U.S. Airlines’ December 2025 Aviation Fuel Consumption up 8.8%, and Fuel Cost per Gallon down 4.2% from November 2025

 

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The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ December 2025 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.614 billion gallons of fuel, 8.8% more fuel than in November 2025 (1.483 billion gallons) and 1.1% more fuel than December 2024 (1.597 billion gallons). The cost per gallon of fuel in December 2025 ($2.32) was down 10 cents (4.2%) from November 2025 ($2.42) and down 1 cent (0.4%) from December 2024 ($2.33). Total December 2025 fuel expenditure ($3.74B) was up 4.3% from November 2025 ($3.59B) and up 0.7% from December 2024 ($3.71B).

 

Fuel consumed by U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:
December 2024	1.60 billion gallons
November 2025	1.48 billion gallons
December 2025	1.61 billion gallons

 

 

Fuel cost per gallon for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:
December 2024	$2.33
November 2025	$2.42
December 2025	$2.32

 

Total fuel cost for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:
December 2024	3.71 billion
November 2025	3.59 billion
December 2025	3.74 billion

 

Fuel Cost and Consumption data from January 2000 to the present can be found at https://transtats-test.oai.bts.dot.gov/APEISDWRES/FUEL/. 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.

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