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Jet Fuel Prices

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Jet Fuel Prices

Domestic Airline Jet Fuel Prices by Type of Service (monthly data)

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Date Jet Fuel Prices - Scheduled (dollars/gallon) Jet Fuel Prices - Non-Scheduled (dollars/gallon)
Jan-86 0.81 0.87
Feb-86 0.79 0.86
Mar-86 0.71 0.79
Apr-86 0.59 0.68
May-86 0.54 0.64
Jun-86 0.50 0.63
Jul-86 0.46 0.60
Aug-86 0.44 0.59
Sep-86 0.43 0.62
Oct-86 0.43 0.55
Nov-86 0.43 0.53
Dec-86 0.44 0.57
Jan-87 0.46 0.60
Feb-87 0.50 0.59
Mar-87 0.51 0.61
Apr-87 0.51 0.60
May-87 0.53 0.63
Jun-87 0.54 0.65
Jul-87 0.56 0.65
Aug-87 0.58 0.66
Sep-87 0.59 0.67
Oct-87 0.60 0.65
Nov-87 0.60 0.65
Dec-87 0.59 0.66
Jan-88 0.58 0.64
Feb-88 0.56 0.51
Mar-88 0.55 0.61
Apr-88 0.54 0.59
May-88 0.54 0.59
Jun-88 0.53 0.62
Jul-88 0.52 0.62
Aug-88 0.50 0.60
Sep-88 0.49 0.59
Oct-88 0.47 0.57
Nov-88 0.48 0.55
Dec-88 0.51 0.62
Jan-89 0.56 0.63
Feb-89 0.57 0.63
Mar-89 0.58 0.61
Apr-89 0.60 0.66
May-89 0.59 0.68
Jun-89 0.57 0.65
Jul-89 0.55 0.63
Aug-89 0.56 0.63
Sep-89 0.59 0.66
Oct-89 0.63 0.69
Nov-89 0.64 0.70
Dec-89 0.68 0.74
Jan-90 0.78 0.84
Feb-90 0.71 0.77
Mar-90 0.65 0.70
Apr-90 0.62 0.66
May-90 0.59 0.67
Jun-90 0.56 0.64
Jul-90 0.56 0.63
Aug-90 0.68 0.79
Sep-90 0.88 1.17
Oct-90 1.11 1.16
Nov-90 1.09 1.19
Dec-90 0.94 1.04
Jan-91 0.84 0.93
Feb-91 0.77 0.88
Mar-91 0.66 0.74
Apr-91 0.60 0.70
May-91 0.61 0.70
Jun-91 0.60 0.71
Jul-91 0.60 0.68
Aug-91 0.63 0.71
Sep-91 0.66 0.75
Oct-91 0.69 0.76
Nov-91 0.69 0.76
Dec-91 0.64 0.72
Jan-92 0.57 0.64
Feb-92 0.58 0.62
Mar-92 0.57 0.61
Apr-92 0.58 0.62
May-92 0.61 0.73
Jun-92 0.64 0.68
Jul-92 0.65 0.69
Aug-92 0.65 0.66
Sep-92 0.64 0.66
Oct-92 0.66 0.68
Nov-92 0.64 0.69
Dec-92 0.61 0.65
Jan-93 0.59 0.65
Feb-93 0.60 0.65
Mar-93 0.61 0.64
Apr-93 0.60 0.65
May-93 0.60 0.66
Jun-93 0.59 0.63
Jul-93 0.56 0.64
Aug-93 0.55 0.89
Sep-93 0.56 0.62
Oct-93 0.60 0.66
Nov-93 0.60 0.63
Dec-93 0.54 0.55
Jan-94 0.53 0.60
Feb-94 0.55 0.60
Mar-94 0.53 0.60
Apr-94 0.51 0.58
May-94 0.53 0.59
Jun-94 0.51 0.60
Jul-94 0.53 0.61
Aug-94 0.54 0.62
Sep-94 0.55 0.60
Oct-94 0.55 0.62
Nov-94 0.57 0.62
Dec-94 0.55 0.59
Jan-95 0.53 0.57
Feb-95 0.53 0.57
Mar-95 0.52 0.58
Apr-95 0.52 0.59
May-95 0.54 0.60
Jun-95 0.53 0.57
Jul-95 0.52 0.56
Aug-95 0.54 0.60
Sep-95 0.55 0.61
Oct-95 0.56 0.61
Nov-95 0.57 0.61
Dec-95 0.54 0.60
Jan-96 0.61 0.68
Feb-96 0.58 0.66
Mar-96 0.59 0.70
Apr-96 0.64 0.71
May-96 0.63 0.68
Jun-96 0.58 0.65
Jul-96 0.59 0.67
Aug-96 0.63 0.72
Sep-96 0.68 0.76
Oct-96 0.70 0.78
Nov-96 0.71 0.78
Dec-96 0.73 0.79
Jan-97 0.74 0.79
Feb-97 0.72 0.75
Mar-97 0.65 0.69
Apr-97 0.62 0.67
May-97 0.60 0.68
Jun-97 0.60 0.65
Jul-97 0.58 0.71
Aug-97 0.62 0.74
Sep-97 0.59 0.69
Oct-97 0.60 0.74
Nov-97 0.62 0.75
