which airline has the highest on-time share from DTW to MYR?

Delta Air Lines is the only reporting carrier with at least 60 flights on the route in the period, so there is no comparison to make.

What causes delays between Detroit and Myrtle Beach?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 24%, national aviation system 21%, extreme weather 1%, security 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.

What time of day has the highest on-time share from DTW?

Too few departure hours carry enough flights on this route to compare them.

Is it getting better?

The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 85.0%, up 0.6 points on the previous 12 months (84.4%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, November had the highest on-time share (91.3%) and July the lowest (76.2%).

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.