JetFuelBurn: A Python package for calculating fuel burn of commercial aircraft

The Journal of Open Source Software 2026 Open access

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Authors: Michael Weinold, Russell McKenna
DOI: 10.21105/joss.09280
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Abstract

jetfuelburn is a Python package that implements different methods for calculating the fuel burn of commercial passenger aircraft.It is designed to be used in the context of environmental impact assessment of air travel, aircraft performance analysis and optimisation.It supports calculations in physical units, allowing for quick conversion between imperial and metric units and dimensionality checks of function inputs.It is lightweight (

Fields of Study & Subjects

Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering and Applications

Publication details

Journal / source
The Journal of Open Source Software
Volume
11
Issue
117
Pages
9280–9280
Publication date
10 January 2026