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How much fuel does a passenger use?

How much fuel does a passenger use?

Nowadays the fuel consumption is usually around 3 to 4 liters per passenger per 100 kilometers, which makes fuel the #1 cost for an airline (representing around 30% of total costs).

How much fuel does a passenger train use per mile?

Results of the tests showed that the average fuel consumption for the 157.7 mile trip was 368 gallons and that the average fuel use efficiency was 277 ton-miles per gallon. Fuel consumption and fuel use efficiency were found to increase consistently with increasing train tonnage.

What are passenger miles per gallon?

Passenger-miles per gallon (pmpg) is a metric for comparing passenger vehicle travel across modes. Transportation system efficiency increases as the number of passengers increases or as the vehicle fuel economy increases for each transportation mode.

How much fuel does a plane use per mile?

A plane like a Boeing 747 uses approximately 1 gallon of fuel (about 4 liters) every second. Over the course of a 10-hour flight, it might burn 36,000 gallons (150,000 liters). According to Boeing’s Web site, the 747 burns approximately 5 gallons of fuel per mile (12 liters per kilometer).

How much fuel does a car use per passenger?

To put it into perspective with other means of transport such as cars, this indicator is often given in litres per 100 km per passenger. Therefore, the previous numbers would be around 3.2L / 100PK.

Why does a motorcycle get so many miles per gallon?

Motorcycles achieve a high number of passenger miles per gallon, owing to their light weight and very high fuel efficiency. Transit buses are not very efficient at their current ridership rates, where, on average, a given bus is less than 25% full.

How much fuel does Amtrak use per passenger?

Amtrak traveled 267 million car-miles in 2007, which equals to 16 billion potential passenger miles if the average car holds 60 passengers. In 2007 Amtrak consumed 10.5 trillion BTU of fuel, or 659 BTU per available passenger mile.

How is the fuel efficiency of an airline measured?

As mentioned above, fuel efficiency can be measured by comparing the production of an airline to the quantity of fuel burnt. Let’s compare different airlines in terms of passengers per kilometres per litres (measure used by the International Council on Clean Transportation -ICCT-) with the graph below:

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Ruth Doyle