Jet Fuel Prices and Your Charter Quote
Fuel is the single biggest variable cost in private aviation. Here is where it stands this week, and what that actually means for what you pay.
U.S. jet fuel spot price
$3.74/ gal
Week ending July 31, 2026
vs last week
+1.6%
Weekly average, U.S. Gulf Coast
vs one year ago
+70.9%
Same week, 2025
Two years of weekly jet fuel prices
U.S. Gulf Coast kerosene-type jet fuel, dollars per gallon. Hover any point for the exact week.
View recent weeks as a table
| Week ending | $ / gallon |
|---|---|
| July 31, 2026 | $3.74 |
| July 24, 2026 | $3.68 |
| July 17, 2026 | $3.50 |
| July 10, 2026 | $2.97 |
| July 3, 2026 | $2.82 |
| June 26, 2026 | $2.79 |
| June 19, 2026 | $2.84 |
| June 12, 2026 | $3.19 |
| June 5, 2026 | $3.37 |
| May 29, 2026 | $3.30 |
| May 22, 2026 | $4.11 |
| May 15, 2026 | $4.15 |
Data: U.S. Energy Information Administration, updated weekly. Public domain U.S. government data.
Why fuel prices move your charter quote
You should never need an energy desk to understand what you are paying for. Three things explain almost all of it.
Fuel is the biggest variable cost
Crew, insurance, and maintenance are mostly fixed. Fuel is not. A super-midsize jet burns roughly 300 gallons an hour, so a one-dollar move in fuel is about $300 an hour of real operating cost.
Operators reprice with the market
Charter operators buy fuel at the airport, not on a long-term contract. When spot prices climb and stay there, hourly rates follow within weeks. When fuel falls, well-run operators pass some of that back.
Route and region matter
Fuel is cheaper at a major hub than at a small mountain strip, and international fuel can price very differently from U.S. fuel. Part of smart trip planning is knowing where the aircraft tanks.
What this means when you request a quote
When fuel spiked this spring, charter quotes across the industry rose with it, sometimes by thousands of dollars on the same route that flew cheaper in February. None of that was hidden margin. It was the cost of filling the tanks.
Our job as your broker is to make sure fuel never becomes a surprise. Every quote we send is all-in: the aircraft, the crew, fuel at current prices, federal excise tax, and segment fees, in one number before you commit. If the market moves meaningfully between your quote and your trip, we tell you what changed and why, in plain English, before anything is signed.
Falling fuel works for you too. On flexible dates, a soft fuel market is a genuinely good time to fly, and empty-leg flights get even cheaper. We watch this so you do not have to.
Flying internationally?
Fuel prices differ by region, and on long international trips those differences show up in the quote. The chart above tracks the U.S. benchmark; for a global weekly view, IATA publishes a jet fuel price monitor. We factor regional fuel into every international quote we build.
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Tell us where and when. You get one honest price with fuel, taxes, and fees already in it.