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U.S. Airlines’ September 2025 Aviation Fuel Consumption down 9.7%, and Fuel Cost per Gallon up 0.3% from August 2025

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

BTS 67-25

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’ September 2025 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.514 billion gallons of fuel, 9.7% less fuel than in August 2025 (1.677 billion gallons) and 1.2% less fuel than September 2024 (1.532 billion gallons). The cost per gallon of fuel in September 2025 ($2.304) was up 0.8 cent (0.3%) from August 2025 ($2.296) and down 2.3 cents (1.0%) from September 2024 ($2.327). Total September 2025 fuel expenditure ($3.49B) was down 9.4% from August 2025 ($3.85B) and down 2.2% from September 2024 ($3.56B).

 

Line chart showing U.S. Airlines Fuel Cosumption per Gallon in January 2020 through September 2025

Fuel consumed by U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:
September 2024 1.53 billion gallons
August 2025 1.68 billion gallons
September 2025 1.51 billion gallons

 

Line chart showing U.S. Airlines Fuel Cost per Gallon in January 2020 through September 2025

Fuel cost per gallon for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:
September 2024 $2.33
August 2025 $2.30
September 2025 $2.30
Total fuel cost for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:
September 2024 3.56 billion
August 2025 3.85 billion
September 2025 3.49 billion

 

Fuel Cost and Consumption data from January 2000 to the present can be found at http://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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