737 Operations Manual
Performance Inflight -
All Engines
737-500/CFM56-3_20K
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D6-27370-400E-TBCE PI.31.5
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Long Range Cruise Enroute Fuel and Time - High Altitudes
Ground to Air Miles Conversion
Reference Fuel and Time Required at Check Point
Fuel Required Adjustment (1000 KG)
AIR DISTANCE (NM)
GROUND
DISTANCE
(NM)
AIR DISTANCE (NM)
HEADWIND COMPONENT (KTS) TAILWIND COMPONENT (KTS)
100 80 60 40 20 20 40 60 80 100
269 252 236 223 211 200 191 182 174 167 161
533 500 471 445 421 400 382 365 349 336 323
797 748 704 666 631 600 573 548 525 504 485
1062 997 939 888 842 800 764 731 700 672 647
1328 1247 1174 1110 1052 1000 955 914 875 840 809
1595 1498 1410 1332 1263 1200 1146 1096 1051 1009 971
1862 1748 1646 1555 1474 1400 1337 1279 1226 1177 1133
2130 2000 1882 1778 1685 1600 1529 1463 1402 1347 1296
2399 2251 2118 2000 1896 1800 1720 1646 1578 1515 1458
2669 2504 2355 2224 2107 2000 1911 1829 1753 1683 1620
2939 2757 2592 2447 2318 2200 2102 2012 1928 1852 1782
3211 3011 2829 2671 2529 2400 2293 2195 2103 2020 1944
3484 3266 3068 2895 2741 2600 2485 2377 2279 2188 2106
3757 3520 3307 3119 2952 2800 2676 2560 2454 2356 2268
4032 3777 3546 3344 3164 3000 2867 2743 2629 2525 2430
AIR
DIST
(NM)
PRESSURE ALTITUDE (1000 FT)
29 31 33 35 37
FUEL
(1000 KG)
TIME
(HR:MIN)
FUEL
(1000 KG)
TIME
(HR:MIN)
FUEL
(1000 KG)
TIME
(HR:MIN)
FUEL
(1000 KG)
TIME
(HR:MIN)
FUEL
(1000 KG)
TIME
(HR:MIN)
200 0.8 0:35 0.8 0:35 0.7 0:35 0.7 0:35 0.7 0:35
400 1.8 1:04 1.8 1:03 1.7 1:03 1.6 1:03 1.6 1:03
600 2.9 1:33 2.7 1:32 2.6 1:31 2.5 1:31 2.5 1:31
800 3.8 2:03 3.7 2:00 3.6 1:59 3.5 1:59 3.3 1:59
1000 4.8 2:32 4.7 2:29 4.5 2:27 4.3 2:27 4.2 2:27
1200 5.8 3:02 5.6 2:59 5.4 2:56 5.2 2:55 5.1 2:55
1400 6.8 3:32 6.5 3:28 6.3 3:25 6.1 3:23 5.9 3:23
1600 7.7 4:03 7.4 3:58 7.2 3:54 7.0 3:51 6.8 3:51
1800 8.7 4:34 8.3 4:28 8.1 4:23 7.8 4:20 7.6 4:19
2000 9.6 5:05 9.2 4:58 8.9 4:52 8.6 4:49 8.4 4:48
2200 10.5 5:36 10.1 5:28 9.8 5:22 9.5 5:18 9.2 5:16
2400 11.4 6:08 11.0 5:59 10.6 5:52 10.3 5:47 10.0 5:44
2600 12.3 6:40 11.9 6:30 11.5 6:22 11.1 6:16 10.8 6:13
2800 13.2 7:12 12.7 7:02 12.3 6:52 11.9 6:46 11.6 6:42
3000 14.1 7:45 13.6 7:33 13.1 7:23 12.7 7:16 12.3 7:11
REFERENCE FUEL REQUIRED
(1000 KG)
WEIGHT AT CHECK POINT (1000 KG)
35 45 55 65
4 -0.4 0.0 1.0 3.2
8 -0.8 0.0 1.8 5.4
12 -1.3 0.0 2.3 6.4
16 -1.7 0.0 2.6 6.4
December 07, 2001