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Austin airport issues 2nd low fuel alert this year on Monday as air travel soars
On Monday, KAUS issued its second fuel shortage alert this year due to heightened travel volumes linked to the 2022 South by Southwest Conference, NASCAR and PGA tour events. As part of the fuel alert, airlines were asked to fly into AUS with more fuel than typical, in an effort to make sure flights had enough for takeoff. (www.kxan.com) More...
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KAUS is suffering from success. As to tankering in extra fuel - Don't expect that for long haul flights arriving Austin.
Specifically, don't expect tankering by British BA 191, an A350 journeying 5000 miles to KAUS from London Heathrow.
Austin's fuel shortages might lead to insufficient re-fuelling for Delta and Alaska Air's flights to Austin from Pacific NW, or even round-trips from Boston.
Specifically, don't expect tankering by British BA 191, an A350 journeying 5000 miles to KAUS from London Heathrow.
Austin's fuel shortages might lead to insufficient re-fuelling for Delta and Alaska Air's flights to Austin from Pacific NW, or even round-trips from Boston.
having done weight and balances both the "old " way, and the computerized version,unless things have drastically changed,fuel for passenger aircraft is allocated by size of the aircraft, what fuel might already be in the fuel tanks,mileage to the next destination where refueling would be available,the captains requested amount due to weather condition enroute,the number of passengers booked/boarded (as each persons weight is a calculated number included by approximation),the number of bags put onboard,the number of carry on bags,the amount of cargo (if any) boarded,and a few other things..the one thing i really remember is being told overfueling can sometimes be an issue as if that spills onto the tarmac,"defueling" the excess and cleaning up the spill takes a lot of time..if fuel shortages are an issue,all the airlines can do is limit the number of passengers booked on a flight (i have seen that done before on regional jets)cancel a few flights to destinations where there are many or some long haul,or pre-cancel (i have seen that done as well) flights that have lower bookings..having a "full" or even extra fuel is not just a one sided "go to the pumps and get it" issue...
Agree. When we flew the EMB145 ER's we had to limit our loads depending on conditions and distance. We couldn't always fill all 50 seats due to weight limitations.
One can not forget, fuel at airports (even seemingly odd ones) is part of the strategic national defense. But, this is Bidens America.
Joe Biden doesn’t have a damn thing to do with the Austin airport running out of fuel, unless you want to also give him credit for the success of SXSW, a NASCAR race, et al. Seriously, you conspiracy nuts should find some other topic to dwell upon.
He 100% does with the supply chain. There is no conspiracy about that. While this is not a political site (by intent) - the cost of air travel and those of us with our own aircraft are certainly affected by politics. Using our 'strategic oil supply' has direct effects on the cost per hour of flight time...but, I suppose we are that "evil 1%" and we only employ a few thousand some off folks (in total).
So, yes....Biden's fault...as for "fuel numbers based on expected PX load" (in the very wise comment by mary susan)...we also have to take strategic placement of fuel into the equation...and Austin is in that equation.
So, yes....Biden's fault...as for "fuel numbers based on expected PX load" (in the very wise comment by mary susan)...we also have to take strategic placement of fuel into the equation...and Austin is in that equation.
The problem is days of supply on the site, not overall supply. Read it.
From the coverage at KEN5.com and other Austin sources -
"AUS operates with a 2 to 3 day supply of fuel because of current capacity restrictions. Other airports of similar size operate with five- to seven- days’ worth of fuel, airport leaders have said.
The airport is growing and rebounding from the pandemic faster than leaders expected. It’s preparing to serve a record-breaking 20 million passengers in 2022. When the airport opened in 1999, infrastructure was built for approximately 11 million passengers."
A project is planned to add an expanded fuel farm, however that project is delayed by maneuvers led by one specific Austin council member.