26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-4.7.4

PAYLOAD FUEL ENERGY EFFICIENCY AS A METRIC FOR AVIATION ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE

J. I. Hileman, J. B. Katz, J. G. Mantilla*, G. Fleming*
MIT, USA; *John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, USA

Keywords: Energy, Fuel Efficiency, Aviation, Environment, Metric

Payload fuel efficiency, given in terms of payload * distance / fuel energy, is used to examine historical and future trends in individual aircraft and fleetwide aviation efficiency. Multiple carriers are examined including passenger operations, freight operations, and those that move both freight and passengers.

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