How Much Fuel
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From: England
How Much Fuel
Hello,
I'm giving a presentation to a company in the aviation business in a couple of weeks and was wondering if anyone knew how much fuel in terms of money and lbs is used to taxi to and from a stand.
It would really help me if anyone had some figures,
Best Regards,
GHB100R
I'm giving a presentation to a company in the aviation business in a couple of weeks and was wondering if anyone knew how much fuel in terms of money and lbs is used to taxi to and from a stand.
It would really help me if anyone had some figures,
Best Regards,
GHB100R
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From: moe's
It really depends on a number of variables:
The airport in question and distance involved. Do any runways need to be crossed?
Type of aircraft.
Time of taxi
Company policy, ie are any engines shut down.
Weather.
Work in progress and taxiway condition.
As well as those listed above, there are many others.
What ever the variables are. Most if not all airlines have a set taxi allowance based on historical data.
Before you give your presentation, it might be worth finding out which aircraft, and which airports the company uses, so then you can find out more specific info.
The airport in question and distance involved. Do any runways need to be crossed?
Type of aircraft.
Time of taxi
Company policy, ie are any engines shut down.
Weather.
Work in progress and taxiway condition.
As well as those listed above, there are many others.
What ever the variables are. Most if not all airlines have a set taxi allowance based on historical data.
Before you give your presentation, it might be worth finding out which aircraft, and which airports the company uses, so then you can find out more specific info.
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From: Hundred Acre Wood
A320 fuel burn is approx 7kg per minute per engine at idle thrust. We allow 200kg for engine start and taxi which is usually more than sufficient. Easterly operations at Heathrow are our main exception; up to 400kg burned before getting airborne is not unusual.
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From: Berkshire, UK
GHB100R Depending on parking gate and runway configuration at Heathrow the taxying distance could be anything from 100 metres to several kilometres.. Every situation is different so you'd have to calculate an average based on the shortest and longest distances..
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From: America's 51st State
I was fortunate enough to occupy the jumpseat on Speedbird 11 (BA 744 LHR-SIN) about 13 years ago. I remember our FOB at startup was 151,000kg and the 1,000kg was taxi fuel. I didn't look at what we actually burnt prior to take-off however.
Great trip and great crew.
Regards.
VH-MLE
Great trip and great crew.
Regards.
VH-MLE
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From: T2
Notice the above posts are mostly by pilots and none of them know how much it costs
