Nowadays Aeroplane fares have reduced significantly to that extent that even common man doesn't wastes hours in traveling in train and instead travels by Plane. But still, for so many people it is like a dream. There will be some people in the nation who must not have seen Aeroplane from near distance. Similarly there will be some people who have travelled in plane but doesn't know much abut it. This is also possible that along with such people, this fact would have come to your mind that how much fuel this heavy giant used to consume? Some people would also be looking to know that how much mileage it gives in 1 litre? So let us go and let me inform you.
Aircrafts like Boeing 747 consumes 4 lire petrol per second. During the flight of 110 hrs, they can consume around 1 lakh 50 litres. ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE OF Boeing, Boeing 747 consumes around 12 litre petrol per kilo meter. It may sound very low to you but also keep in mind that Boeing 747 can carry 568 people.
So let us assume this and imagine if Boeing 747 is carrying 500 passengers and there are no more seats in plane. 500 people are travelling a distance of 1 KM. This means that plane is consuming 0.024 liter per person per km.
Usually a car gives mileage of 15 KMPL. For this reason, if you compare, the jorney of a person will be found better in plane as compared to a car. But if 4 people sit in a car, it proves to be a better option. But here this thing should also be kept in mind that Boeing 747 flies with a speed of 900 Km/hour.
In order to save fuel, during the flight of Aeroplane, various measures have been adopted time to time. In this relation, direct routing of planes which means flying the planes from straight way is adopted which saves fuel upto a large extent. Other than this, plane is flown at a fixed speed which results in consumption of less fuel. As far as mileage is concerned, weight of aeroplane plays important role. The lighter the Aeroplane, lower the fuel it will consume.