U.S. Airlines’ May 2025 Aviation Fuel Consumption up 4.0% and Fuel Cost per Gallon down 4.1% from April 2025
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The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ May 2025 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.639 billion gallons of fuel, 4.0% more fuel than in April 2025 (1.576 billion gallons) and 0.4% less fuel than May 2024. The cost per gallon of fuel in May 2025 ($2.21) was down 9 cents (4.1%) from April 2025 ($2.31) and down 44 cents (16.5%) from May 2024. Total May 2025 fuel expenditure ($3.63B) was down 0.3% from April 2025 ($3.64B) and down 16.8% from May 2024 ($4.36B).
| Fuel consumed by U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service | |
|---|---|
| May 2024 | 1.64 billion gallons |
| April 2025 | 1.58 billion gallons |
| May 2025 | 1.64 billion gallons |
| Fuel cost per gallon for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service | |
|---|---|
| May 2024 | $2.65 |
| April 2025 | $2.31 |
| May 2025 | $2.21 |
| Total fuel cost for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service | |
|---|---|
| May 2024 | 4.36 billion |
| April 2025 | 3.64 billion |
| May 2025 | 3.63 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 March 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, there are no pending carriers. Also, within text, percent change results may not be exact due to rounding.
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