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AirGeek208
10th Sep 2021, 11:09
Hi all, my first post here :)

I am doing some research into electric regional aircraft and I was wondering if you could give me a hint of how much small aircraft such as a Caravan would burn on taxi, takeoff and until it reaches cruise. (let's assume full load)

I read that a B737 can burn up to 20% of its fuel if it's a short sector, but there is no such info online about smaller aircraft.

Since aircraft such as a 208 and similar make many short flights, it would be interesting to know how much fuel is spent on takeoff and climb.

Thanks for the info!

Tinstaafl
12th Sep 2021, 02:16
In the Kingair 200 I planned on 800lb for the 1st hour, and 600lb for each hour after that. It was actually a bit less but they were easy, slightly conservative numbers to deal with. Kingair 90 was about 500 or 550 for the 1st hour and 450-ish for subsequents. Can't remember for the C208. Something like 400 then 350 lb. Or maybe it was 350/300 lb. Been a while.

AirGeek208
17th Sep 2021, 09:55
Thank you so much for the insights!