208K lb of fuel enough to get an A330 from JNB to SAN?

#1

At the moment I’m in a situation where the ETE to dest says 18:49 and the fuel remaining time is 13:00. I put in 208K lbs of fuel to travel from JNB-SAN but I’m not sure if thats enough, the distance is 8900NM.

Update… I’ve ran the route through simBrief and it says est flt. time will be 20:48, 20:33 of fuel was put in, but simbreif also said that the blockfuel should be 178K lbs when I have 208K, I’m gonna continue flying, i’m not off the coast of SA yet but I think i’ll be able to land with close to or under 1,000 pounds of fuel.

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#2

Were you climbing when you gave us the fuel ete

#3

No, crusing.

#4

Remember, Infinite Flight fuel times are estimates.

You don’t use as much fuel when you’re descending and your engines are at idle.

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#5

I figure this is whats going to save me.

#6

What’s your initial cruise altitude?

#7

Was going to be FL330 but I ended the flight when I declared it impossible.

#8

For Long Distance Flights, you take off heavy… during your flught, you burn fuel, so you get lighter, and your fuel flow gets smaller… for me, I always start with less fuel than ETE, but it sorts itself out during the flight usually

#9

I’m sure I could have made it to PHX but the more I thought on it the flight would have been very very stressful, and I’m already going through enough as it is so I began a new one. I will be trying this flight again though

#10

At that weight I would have gone FL300 for initial altitude, and step climb 2000ft every 4-5 hours or so…

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#11

Do you have passengers or cargo onboard?

#12

No, when do ultra long hauls, I never put passengers and cargo.

#13

I did otherwise I see no point

#14

That’s true, I think you have not enough fuel then to reach your destination.

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