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Originally Posted by Titan
This is interesting. How much fuel does it take to taxi? ie is 10 minutes of taxi equal to 10 minutes of flight?
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No. Engines burn a lot less at or near idle. For a CFM 56 on the 737NG, it’s roughly 25 lbs of fuel per minute (for both engines running).
1000lbs of fuel would get you 40 mins on the ground and maybe 10-15 minutes in the air.