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Old 04-22-2015, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by kato13 View Post
The numbers are listed are tons per day.

The fuel usage of
1210 tons =
2,420,000 lbs of fuel divided by
6.84 lbs per gallon for jp-8
gives us 361,194 gallons

Jet fuel is slightly lighter so I think the numbers work out.
You would be right sir. When I did the initial calculations I arrived at the same answer but for some reason (which I can't recall) I thought that number was in Liters. That's why I though it was kind of low.
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