U.S. Airlines’ September 2025 aviation fuel consumption down 9.7% and fuel cost per gallon up 0.3% from August 2025

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The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ September 2025 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.514 billion gallons of fuel, 9.7% less fuel than in August 2025 (1.677 billion gallons) and 1.2% less fuel than September 2024 (1.532 billion gallons). The cost per gallon of fuel in September 2025 ($2.304) was up 0.8 cent (0.3%) from August 2025 ($2.296) and down 2.3 cents (1.0%) from September 2024 ($2.327). Total September 2025 fuel expenditure ($3.49B) was down 9.4% from August 2025 ($3.85B) and down 2.2% from September 2024 ($3.56B).

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

Fuel cost per gallon for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service:

Total fuel cost for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service: