Aviation Fuels Research Reciprocating Engine Aircraft Fleet Fuel Distribution Report

Details

• Creators:
  Schlickenmaier, Herbert W. ; Stone, Rachel ; Atwood, David
• Corporate Creators:
  Crown Consulting, Inc. ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center. Airport and Aircraft Safety Research and Development Division.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Aircraft
  • Aviation fuels
  • Piston engines
  • Databases
  • Gasoline
  • General aviation
  • AvGas
  • Approved fuels
  • 100LL
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AR-TN11/22
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Technical Notes
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center
• Abstract:
  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aviation Fuels and Engine Test Program requested a data analysis to support the Aviation Fuels Research Planning task. The purpose of the data analysis was to establish a baseline of aviation fuels currently in use by all reciprocating engine-powered aircraft to quantitatively assess the effect of first reducing and, eventually, eliminating the tetraethyl lead content on the population of aircraft currently certificated by the FAA. A key element in the database analysis centered on an interpretation of approximately 2664 Type Certificates documents. The key product was a unique data table that converts the list of individual aircraft from the U.S. Aircraft Registry into their associated approved fuel grade. The result of the analysis identified the fleet distribution of aviation gasoline for minimum-grade 80, minimum-grade 91, and minimum-grade 100 low lead (100LL), where 80% of the 189,415 U.S.-registered aircraft with reciprocating engines use either minimum-grade 100LL (43.3%) or minimum-grade 80 (36.6%). Other approved fuels and their distributions are also shown in the report.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFAWA-08-C-00009 (NISC II Bridge)
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/90091/dot_90091_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 978.50 KB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace
• Main Document Checksum:
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