The flight time from Detroit to Myrtle Beach is 1 hour, 45 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves DTW Detroit, MI 2 minutes early.
13 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 28 minutes in the air
4 minutes taxiing in
Arrives MYR Myrtle Beach, SC 8 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
89%
Spirit
80%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Detroit to Myrtle Beach is 1 hour, 45 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 28 minutes.

The flight distance from Detroit to Myrtle Beach is 636 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Myrtle Beach to Detroit
1 hour, 51 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
1h 44m
Delta
1h 47m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

13

Distance

636 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0123

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
7
Spirit
5

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Detroit from Myrtle Beach by plane?

The distance from Detroit to Myrtle Beach by plane is 636 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Detroit to Myrtle Beach?

The flight time from Detroit to Myrtle Beach is 1 hour, 45 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 28 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 1 hour, 44 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 1 hour, 47 minutes.

What airlines fly from Detroit to Myrtle Beach?

Spirit and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from Detroit to Myrtle Beach.

Does Southwest fly from Detroit to Myrtle Beach?

Southwest does not fly from Detroit (DTW) to Myrtle Beach (MYR). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Detroit 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 13 minutes
In the Air 88 minutes
Taxiing In 4 minutes
Arrives Myrtle Beach 8 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Detroit to Myrtle Beach, Spirit is 80% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 80% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 89% 9% 2%
Spirit 80% 19% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Detroit and Myrtle Beach, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Spirit 12 87 4 104
Delta 14 88 4 107

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
2pm 0.01
9am 0.01
10am 0.1
12pm 0.05
11am 0.04
5pm 0.08
6pm 0.04
1pm 0.01
8pm 0.39
9pm 0.15
3pm 0.01
8am 0.96

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Detroit to Myrtle Beach that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 61
February 56
March 62
April 60
May 62
June 53
July 72
August 65
September 60
October 62
November 42
December 31

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Detroit to Myrtle Beach that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 1.88
Tuesday 1.81
Wednesday 1.79
Thursday 1.87
Friday 1.87
Saturday 2.02
Sunday 1.96

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Delta 0
Spirit 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
2pm 11 94 4 109
9am 16 86 4 106
10am 13 88 4 105
12pm 12 88 4 105
11am 11 88 5 105
5pm 11 89 5 103
6pm 12 86 4 103
1pm 10 90 4 104
8pm 12 88 4 104
9pm 13 84 4 101
3pm 13 90 3 106
8am 14 88 4 107
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.