Dec-97 0.59 0.70
Jan-98 0.56 0.65
Feb-98 0.54 0.62
Mar-98 0.50 0.60
Apr-98 0.50 0.60
May-98 0.50 0.53
Jun-98 0.48 0.52
Jul-98 0.49 0.51
Aug-98 0.48 0.51
Sep-98 0.48 0.53
Oct-98 0.50 0.53
Nov-98 0.50 0.50
Dec-98 0.45 0.40
Jan-99 0.44 0.45
Feb-99 0.44 0.47
Mar-99 0.43 0.51
Apr-99 0.47 0.53
May-99 0.47 0.50
Jun-99 0.49 0.55
Jul-99 0.50 0.59
Aug-99 0.54 0.64
Sep-99 0.55 0.68
Oct-99 0.59 0.69
Nov-99 0.60 0.73
Dec-99 0.62 0.77
Jan-00 0.69 0.85
Feb-00 0.75 0.83
Mar-00 0.72 0.85
Apr-00 0.73 1.13
May-00 0.71 0.83
Jun-00 0.68 0.86
Jul-00 0.76 0.86
Aug-00 0.77 0.97
Sep-00 0.85 1.05
Oct-00 0.88 1.06
Nov-00 0.87 1.08
Dec-00 0.90 1.00
Jan-01 0.85 0.94
Feb-01 0.84 0.91
Mar-01 0.79 0.84
Apr-01 0.77 0.85
May-01 0.78 0.89
Jun-01 0.80 0.87
Jul-01 0.77 0.82
Aug-01 0.76 0.84
Sep-01 0.79 0.88
Oct-01 0.71 0.75
Nov-01 0.66 0.64
Dec-01 0.47 0.65
Jan-02 0.59 0.63
Feb-02 0.61 0.68
Mar-02 0.61 0.71
Apr-02 0.69 0.73
May-02 0.70 0.77
Jun-02 0.66 0.74
Jul-02 0.70 0.76
Aug-02 0.72 0.81
Sep-02 0.76 0.86
Oct-02 0.80 0.87
Nov-02 0.77 0.81
Dec-02 0.75 0.91
Jan-03 0.83 0.92
Feb-03 0.87 1.05
Mar-03 1.06 0.92
Apr-03 0.83 0.83
May-03 0.76 0.82
Jun-03 0.75 0.83
Jul-03 0.78 0.85
Aug-03 0.83 0.89
Sep-03 0.80 0.82
Oct-03 0.81 0.88
Nov-03 0.84 0.93
Dec-03 0.88 0.96
Jan-04 0.95 1.05
Feb-04 0.96 1.05
Mar-04 0.97 1.04
Apr-04 0.99 1.10
May-04 1.07 1.19
Jun-04 1.07 1.14
Jul-04 1.09 1.21
Aug-04 1.16 1.28
Sep-04 1.23 1.41
Oct-04 1.37 1.61
Nov-04 1.36 1.47
Dec-04 1.27 1.36
Jan-05 1.27 1.38
Feb-05 1.33 1.39
Mar-05 1.44 1.54
Apr-05 1.56 1.66
May-05 1.51 1.56
Jun-05 1.55 1.70
Jul-05 1.60 1.72
Aug-05 1.70 1.92

Jet fuel prices reported to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics differ from producer prices. Reports to BTS show the cost per gallon of fuel used by an airline during the month rather than the price charged by a producer on a single day. Fuel costs for scheduled airline services reflect contractual and storage advantages available to large buyers, while fuel costs for nonscheduled airline services reflect economic conditions for smaller buyers. Jet fuel prices also reflect seasonality due to both the seasonality of aviation and because jet fuel has similar refining requirements to heating oil.

Jet Fuel Price by Type of Service Aug-04 Aug-05
Nonscheduled airlines (dollars per gallon) 1.28 1.92
Percent change from the same month in the previous year 43.82 50.00
Scheduled airlines (dollars per gallon) 1.16 1.70
Percent change from the same month in the previous year 39.76 46.55

NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same month in the previous year to account for seasonality. Data for June 2005 to August 2005 are preliminary due to late reports by carriers.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, available at http://www.bts.gov/, as of October 2005.