Jet fuel burning in the sky right now
Every flight the network can see, run through a fuel model of its exact aircraft type. Updated every hour.
The last 24 hours
Each point is one hourly recording. Traffic rises and falls as the day moves around the world.
Planes in the air
Fuel burned per hour (tonnes, modelled flights)
Who's burning it
Airlines ranked by the fuel their planes in the air are burning per hour right now. Big long-haul fleets rank high even with fewer flights.
Fuel per seat
Grams of CO₂ per seat per kilometre for each airline's flights in the air, from the fuel model and typical seat counts for each aircraft type. Newer aircraft and longer trips score better; real cabins vary, so treat small gaps as noise. Airlines with at least 8 rated flights.
Least CO₂ per seat-km
Most CO₂ per seat-km
Routes and aircraft
Busiest routes in the air
Most common aircraft
What if?
Four ways to cut aviation's CO₂, applied to the flights in the air right now. Each uses published figures (sources below), and each aircraft is still years from service, so read these as rough upper bounds for today's traffic.
Sustainable aviation fuel
Today SAF is about 0.6% of jet fuel. EU rules require 6% by 2030 and 70% by 2050; blends above 50% aren't certified yet.
Battery-electric
Each battery weighs as much as a full fuel tank. Certified aviation packs are near 200 Wh/kg today; lithium-based packs probably top out around 400 to 500. Lifecycle savings are 49 to 88% depending on how clean the grid is.
Hybrid-electric regional aircraft
Assumes every regional jet and turboprop flight up to 1,200 km (the Heart Aerospace ES-36's hybrid range) uses about 30% less fuel, the RTX demonstrator's target.
Hydrogen aircraft
Assumes hydrogen aircraft like Airbus's ZEROe concept (100+ seats, about 1,850 km) fly every narrowbody and regional flight in range. ZEROe has slipped to the 2040s.