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U.S. Airlines March 2021 Fuel Use Up 33% from February

The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ March Fuel Cost and Consumption numbers.  Fuel consumed by U.S. airlines scheduled service: March 2020           1.2 billion gallons February 2021    757 million gallons March 2021...

Earth Day 2021 Arrives as U.S. Electric Vehicle Sales Continue to Grow

Data spotlights represent data and statistics from a specific period of time, and do not reflect ongoing data collection. As individual spotlights are static stories, they are not subject to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) web standards and may not be updated after their...

U.S. Airlines December 2020 Fuel Use Up 9% from November

U.S. airlines’ December 2020 fuel consumption was 8.7% higher than November 2020, and more than double April 2020. April was the lowest monthly fuel usage on record (447M gallons), dating back to 2000. December 2020 fuel consumption was down 63% from December 2019.

VIUS FAQs

What is the purpose of the Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS)? Will the scope and population of interest for the 2021 VIUS remain the same as the earlier surveys?  What are some common uses of the VIUS data? Who uses the VIUS data? Who conducts the VIUS and how often is it...

U.S. Energy Consumption by the Transportation Sector (Metric)

KEY: R = revised; Z = a value of zero, or value too small to report.

a Sum of primary consumption, electricity, and electrical system energy losses categories.

b Sum of biomass, natural gas, and petroleum categories.

c Beginning from 1980, small amounts of coal consumed for transportation are included in industrial sector consumption.

d Consumed in the operation of pipelines, primarily in compressors, and small amounts consumed as vehicle fuel.

e Includes most nonutility use of...