Jet fuel is going down - We buy Jet A (20,000 gal a month) at under $4 a gallon. But 100LL prices remain high and are still increasing. Talking to our FBO manager today gave be a little insight.
The FBO here is at a busy Atlanta suburban airport. Still - the volume of Avgas that they sell doesn't allow them to buy full tankers full. They buy 2000 gal at a time, rather than the 8,000 gal tanker loads of Jet. For partial tankers, they pay a $.40 per gallon penalty, which they have to pass along to the consumer.
There just isn't much Avgas being used. Little airplane flying is down. And when we do fly, we buy 10, 20, maybe 80 gal at a time.
We burn 80 gal of Jet A in the Gulfstream just to taxi for takeoff.
Low demand = high prices. What's the solution?
*** High Avgas Prices** it won't let me edit typo in the header.
The FBO here is at a busy Atlanta suburban airport. Still - the volume of Avgas that they sell doesn't allow them to buy full tankers full. They buy 2000 gal at a time, rather than the 8,000 gal tanker loads of Jet. For partial tankers, they pay a $.40 per gallon penalty, which they have to pass along to the consumer.
There just isn't much Avgas being used. Little airplane flying is down. And when we do fly, we buy 10, 20, maybe 80 gal at a time.
We burn 80 gal of Jet A in the Gulfstream just to taxi for takeoff.
Low demand = high prices. What's the solution?
*** High Avgas Prices** it won't let me edit typo in the header.
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