Route profile
MYR→CLT
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Myrtle Beach to Charlotte, 157 miles.
Right now
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 45% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 7,548 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
MYR → CLT arrives on time 82.4% of the time; the return trip, CLT → MYR, arrives on time 76.7% of the time, a 5.7-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
MYR → CLT spends 27.1 minutes on the ground on a 157-mile trip: 17.2 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at MYR and 9.9 minutes from touchdown to gate at CLT.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What sets this route apart
Where MYR to CLT differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
MYR to CLT is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 8 PM: 75.9% arrive on time, 7.4 points ahead of the 68.5% those routes manage at that hour. Against all other routes the gap is 8.5 points.
MYR to CLT struggles most at 6 AM: 88.4% of its flights scheduled then arrive on time, 3.5 points behind the 91.9% on routes of similar length at the same hour. Against all other routes the gap is 2.4 points.
MYR to CLT holds up on Fridays better than routes of similar length do: 81.9% on time to their 77.1%, a 4.8 points lead. Against all other routes the gap is 5.7 points.
January is kinder to MYR to CLT than to routes of similar length: 87.4% on time against 79.7%, 7.7 points better. Against all other routes the gap is 8.3 points.
American Airlines does better on MYR to CLT than on its routes of similar length: 81.4% on time here, 76.1% there, 5.3 points apart. Against all other routes the gap is 6.3 points.
MYR to CLT against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 8 PM departures | 75.9% | routes of similar length | 68.5% | +7.4 pts | 370 here, 6,286 there |
| Hour: 6 AM departures | 88.4% | routes of similar length | 91.9% | −3.5 pts | 672 here, 6,223 there |
| Weekday: Friday | 81.9% | routes of similar length | 77.1% | +4.8 pts | 1,081 here, 13,881 there |
| Month: January | 87.4% | routes of similar length | 79.7% | +7.7 pts | 573 here, 7,283 there |
| Airline: American Airlines | 81.4% | routes of similar length | 76.1% | +5.3 pts | 3,389 here, 18,026 there |
Each comparison pools the flights of other routes, with this route’s own left out. Similar length means within 15% of this route’s 157 miles, with at least 5 such routes. A bucket is set against the most comparable group that has enough flights: similar length, then the same origin (at least 3 routes), then all other routes. Hours, weekdays and months appear only where both sides have 120 completed flights, and airlines where both have 600. The gap must be at least 2 points and 2 standard errors, and only the largest gap each way is kept per measure. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
MYR to CLT in context
This route against MYR and CLT as a whole, against similar routes from MYR, and against its own first year, July 2023 – July 2026.
Leaving MYR, MYR to CLT is on time 82.4% of the time, 2.1 points better than the airport’s other departures at MYR (80.3%, from 36,969 flights).
Arriving at CLT, MYR to CLT is on time 82.4% of the time, 2.8 points better than the airport’s other arrivals at CLT (79.6%, from 599,162 flights).
Cancellations rose from 0.88% of scheduled flights (22 of 2,489) in the first twelve months to 1.86% (42 of 2,258) in the latest twelve.
Of the 7,448 flights scheduled in hours with at least 120 flights, 6 PM is the busiest hour with 860 (11.5%), 71.5% of them on time, and 3 PM the quietest with 124 (1.7%), 73.8% of them on time.
Airport comparisons take this route’s flights out of the airport total. Length means within 15% of this route’s distance, with at least 3 other routes from the same origin. On-time gaps are stated at 2 points and 2 standard errors, cancellation gaps at 0.5 points and 2 standard errors, and every group needs 750 flights. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
Why MYR → CLT flights are cancelled
July 2023 – July 2026
MYR → CLT cancelled 153 of 7,548 scheduled flights — about 1 in every 49. The reason filed most often was extreme weather, 84.3% of the cancellations coded on this route — about 1 in every 59 scheduled flights.
Share of cancellations
Of 153 cancelled departures carrying a reason code.
What each reason means
Conditions the carrier judged severe enough to stop the flight: a blizzard, a hurricane, a line of thunderstorms.
129 cancellations, 84.3% of the total.
Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.
19 cancellations, 12.4% of the total.
Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.
5 cancellations, 3.3% of the total.
A terminal evacuation, a security breach, screening equipment failure, or screening queues over 29 minutes.
0 cancellations, 0.0% of the total.
