avgas prices
 

Hi, can anyone give me a heads up on avgas prices in the UK at the minute?
I am in the last couple of weeks of my PPL here in OZ.
I want to compare prices for flying per hr here , and per hour in the UK.
Id say its probably cheaper in the UK due to the exchange rate.Lets see!:ok:

Thanks, fuel is much cheaper here in oz as i expected. A/C hire on the other hand is seems cheaper in the UK than here , so it actually works out the same price to fly in the UK.

Avgas in OZ $1.68AUD = £1.02GBP
Avgas in UK £1.95GBP = $3.21AUD

PA28 (dry) in OZ $168AUD per hr = £102
PA28 (dry) in UK £68GBP per hr = $111

At a fuel burn rate of 36 lph it costs (hire and fuel) £138.72 to run a pa28 in oz , and £138.20 in the uk.

So how much of the price of avgas is taxed? Is it the same as petrol and diesel which is taxed at 80%?
I wish the UK government would get real and stop crippling people with these rip off taxes! Flying would be much more affordable for a start!

I don't know where you get the 80% figure from.
Avgas is subject to excise duty at about 30p/litre, and motor fuel at around 45p/litre (from memory). Both are then subject to VAT at 17.5%.
So a 1.65 litre of Avgas would be about 1.05 if untaxed.

Here in the US, the cost is typically around 80p/litre in UK terms ($5/USGallon) though it's a bigger market with smaller margins compared to UK/Europe.
£1.95/litre is rather at the extreme end of the UK spectrum.

Duggie1979
 

You only have to look at the advert in the top right hand corner of this page to find a PA28 at £56/Hour (dry) in the UK.