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Anyone know the average cost per pound to fly 1,000 miles at $3/gallon fuel?
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Jul 11, 2007, 6:49 pm
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LarryJ
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It's not that bad...
Roughly 1.75 gallons per mile for a B737NG at about 140,000 pounds total weight. So that's 0.0125 gallons per pound per 1000 miles.
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