Data Highlights

$1.44M Feb. 2026, - 20K from Feb. 2025
$587B Q4 2025, +$27B from Q4 2024
914K Jan. 2026, +5K from Jan. 2025
2.68B Dec. 2025, -60M from Dec. 2024
284M Jan. 2026, -20M from Jan. 2025

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U.S. Airlines’ February 2026 Aviation Fuel Cost down 4.7%, Consumption down 6.2%, and Fuel Cost per Gallon up 1.6% from January 2026

The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) released U.S. airlines’ February 2026 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating total fuel expenditure ($3.23B) of U.S. scheduled service airlines was down 4.7% from January 2026 ($3.39B) and down 2.8% from February 2025 ($3.32B).