U.S. Airlines’ August 2025 Aviation Fuel Consumption down 4.7%, and Fuel Cost per Gallon down 1.8% from July 2025

 The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)  released U.S. airlines’ August 2025 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.677 billion gallons of fuel, 4.7% less fuel than in July 2025 (1.760 billion gallons) and 0.5% less fuel than August 2024 (1.686 billion gallons). The cost per gallon of fuel in August 2025 ($2.30) was down 4 cents (1.8%) from July 2025 ($2.34) and down 17 cents (7.1%) from August 2024. Total August 2025 fuel expenditure ($3.85B) was down 6.4% from July 2025 ($4.12B) and down 7.5% from August 2024 ($4.16B).    

 

 

 

Fuel consumed by U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:
August 2024	1.68 billion gallons
July 2025	1.76 billion gallons
August 2025	1.68 billion gallons

 

 

 

 

Fuel cost per gallon for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:
August 2024	$2.47
July 2025	$2.34
August 2025	$2.30

 

Total fuel cost for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:
August 2024	4.16 billion
July 2025	4.12 billion
August 2025	3.85 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.

Tags: US DOT