U.S. Airlines’ March 2025 Fuel Cost per Gallon down 0.5% and Aviation Fuel Consumption up 18.4% from February 2025
BTS 25-25
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The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ March 2025 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.609 billion gallons of fuel, 18.4% more fuel than in February 2025 (1.359 billion gallons) and 5.4% more than in pre-pandemic March 2019. The cost per gallon of fuel in March 2025 ($2.43) was down 1.3 cents (0.5%) from February 2025 ($2.45). Total March 2025 fuel expenditure ($3.92B) was up 17.8% from February 2025 ($3.33B).
Year-over-year changes in fuel consumption and cost for March 2025 includes a 0.5% increase in domestic fuel consumption, a 12.2% decrease in domestic fuel cost, and a 12.7% decrease in cost per gallon. Domestic fuel consumption increased 17.8% from February 2025 to March 2025, while increasing 4.4% from March 2019. The increase in fuel consumption reflects growth in airline passenger travel over the same period.
Fuel consumed by U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:
| March 2024 | 1.60 billion gallons |
| February 2025 | 1.36 billion gallons |
| March 2025 | 1.61 billion gallons |
Fuel cost per gallon for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:
| March 2024 | $2.77 |
| February 2025 | $2.45 |
| March 2025 | $2.43 |
Total fuel cost for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:
| March 2024 | $4.44 billion |
| February 2025 | $3.33 billion |
| March 2025 | $3.92 billion |
Fuel Cost and Consumption data from January 2000 to the present can be found at https://www.transtats.bts.gov/fuel.asp. 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 September 2024 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. Also, within text, percent change results may not be exact due to rounding.
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