The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ July 2025 fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.760 billion gallons of fuel, 4.3% more fuel than in June 2025 (1.688 billion gallons) and 1.6% more fuel than July 2024 (1,734 billion gallons).
The cost per gallon of fuel in July 2025 ($2.34) was up 12 cents (5.5%) from June 2025 ($2.22) and down 24 cents (9.4%) from July 2024. Total July 2025 fuel expenditure ($4.12B) was up 10.0% from June 2025 ($3.74B) and down 8.0% from July 2024 ($4.47B).
| Fuel consumed by U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service | |
| July 2024 | 1.73 billion gallons |
| June 2025 | 1.69 billion gallons |
| July 2025 | 1.76 billion gallons |
| Fuel cost per gallon for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service | |
| July 2024 | $2.58 |
| June 2025 | $2.22 |
| July 2025 | $2.34 |
| Total fuel cost for U.S. airlines (total) scheduled service | |
| July 2024 | 4.47 billion |
| June 2025 | 3.74 billion |
| July 2025 | 4.12 billion |
Fuel Cost and Consumption data from January 2000 to the present can be found at https://www.transtats.bts.
Airline fuel costs may be affected by hedging, contracts that allow airlines to limit exposure to future price changes. None of the cost numbers are adjusted for inflation. The month-to-month numbers are not seasonally adjusted.
Individual airline numbers through March 2025 are available on the BTS website.