Tristarsteve wrote:Fuelling is not the problem. You can always refuel an aircraft in the time it takes to offload pax/clean cabin/recater/load pax. The critical path with a quick turnround is always the cabin.
zeke wrote:Probably looking at around 35 minutes to refill from empty to the required level at 2.4 tonnes per minute, however they would still have the fuel onboard from the inbound sector so closer to 30 minutes.
ro1960 wrote:Tristarsteve wrote:Fuelling is not the problem. You can always refuel an aircraft in the time it takes to offload pax/clean cabin/recater/load pax. The critical path with a quick turnround is always the cabin.
I imagine but I was interested to know if on such a short turnaround the refueling of a wide body had an impact.
ro1960 wrote:zeke wrote:Probably looking at around 35 minutes to refill from empty to the required level at 2.4 tonnes per minute, however they would still have the fuel onboard from the inbound sector so closer to 30 minutes.
Thanks for the info. Are both sides refueled at the same time to gain time? How many nozzles are used?
wpnstroop wrote:You also need to factor in the fact that a large percentage of people that work at airports are in no hurry to do much of anything.
Thanks for the info. Are both sides refueled at the same time to gain time? How many nozzles are used?
wpnstroop wrote:You also need to factor in the fact that a large percentage of people that work at airports are in no hurry to do much of anything.
wpnstroop wrote:You also need to factor in the fact that a large percentage of people that work at airports are in no hurry to do much of anything.
exFWAOONW wrote:Quit feeding the troll and get back on topic. You hope the single-point wasn't MEL'd. Filling by gravity takes even longer.
Woodreau wrote:ro1960 wrote:zeke wrote:Probably looking at around 35 minutes to refill from empty to the required level at 2.4 tonnes per minute, however they would still have the fuel onboard from the inbound sector so closer to 30 minutes.
Thanks for the info. Are both sides refueled at the same time to gain time? How many nozzles are used?
It's most likely a single point fueling. The fuel is distributed by the fuel computer into the appropriate tanks.
As an off-topic fueling topic - my ship could accept two-dual STREAM fueling rigs from the replenishment tanker. So through 4 simultaneous fueling connections, it takes about 14 hours to take on 1.5 million gallons of fuel. 1.1 million for the ship and 400k JP-5 for the jets and helos.
stratclub wrote:exFWAOONW wrote:Quit feeding the troll and get back on topic. You hope the single-point wasn't MEL'd. Filling by gravity takes even longer.
That could be a long miserable afternoon of sitting on top of the wing especially if weather was terrible. In 30 some odd years, I've never gravity fueled a heavy. The 787 did away with drip sticks and over wing fuel caps.
LH707330 wrote:stratclub wrote:exFWAOONW wrote:Quit feeding the troll and get back on topic. You hope the single-point wasn't MEL'd. Filling by gravity takes even longer.
That could be a long miserable afternoon of sitting on top of the wing especially if weather was terrible. In 30 some odd years, I've never gravity fueled a heavy. The 787 did away with drip sticks and over wing fuel caps.
Where do other heavies have the gravity-feed caps? Are they out near the tips due to the dihedral?