Swift Opens Unleaded Fuel Processing Facility

Stephen Pope

Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 08:54 PM ET

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Swift Fuels has opened a new facility in Lafayette, Indiana, dedicated to producing 100SF, a new unleaded high-octane aviation gasoline.
100SF is designed as a direct, drop-in replacement for 100LL and is safe for use in all general aviation piston engine aircraft.
This new fuel addresses the long-standing need for an unleaded high-octane avgas, with over 165,000 U.S. aircraft currently relying on leaded fuel.
The development aligns with the FAA's plans to test and phase out leaded aviation fuel within the decade.

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More than 100 people recently turned out for the opening of a fuel processing facility in Lafayette, Indiana, built to produce a new unleaded high-octane aviation gasoline called 100SF.

Designed as a drop-in replacement for 100LL, the fuel can be safely used in GA piston airplanes, said officials from Swift Fuels LLC, based in the Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette.