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Old 7th Nov 2011, 20:14
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Mister Geezer
 
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Fuel Tankering Formula

Just wondering if someone could perhaps offer some wisdom. I am convinced I have missed something?

My understanding of checking if tankering is worthwhile or not is by doing the following:

1 - Calculate excess fuel to be tankered

2 - Calculate the fuel that will be burned to carry this fuel

3 - Use the result of 2 and divide that by 3 to calculate the percentage of excess fuel that will be burned

4 - Use the result of 3 to compare against the fuel price difference as a percentage between departure and destination airfield. If the price difference is less than the result of 3 then tankering is not suggested and vice versa.

Thanks
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