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Unlike in Boeing documentation, it seems there is not straight away figures of hourly fuel burn for Airbus (for example A320). In FCOM vol 2 cruise fuel burn is shown in 2 types of tables: "integrated cruise" and "quick determination of f-plan".
Is there any supplementary doc which provides hourly fuel burn figures for different weights and fl's?
rule of thumb:
A 320 40 kg/min
A 330 90 kg/min
A 340 140 kg/min :ok:
Thanx, but I'm looking for fuel burn tables. Any ideas where to look?
KBPsen
6th Nov 2011, 20:37
FCOM 3, In Flight Performance. There are tables with fuel flow per engine per hour at .80, .82, .84 and Long Range cruise.
rule of thumb:
A 320 40 kg/min
A 330 90 kg/min
A 340 140 kg/min
Widebody/Long Haul aircraft have varying fuel flows, depending on their weight. TO weight can easily be twice as much than for landing. That's because they carry a big percentage of their weight as fuel.
That's why on wide bodies, you never have figures like these. The correct answer is: average fuel consumption is fuel burn divided by flight time (for a specific flight).
Even for a guesstimate as holding fuel at your destinations your numbers don't add up, the 340 figures resemble more of those of a A340-500/600. A 340-300 uses about 90 kg/min. The magic figure is 2.8 tons (30 min final reserve) vs 4.2 tons for a A340-500.
I like to kiss mate. Keep it short n' simple dude. No brainer that 342 or 343 has got the same FF as 330. 140 kg/min is for a big brother 345/346. When you're right you're right. :ok: