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Old 6th Feb 2018, 17:19
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kenparry
 
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For a large jet-transport, a useful rule of thumb is that any extra weight carried will result in an extra fuel burn of 4% of that weight per hour.
On the B767 we used to use 3% per hour. So your 200lb passenger would result in an extra 6lb per hour fuel burn.
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