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UK VFR Fuel Planner

Estimate fuel for a one-way or return flight using airfield lookup, automatic direct distance, route allowance and editable reserve assumptions.

UK VFR FUEL PLANNER

Plan the trip, protect the reserve

Select the route and aircraft assumptions, then compare the required fuel with usable capacity and fuel on board. All figures remain editable.

Can't find your airfield in the departure/destination lists?

Route

Automatic direct distance with an editable routing allowance.

Departure Destination

Journey Route allowance

Distance mode

Outbound planning distance

Return planning distance

Aircraft and performance

Use conservative planning figures and confirm them against the aircraft documentation.

Aircraft preset Fuel unit

Usable capacity Fuel on board Planning burn

L/hr

Outbound groundspeed

Return groundspeed

Use manually entered leg times instead

Allowances and reserve

Select the relevant planning basis, then adjust for your own procedures and minima.

Aircraft regulatory basis Flight profile

Selected final reserve

min

Taxi/start fuel Delay / holding

min

Alternate allowance

min

Contingency

Reserve basis used by this planner

The planner displays the CAA Part-NCO planning benchmarks of 10 minutes for a qualifying day-VFR local flight, 30 minutes for other day-VFR flights, and 45 minutes for night VFR. For non-Part-21 aircraft, these are presented as planning benchmarks rather than a claim that the same fixed legal minimum applies in every case.

Read the official CAA AMC1 NCO.OP.125(b) and CAA Safety Sense 05: VFR Flight.

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