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Old May 15, 2006 | 7:07 am
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Originally Posted by MKEbound
If anyone here knows; I would love to know what the fuel burn rate is for the B1900, and at what level the pilot would have mentioned his fuel level to the tower to get priority landing.
Originally Posted by The_Banking_Scot
From here;

http://www.ameriflight.com/Misc/Aircraft/be1900.htm

fuel consumption is 110 GPH ( gallons per hour) so given 126 gallons remaining on landing, enough for an hour's flying time?
The FAA requires a 45-minute fuel reserve (although Midwest may have it's own internal fuel policy). The pilot would probably not report low fuel to the tower until he dipped into that reserve. Landing with just over an hour's fuel is fairly routine with smaller aircraft, but I think the jets usually like to have a little more than that.
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