U.S. airlines’ March 2025 fuel cost per gallon down 0.5% and aviation fuel consumption up 18.4% from February 2025

The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ March 2025 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.609 billion gallons of fuel, 18.4% more fuel than in February 2025 (1.359 billion gallons) and 5.4% more than in pre-pandemic March 2019. The cost per gallon of fuel in March 2025 ($2.43) was down 1.3 cents (0.5%) from February 2025 ($2.45). Total March 2025 fuel expenditure ($3.92B) was up 17.8% from February 2025 ($3.33B).

Year-over-year changes in fuel consumption and cost for March 2025 includes a 0.5% increase in domestic fuel consumption, a 12.2% decrease in domestic fuel cost, and a 12.7% decrease in cost per gallon. Domestic fuel consumption increased 17.8% from February 2025 to March 2025, while increasing 4.4% from March 2019. The increase in fuel consumption reflects growth in airline passenger travel over the same period.

Fuel consumed by U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service: