Environment
Jet fuel consumed
Every gallon the airline reports to the US Department of Transportation (airline fuel cost and consumption report) — all scheduled and charter flights, domestic and international.In March 2012, AirTran Airways consumed 28,619,017 US gallons of fuel (27,884,691 on domestic and 734,326 on international flights), according to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics — about 279,035 tonnes of CO₂.
Partial coverage: fuel of US-certificated airlines only · 183 of 183 periods have data
The most recent periods15 periods
| Period | US gallons of fuel 2011 | US gallons of fuel 2012 | Change vs last year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28,193,570 | 28,305,594 | ▲ 0.4% |
| February | 26,905,887 | 29,168,427 | ▲ 8.4% |
| March | 34,080,315 | 28,619,017 | ▼ 16.0% |
| April | 33,343,786 | – | – |
| May | 33,391,281 | – | – |
| June | 34,896,585 | – | – |
| July | 36,548,521 | – | – |
| August | 35,273,205 | – | – |
| September | 28,532,386 | – | – |
| October | 29,267,246 | – | – |
| November | 29,857,000 | – | – |
| December | 31,983,347 | – | – |
| Year to date (Jan–Mar) | 89,179,772 | 86,093,038 | ▼ 3.5% |
CO₂ is self-computed: gallons × 9.75 kg, the EPA emission factor for kerosene-type jet fuel. The fuel figure itself is as reported.
US BTS — Airline fuel cost and consumption