How much fuel left do you have at arrival?

[mcg]

Everything is said in the title!

Personally, after landing I often have around 2,000kg remaining. And I think it’s a lot, is it?

[Nate_Schneller]

In terms of percentage, it’s usually below 20% for me. All thanks to Simbrief

[Xpheros]

Websites like simBrief* can give you the right amount of fuel that you need for your arrival.

[david_hartono_S]

It depends on the aircraft… But the most fuel when i arrived was on an A380… Around 40000kg. Its because i have to divert in a city in iraq…

[dush19]

It varies with aircraft and the flights I do. Usually its 5-20% for real life routes and 0-5% for Ultra Long Hauls. (Yes, 0% is possible. It’s the way the percentile is round off)

[Chad_Garnett]

Its always gonna be different…

[JRRaviation]

Usually short haul around 20-25%, and my long range flights have close to 1-2%

[Michael_McMurray]

I usually land with my reserve and contingency fuel still on board. That is, unless I had an emergency or had to divert. So usually around 60-90min flight time remaining, at cruise. A little less on Ultra Long Hauls though.

[Aviator_Airbus]

One time I ran out about 3 miles from my destination, had to glide down, but it was fun and challenging!

[Reedgreat]

With 737/a320 sized models, I aim for 10000lb.

For four engine aircraft, I aim for 40000lb.

For 757/767 sized aircraft, I aim for 25000lb.

For 777/787 sizes aircraft, I am for 30-35000lb.

[Allen_Lu]

Well if You fly with 747 you will have minus something or emergency fuel upon arrival :D

[AndrewWu]

On a shorter flight usually about 10%. On a longer flight it’s always closer to 5%

[J2S]

Just enough fuel so if i were to go from KJFK/JFK - EGLL/LHR just over 30% which known in a B787-10 is more than enough

[BobbyRobert]

If you don’t glide on final then you’re doing it wrong

I’m joking, please don’t kill me

[Justin0623]

I tend to bring about 2 hours reserve so it’s somewhere around 25 percent usually when I land but there have been some FNFs where I had to divert most recently in Ethiopia I had to divert to Kenya because of traffic which had me at about 20 percent

[GolferRyan]

As said before, SimBrief will give you a block fuel based on weight. Given that you land on time at your planned destination, you should still have your alternate and final reserve fuel, which cold be anywhere between 5 and 35%, not including extra fuel you may have added

[KPIT]

Real airliners are I believe required 45ish muinets extra minimum, being a sim, I sometimes go lower in IF…

[Gliding_Central]

It greatly depends on the wind conditions and how much fuel I add to the fuel tank’s before I fly.

[ErikBuiten]

No reverse thurst…

[Ksisky]

If you are flying an airliner (§121) from the United States, here is how much fuel you should have left upon a standard landing. This is based on the fuel that should be loaded, and how much of that should remain provided no abnormalities in flight:

Domestic Operations (U.S. to U.S.)

§121.639 Fuel supply: All domestic operations.

No person may dispatch or take off an airplane unless it has enough fuel—

(a) To fly to the airport to which it is dispatched;

(b) Thereafter, to fly to and land at the most distant alternate airport (where required) for the airport to which dispatched; and

(c) Thereafter, to fly for 45 minutes at normal cruising fuel consumption or, for certificate holders who are authorized to conduct day VFR operations in their operations specifications and who are operating nontransport category airplanes type certificated after December 31, 1964, to fly for 30 minutes at normal cruising fuel consumption for day VFR operations.

Flag (International) and Supplemental Operations

§121.645 Fuel supply: Turbine-engine powered airplanes, other than turbo propeller: Flag and supplemental operations.

(a) Any flag operation within the 48 contiguous United States and the District of Columbia may use the fuel requirements of §121.639.

(b) For any certificate holder conducting flag or supplemental operations outside the 48 contiguous United States and the District of Columbia, unless authorized by the Administrator in the operations specifications, no person may release for flight or takeoff a turbine-engine powered airplane (other than a turbo-propeller powered airplane) unless, considering wind and other weather conditions expected, it has enough fuel—

(1) To fly to and land at the airport to which it is released;

(2) After that, to fly for a period of 10 percent of the total time required to fly from the airport of departure to, and land at, the airport to which it was released;

(3) After that, to fly to and land at the most distant alternate airport specified in the flight release, if an alternate is required; and

(4) After that, to fly for 30 minutes at holding speed at 1,500 feet above the alternate airport (or the destination airport if no alternate is required) under standard temperature conditions.

(c) No person may release a turbine-engine powered airplane (other than a turbo-propeller airplane) to an airport for which an alternate is not specified under §121.621(a)(2) or §121.623(b) unless it has enough fuel, considering wind and other weather conditions expected, to fly to that airport and thereafter to fly for at least two hours at normal cruising fuel consumption.

(d) The Administrator may amend the operations specifications of a certificate holder conducting flag or supplemental operations to require more fuel than any of the minimums stated in paragraph (a) or (b) of this section if he finds that additional fuel is necessary on a particular route in the interest of safety.

(e) For a supplemental operation within the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia with a turbine engine powered airplane the fuel requirements of §121.643 apply.

§121.646 En-route fuel supply: flag and supplemental operations.

(a) No person may dispatch or release for flight a turbine-engine powered airplane with more than two engines for a flight more than 90 minutes (with all engines operating at cruise power) from an Adequate Airport unless the following fuel supply requirements are met:

(1) The airplane has enough fuel to meet the requirements of §121.645(b);

(2) The airplane has enough fuel to fly to the Adequate Airport—

(i) Assuming a rapid decompression at the most critical point;

(ii) Assuming a descent to a safe altitude in compliance with the oxygen supply requirements of §121.333; and

(iii) Considering expected wind and other weather conditions.

(3) The airplane has enough fuel to hold for 15 minutes at 1500 feet above field elevation and conduct a normal approach and landing.

Source: Title 14, CFR

Look at §110.2 for more “operations” definitions.