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U.S. Airlines’ October 2025 Aviation Fuel Consumption up 6.2%, and Fuel Cost per Gallon up 1.7% from September 2025

Thursday, December 4, 2025

BTS 76-25

This release is published on a fixed schedule as required by the Office of Management and Budget, and statistics in this release may be revised when inputs to the statistics are corrected or updated. Data on the program page of this website are the most up-to-date and complete. All costs are in current dollars. 
All fuel consumption data is in regard to fuel paid for by the carrier.

The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ October 2025 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.608 billion gallons of fuel, 6.2% more fuel than in September 2025 (1.514 billion gallons) and 2.0% more fuel than October 2024 (1.576 billion gallons). The cost per gallon of fuel in October 2025 ($2.34) was up 4 cents (1.7%) from September 2025 ($2.30) and up 5 cents (2.2%) from October 2024 ($2.29). Total October 2025 fuel expenditure ($3.77B) was up 8.0% from September 2025 ($3.49B) and up 4.3% from October 2024 ($3.61B).
    

Line chart showing U.S. Airlines Fuel Cosumption per Gallon in January 2020 through September 2025: Jan 2020 (1,461) and Oct 2025 (1,608)
Fuel consumed by U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:
October 2024 1.58 billion gallons
September 2025 1.51 billion gallons
October 2025 1.61 billion gallons

 

Line chart showing U.S. Airlines Fuel Cost per Gallon in January 2020 through October 2025: Jan 2020 ($1.98) and Oct 2025 ($2.34)

                         

Fuel cost per gallon for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:
October 2024 $2.29
September 2025 $2.30
October 2025 $2.34
Total fuel cost for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:
October 2024 3.61 billion
September 2025 3.49 billion
October 2025 3.77 billion

   

Fuel Cost and Consumption data from January 2000 to the present can be found at https://transtats-test.oai.bts.dot.gov/APEISDWRES/FUEL/. Summaries by month are also available.

Airline fuel costs may be affected by hedging, contracts that allow airlines to limit exposure to future price changes. None of the cost numbers are adjusted for inflation. The month-to-month numbers are not seasonally adjusted.

Individual airline numbers through June 2025 are available on the BTS website. 

Please Note:

The information provided within BTS statistical releases may not be based on 100% of the carriers required to report. Generally, data is released per schedule if reports have been received from at least 90% of the carriers, along with data from all the major carriers. Regarding this release, the following carrier remains pending: Scott Aviation, LLC (3EQ). Also, within text, percent change results may not be exact due to rounding.

Silver Airways (3M) has ceased operations as of June 11, 2025.

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