Fuel and time calculator
Estimate flight time and fuel required.
Enter your own distance, ground speed and fuel burn. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.
Advisory. Verify against your POH and current weather.
How the estimate is worked out
Distance divided by ground speed gives flight time. The calculator rounds time up to whole minutes, computes trip and reserve fuel from the entered hourly burn, then adds your taxi allowance. Fuel is rounded up to a tenth of the unit you choose.
Verify the inputs and result against your POH and current weather before planning a flight.
Questions
- Does this choose my reserve for me?
- No. Enter the reserve minutes for your flight. The reference beside the field states the VFR airplane minimum in 14 CFR 91.151(a).
- Can I use pounds instead of gallons?
- Yes. Select pounds and enter both fuel burn and taxi allowance in pounds. The calculator does no unit conversion.
A planning aid, not legal advice. The regulations, your aircraft's records and your instructor or mechanic have the final word.
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