Flights Myrtle Beach → Washington
MYR → DCA
Route overview
The flight route from Myrtle Beach to Washington has a 75% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 15.8 minutes when flights are not on time. This popular route serves the high-traffic Washington airport, which opened in 1938 and currently handles over 25 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Myrtle Beach (MYR) → Washington (DCA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 210 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.24%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 31.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Myrtle Beach the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Myrtle Beach (MYR) to Washington (DCA) heads north for about 600 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 10m.
Departures from Myrtle Beach on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 99% of MYR-DCA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Myrtle Beach the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 210 tracked MYR-DCA flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 5.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about MYR-DCA
On the Myrtle Beach (MYR) -> Washington (DCA) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 210 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Myrtle Beach-Washington is 5.24% across 210 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
