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Cost of Weight: how to use it to be more fuel efficient?

Written by Cécile | Sep 5, 2025

Fuel efficiency depends on many criteria. One of the most important is weight: the more weight you add on an aircraft, the more fuel you need to fly it.

The link between aircraft weight variations and fuel consumption is called the cost of weight. Here are some insights on how to comprehend and use the cost of weight to be more fuel efficient

What you'll learn:

  • What is cost of weight?
  • How to use it
  • Computation of the cost of weight

 

 

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