If You Think Gas Is High, Aviation Gas Is $5.64 Per Gallon.

[TheMastersNemesis]

And I am sure the gas mileage is a lot less then a car.

[pscot]

1. People who routinely buy avgas

can probably afford it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Depends.

That's the approximate price per gallon for 100 octane low-lead general aviation fuel. The retail price for Jet-A is about the same, but the price paid by airlines is closer to about $3 per gallon because they buy large amounts and forward-contract.

A C-172 burns about 10 gallons per hour, and traveling at 130 miles per hour it would cost almost $60 to travel that distance. A car would take more than twice as long to travel that distance but the cost would be only about $20. Assuming both the car and the airplane carry four passengers, the cost per passenger would be $15 for the airplane and $5 for the car.

An A320 burns about 665 gal/hour, so at $3/gal., the cost of that 130-mile trip would be $1,989. If the airplane is configured for 150 passengers, the cost per passenger for fuel would be $13.26. But you'd get there a lot faster.

[davidpdx]

3. Gas in South Korea

is about 1,800 Korean Won per liter. 3 liters= 1 gallon, exchange rate: $1=1,110 won comes out to about $4.86 a gallon.

[jmowreader]

4. One gallon is 3.8 liters

Making gas over $6 per gallon.

[davidpdx]

5. Ah, I didn't know that

Damn metric system. That sound about right though.

[Wounded Bear]

6. It's not the metric system that's confusing...

[DFW]

7. At $7.25 a gallon for us, you'll get no sympathy from me

That's based upon €1.60 a liter, and across the border(s) in Holland, Belgium and France, it's more.