Jet Fuel Prices
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation, Office of Airline Information, available at www.bts.gov/pr
Date Updated: 5/14/01
Units: Dollars per Gallon
Scheduled Nonscheduled
Jan-90 0.7807 0.8383
Feb-90 0.7078 0.7697
Mar-90 0.6539 0.7030
Apr-90 0.6194 0.6642
May-90 0.5893 0.6669
Jun-90 0.5626 0.6429
Jul-90 0.5614 0.6271
Aug-90 0.6805 0.7907
Sep-90 0.8824 1.1722
Oct-90 1.1104 1.1621
Nov-90 1.0867 1.1948
Dec-90 0.9446 1.0357
Jan-91 0.8408 0.9255
Feb-91 0.7669 0.8804
Mar-91 0.6598 0.7397
Apr-91 0.5975 0.7005
May-91 0.6074 0.7048
Jun-91 0.5969 0.7095
Jul-91 0.5995 0.6829
Aug-91 0.6289 0.7119
Sep-91 0.6584 0.7508
Oct-91 0.6875 0.7582
Nov-91 0.6943 0.7618
Dec-91 0.6352 0.7167
Jan-92 0.5725 0.6390
Feb-92 0.5781 0.6212
Mar-92 0.5668 0.6082
Apr-92 0.5770 0.6170
May-92 0.6094 0.7267
Jun-92 0.6376 0.6841
Jul-92 0.6519 0.6889
Aug-92 0.6453 0.6634
Sep-92 0.6430 0.6606
Oct-92 0.6602 0.6812
Nov-92 0.6365 0.6866
Dec-92 0.6071 0.6526
Jan-93 0.5918 0.6543
Feb-93 0.6026 0.6507
Mar-93 0.6054 0.6393
Apr-93 0.6003 0.6490
May-93 0.5964 0.6612
Jun-93 0.5892 0.6340
Jul-93 0.5602 0.6356
Aug-93 0.5531 0.8933
Sep-93 0.5648 0.6250
Oct-93 0.6006 0.6644
Nov-93 0.5971 0.6253
Dec-93 0.5391 0.5511
Jan-94 0.5284 0.6041
Feb-94 0.5545 0.5960
Mar-94 0.5326 0.6031
Apr-94 0.5141 0.5764
May-94 0.5258 0.5877
Jun-94 0.5116 0.6046
Jul-94 0.5340 0.6100
Aug-94 0.5444 0.6204
Sep-94 0.5454 0.6035
Oct-94 0.5481 0.6163
Nov-94 0.5664 0.6181
Dec-94 0.5476 0.5883
Jan-95 0.5342 0.5747
Feb-95 0.5297 0.5715
Mar-95 0.5162 0.5766
Apr-95 0.5218 0.5875
May-95 0.5417 0.5962
Jun-95 0.5320 0.5728
Jul-95 0.5235 0.5616
Aug-95 0.5356 0.5976
Sep-95 0.5542 0.6091
Oct-95 0.5605 0.6108
Nov-95 0.5671 0.6089
Dec-95 0.5423 0.6006
Jan-96 0.6100 0.6752
Feb-96 0.5786 0.6640
Mar-96 0.5873 0.6953
Apr-96 0.6415 0.7076
May-96 0.6298 0.6829
Jun-96 0.5788 0.6510
Jul-96 0.5936 0.6719
Aug-96 0.6309 0.7224
Sep-96 0.6785 0.7606
Oct-96 0.6986 0.7752
Nov-96 0.7066 0.7761
Dec-96 0.7299 0.7879
Jan-97 0.7354 0.7883
Feb-97 0.7243 0.7519
Mar-97 0.6506 0.6897
Apr-97 0.6212 0.6656
May-97 0.6022 0.6784
Jun-97 0.5952 0.6491
Jul-97 0.5801 0.7051
Aug-97 0.6188 0.7384
Sep-97 0.5892 0.6927
Oct-97 0.6031 0.7423
Nov-97 0.6180 0.7487
Dec-97 0.5896 0.7000
Jan-98 0.5638 0.6468
Feb-98 0.5425 0.6210
Mar-98 0.5046 0.5988
Apr-98 0.5044 0.6005
May-98 0.5020 0.5324
Jun-98 0.4823 0.5187
Jul-98 0.4867 0.5053
Aug-98 0.4817 0.5062
Sep-98 0.4814 0.5260
Oct-98 0.4953 0.5339
Nov-98 0.4973 0.4994
Dec-98 0.4480 0.4030
Jan-99 0.4424 0.4510
Feb-99 0.4384 0.4724
Mar-99 0.4311 0.5124
Apr-99 0.4701 0.5264
May-99 0.4694 0.5012
Jun-99 0.4909 0.5543
Jul-99 0.5033 0.5888
Aug-99 0.5367 0.6371
Sep-99 0.5514 0.6816
Oct-99 0.5853 0.6882
Nov-99 0.5958 0.7298
Dec-99 0.6167 0.7707
Jan-00 0.6900 0.8536
Feb-00 0.7454 0.8347
Mar-00 0.7249 0.8537
Apr-00 0.7332 1.1273
May-00 0.7081 0.8331
Jun-00 0.6824 0.8559
Jul-00 0.7604 0.8571
Aug-00 0.7705 0.9698
Sep-00 0.8518 1.0463
Oct-00 0.8790 1.0649
Nov-00 0.8733 1.0792
Dec-00 0.9018 1.0035
Jan-01 0.8510 0.9386
Feb-01 0.8442 0.9081
Mar-01 0.7921 0.8380
Apr-01 0.7683 0.8513
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, available at www.bts.gov/programs/oai/fuel/fuelyearly.html
DOMESTIC UNIT PRICES FOR AIRLINE JET FUEL
Jet Fuel Prices by Type of Service (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)
Dollars
per Gallon
1.20
1.00
Nonscheduled
0.80
0.60
Scheduled
0.40
0.20
0.00
Jan-91 Jan-93 Jan-95 Jan-97 Jan-99 Jan-01
Jet fuel prices reported to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics differ from producer prices. Reports to BTS show the cost pe
Current Dollars per Gallon
For scheduled airlines
For scheduled airlines percent change from same month previous year
For nonscheduled airlines
For nonscheduled airlines percent change from same month previous year
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
Data for January 2001 to April 2001 are preliminary due to late reports by carriers.
Reports to BTS show the cost per gallon of fuel used by an airline during the month rather than the price charged by a producer on a single d
Apr-00 Apr-01
0.73 0.77
55.97 4.79
1.13 0.85
114.17 -24.49
to account for seasonality.
harged by a producer on a single day. Fuel costs for scheduled airline services reflect contractual and storage advantages available to large
storage advantages available to large buyers, while fuel costs for nonscheduled airline services reflect economic conditions for smaller buyer
conomic conditions for smaller buyers.