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Route Reliability

Myrtle Beach → Detroit

MYR–DTW · 636 miles · Myrtle Beach International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
472
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines88%351 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines78%121 flights

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

MYR–DTW flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 67% between 3–6 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

MYR–DTW flights arrived on time 95% of the time on Tuesdays and just 78% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 88% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 78%.

Ticking up lately.

MYR–DTW flights arrived on time 93% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon92%(65 flights)
  • Tue95%(55 flights)
  • Wed91%(57 flights)
  • Thu90%(69 flights)
  • Fri79%(62 flights)
  • Sat78%(86 flights)
  • Sun80%(70 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(253 flights)
  • 12–3 PM91%(102 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(33 flights)
  • 6–9 PM76%(72 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(4 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 82% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%62
July 202573%75
August 202586%71
September 202591%42
October 202592%39
November 202593%30
December 202580%30
February 202687%15
March 202694%34
April 2026100%31
May 202684%31

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Based on 472 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.