Taxiing accounts for more than 1/8 of fuel consumption [slides] [pdf] (flight.nasa.gov) 1 points by bajsejohannes 7y ago ↗ HN
[–] bajsejohannes 7y ago ↗ I got the number 1/8 from> 25% of the emissions are produced during the Landing Take-Off (LTO) cycle (for flights over a 800km range)and> Taxi operations are the largest source of emissions in a standard LTO cycleIt seems almost unbelievable, but the sources seem solid. I would love to hear other input on this.
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[ 5.4 ms ] story [ 30.1 ms ] thread> 25% of the emissions are produced during the Landing Take-Off (LTO) cycle (for flights over a 800km range)
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> Taxi operations are the largest source of emissions in a standard LTO cycle
It seems almost unbelievable, but the sources seem solid. I would love to hear other input on this.