737 FUEL PLANNING...help...

[Guest abent]

Is there a (formula tables? charts?) used to determine fuel consumption of a 737-400. I would like to do realistic fuel planning for DF734 including calculations for consumption for climb, cruise, headwind/tailwind, descent and of course my holding fuel plus 45 minutes beyond that.I have seen Excel planners, but do not have Excel and don't want to spend a pile of cash as I wouldn't use Excel other than for the fuel planning.I want to maximize my cost effectivemess by getting my a/c as close to max takeoff weight as possible with out sacrificing pax or cargo.Thanks in advance,Adam

[Guest IanK]

Hello Adam,Just read the Aircraft Operations Manual. Its at:http://perso.wanadoo.fr/hsors/FS_Soft/acftdata.htmlE.g.ABBREVIATED CHARTSUse the following charts to quickly determine trip fuel and trip time.737-400 Abbreviated Flight Planning Chart, CFM56-3B2ISA ConditionsNo Wind250/280/.74NM Altitude Avg. TAS Air Time Air Fuel CruiseSeed50 100-110 345 15 1830 30060 130-140 364 17 2190 30070 150-160 374 19 2310 30080 170-180 385 21 2480 30090 190-200 397 23 2700 300100 210-220 409 25 2920 300110 220-230 413 27 3190 300120 230-240 422 28 3300 300130 250-260 444 29 3410 .74140 270-280 441 32 3630150 280-290 439 33 3740160 290-300 437 35 3960170 300-310 435 36 4070180 310-320 433 38 4180190 330-350 431 39 4400200 428 41 4510250 45 4900300 51 5500350 58 6180400 65 6820450 72 7480500 79 8140550 86 8800600 93 9460650 100 10120700 107 10780750 114 11440800 121 11390850 128 12100900 135 12650950 142 133101000 330-350 428 149 13970 .74HTHIan

[Guest abent]

Excellent Ian.Thanks for the link. I will download it after work today.Take care, Adam