Aviation Fuel

With the price of conventional aviation fuel skyrocketing in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, could sustainable aviation fuel, aka SAF, offer any relief? FLYING takes a look.

Several factors, from war to inflation, are making filling your aircraft more expensive.

Event in Opa Locka, Florida was the first such NBAA event since 2020.

The aviation industry is strongly considering the zero-emission alternative—but does it really help the environment?

The aviation industry is showing more signs that it’s serious about fighting climate change by replacing conventional fuel with cleaner-burning, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). On Tuesday, Delta Air Lines announced an agreement with Chevron for the energy company to manufacture an SAF test batch and sell it to the Atlanta-based carrier. Delta’s goal is to […]

The ultimate goal? An unleaded drop-in replacement for 100LL, the avgas we use to power a large percentage of the general aviation fleet—and particularly one that serves the roughly one-third of piston airplanes that require at least 100 octane fuel. However, achieving that goal has been elusive, based in part on three factors. First, a […]

When renewable fuel production begins in early 2024 at the renewed Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo, California, near San Francisco, it will be impossible to find a drop of crude oil, or conventional gasoline or diesel products at the site. Instead, raw materials such as used cooking oil, fats, greases, and soybean oils will be […]

With the worldwide airline industry operating at just a fraction of its usual capacity, and general and business aviation operators mostly under “stay at home” orders because of the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic, US skies are for the most part empty, as aircraft of all shapes and sizes remain grounded. But for those who continue to […]