San Diego Airport Tops U.S. in Leaded Avgas Sales
The airport sold more than 1 million gallons of leaded avgas over two years, despite offering an unleaded alternative.
The airport sold more than 1 million gallons of leaded avgas over two years, despite offering an unleaded alternative.
European validation extends existing FAA fuel approvals to more piston aircraft and engines.
100LL and Jet A prices reached six-month highs in September.
Fuel-price data show wide regional differences, with Alaska averaging more than $11 per gallon.
Phillips 66 Aviation’s refiner-direct model heads into NBAA-BACE 2026.
Leaded avgas remains exempt from an 11-cent-per-liter federal excise tax before rates begin returning in February.
Pitt Meadows wants to know whether Canada will follow the U.S. toward a 2030 unleaded-avgas target.
The revised plan is clearer about several important points, but many of the decisions still await testing and a second plan.
The agency has not changed the 2030 target, though its deputy administrator described the current schedule as aggressive.
June publications from the National Academies put the unleaded fuel transition in the hands of airport operators.