Infected – November 2022 US Aviation Fuel Consumption Down

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The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released US airline November fuel cost and consumption numbers that show US scheduled service airlines used 1.398 billion gallons of fuel, 2.5% less fuel than in October 2022 (1.434 billion gallons) and 3.2% less than in pre-pandemic November 2019.*

The cost per gallon of fuel in November 2022 ($3.32) was down 13 cents (3.8%) from October 2022 ($3.45) and up $1.33 (66.8%) from November 2019. Total November 2022 fuel expenditure ($4.64B) was down 6.2% from October 2022 ($4.95B) and up 61.5% from pre-pandemic November 2019. Costs are in current dollars and are not adjusted for inflation.

*Data are released per schedule if reports have been received from at least 90% of the carriers, along with data from all the major carriers. With this release, the following carriers remain pending: Elite Airways (2HQ), Caribbean Sun Airlines (WL) and Kalitta Charters II (KLQ).  Percent change results may not be exact due to rounding.