Hey, im doing a long flight from del to sfo and doing a step climb. im climbing to 37000 for cruise, aircraft 777-200lr, aircraft is stable at 29000 but fuel shows red on ete to destination. I set the fuel for 17:24 mins. ete shows 15:50 minutes in red…will it change gradually as i fly ?
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As you get to cruise, yes.
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The more fuel you burn, the lighter you’ll become thus using less fuel, you’ll be okay, you should have enough fuel
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haha yea thanks…
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As well as the air being thinner the higher you climb, which also leads to less fuel consumption.
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oh ok…thanks…dint think of that
yea…true…
Nothing to worry about, but future reference, my personal opinion doing a flight over 13-14 hours just max the tanks out, full fuel, as IF their fuel burn rate is an average and isn’t all that 100% correct:)
edit: Or have a stop over somewhere in the middle or near the end of your route:)
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alright…thanks
Or just use fpltoif.com for exact fuel calculations.
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thats what i used…
Have you selected extra fuel? You might run out of fuel is you set it to no extra fuel.
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i selected 90 mins.
What about the other factors? Such as passengers and cargo. If you input them wrongly it will cost your aircraft more fuel…
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passengers on auto it gave 316…cargo is 7000…kg
That sounds strange to me, since that many times I have used the FLtoIF never disappointed me with fuel estimation.
To relate back to the topic, if you are sure you are short on fuel, consider diverting to a nearby airport for a refuel, then get back with your Flight Plan, and everything would be good.
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yea…thats the only option i have…in case its low fuel…
Feel free to ask the community if you have any questions about diverting~ Enjoy your flight~
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haha…will do…thank you…
Like i said above, the more fuel you burn the lighter, which means, higher altitude and less fuel consumption:)
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