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N737ER

N737ER

Member Since 23 Sep 2011
Offline Last Active Apr 24 2014 03:00 PM

In Topic: Any news on the Fuel Bug?

05 November 2011 - 11:08 PM

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Apparently its still there. I find it interesting that an ATR 72-500 has a fuel cost of $54,922 on MIA-TPA, a route a whopping 205 miles long. This becomes even more intriguing when I introduce ATR 72-500 numbers, and today's (most expensive) going rate for Jet-A in these two cities (found on Airnav at the time of this post).

ATR 72-500 Total fuel capacity: 11,020 lbs, or 1620gal (at 6.8lbs per gallon)
Landmark Aviation in TPA $6.93/gal
Landmark Aviation in MIA $7.80/gal
A full gas up in MIA should cost $12636 and in TPA it would be $11227, achieving a round-trip fuel cost of $23863, which is 43% of the cost cited in the game.
If the cost of fuel in the game is a round trip cost, assuming two full tanks (3240gal), a gallon of Jet-A on this route costs $16.95, more than twice the actual going rate. The fuel cost should still be lower than what I use, as I can't think of a circumstance [outside of a CDL/MEL requirement] where an ATR would fly revenue MIA-TPA each way with a full fuel load day in and day out.