Reason codes are the operating airline’s own filing with US DOT, not an independent finding of fault. With only one or two carriers on the route, the split mostly reflects how they file. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.
153 coded cancellations were recorded on MYR → CLT; the section appears from 50.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
38 min late
against a median of 10 min early
Percentiles over 7,548 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at CLT after arriving from MYR.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 30% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 17% | High risk |
| 60 min | 12% | Some risk |
| 90 min | 7.2% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 5.0% | Low risk |
This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 2.03% of the time and diverts 0.13% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 7,385 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.
The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 38 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 7,548 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
MYR → CLT flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 90.5% of the time, against 71.8% for 6–9 PM departures, a gap of 18.7 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 4 AM: too few flights to score
- 5 AM: 93.2% on time from 790 flights
- 6 AM: 88.4% on time from 687 flights
- 7 AM: 90.6% on time from 350 flights
- 8 AM: 84.6% on time from 126 flights
- 9 AM: 87.1% on time from 733 flights
- 10 AM: 88.1% on time from 314 flights
- 11 AM: 88.4% on time from 584 flights
- 12 PM: 82.8% on time from 633 flights
- 1 PM: 87.4% on time from 181 flights
- 2 PM: 77.3% on time from 759 flights
- 3 PM: 73.8% on time from 124 flights
- 4 PM: 77.4% on time from 402 flights
- 5 PM: too few flights to score
- 6 PM: 71.5% on time from 860 flights
- 7 PM: 69.4% on time from 520 flights
- 8 PM: 75.9% on time from 385 flights
- 9 PM to 11 PM: too few flights to score
Departure windows with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
Why MYR → CLT runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for MYR → CLT. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on MYR → CLT, at 60.6%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late, and the day shows it: 5–9 AM departures arrived on time 90.5% of the time and 6–9 PM departures 71.8%.
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA Airlines | 4,010 | 83.4% | 2.42% | -9 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines | 3,444 | 81.4% | 1.51% | -10 min | 7.9% |
PSA Airlines flew 53.8% of the 7,454 flights listed.
PSA Airlines arrived on time 2.0 percentage points more often than American Airlines on this route.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 6.2 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 87.4%
- Feb: 84.9%
- Mar: 82.9%
- Apr: 85.2%
- May: 81.8%
- Jun: 77.5%
- Jul: 74.0%
- Aug: 79.1%
- Sep: 84.6%
- Oct: 85.9%
- Nov: 86.4%
- Dec: 81.9%
July is historically the weakest month and January the strongest, a spread of 13.4 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
- July 2023: 77.5% from 239 flights
- August 2023: 81.3% from 245 flights
- September 2023: 90.5% from 203 flights
- October 2023: 90.4% from 209 flights
- November 2023: 89.7% from 205 flights
- December 2023: 90.1% from 161 flights
- January 2024: 85.4% from 187 flights
- February 2024: 87.0% from 193 flights
- March 2024: 87.9% from 209 flights
- April 2024: 81.9% from 200 flights
- May 2024: 76.6% from 204 flights
- June 2024: 82.7% from 234 flights
- July 2024: 68.0% from 245 flights
- August 2024: 76.2% from 262 flights
- September 2024: 76.9% from 234 flights
- October 2024: 79.8% from 262 flights
- November 2024: 82.1% from 190 flights
- December 2024: 77.8% from 204 flights
- January 2025: 92.0% from 215 flights
- February 2025: 85.6% from 196 flights
- March 2025: 80.4% from 215 flights
- April 2025: 83.1% from 210 flights
- May 2025: 79.8% from 217 flights
- June 2025: 67.6% from 180 flights
- July 2025: 76.6% from 171 flights
- August 2025: 80.3% from 194 flights
- September 2025: 87.3% from 213 flights
- October 2025: 88.8% from 232 flights
- November 2025: 87.1% from 204 flights
- December 2025: 79.1% from 182 flights
- January 2026: 84.7% from 212 flights
- February 2026: 81.5% from 172 flights
- March 2026: 80.1% from 185 flights
- April 2026: 91.5% from 177 flights
- May 2026: 89.7% from 185 flights
- June 2026: 81.1% from 150 flights
- July 2026: 74.8% from 152 flights
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 84.2% against 79.9% in the 12 months before — improving by 4.3 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 7,548 MYR → CLT flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – July 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.
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