US DOT data for the year ended September 2019 includes operating cost and utilization for nearly 500 wide-body aircraft. On average, wide-body jets operate 13.0 hours per day and average 1.5 departures per day.

 

 

 

Cost Per Block Hour (US$)

 

Cost Per ASM (US Cents)

Aircraft	Carrier	Crew	Fuel	AC Cost	Mx	Insur.	Other	Total
Widebodies		$1,961	$3,963	$720	$1,230	$4	$430	$8,309
767-300/ER	American	$1,691	$3,119	$1,016	$1,485	$5	$103	$7,418
767-300/ER	United	$1,715	$3,317	$247	$1,051	--	$832	$7,162
787-800	United	$2,239	$3,279	$1	$1,250	--	$1,175	$7,944
767-300/ER	Delta	$1,692	$3,353	$733	$579	$3	$44	$6,404
787-800	American	$2,060	$3,255	$1,236	$1,812	$6	$114	$8,482
A330-200	Delta	$1,781	$3,873	$738	$581	$3	$40	$7,016
767-400	United	$1,671	$3,550	$134	$1,097	--	$675	$7,127
A330-200	American	$2,088	$3,608	$1,252	$1,837	$6	$123	$8,914
767-400	Delta	$1,589	$3,676	$723	$574	$3	$46	$6,610
767-300/ER	Atlas	$1,884	$1,999	$755	$1,961	--	$50	$6,648
787-900	United	$2,206	$3,607	$1	$657	--	$1,060	$7,532
777-200	American	$2,475	$4,554	$1,484	$2,169	$7	$152	$10,841
A330-200	Hawaiian	$1,241	$3,354	$1,476	$1,431	$13	$102	$7,617
787-900	American	$2,681	$3,640	$1,608	$2,347	$8	$132	$10,415
A330-300	American	$2,494	$3,927	$1,494	$2,189	$7	$137	$10,248
777-200	Delta	$2,003	$4,998	$747	$591	$3	$46	$8,388
777-200	United	$1,820	$4,556	$39	$1,496	$3	$1,124	$9,037
A330-300	Delta	$1,745	$4,053	$733	$580	$3	$44	$7,158
777-300	American	$2,829	$5,322	$1,698	$2,480	$8	$175	$12,513
A350-900	Delta	$2,093	$4,196	$749	$590	$3	$44	$7,676
787-10	United	$1,590	$3,516	$1	$425	--	$261	$5,793
777-300	United	$2,124	$5,325	$89	$495	--	$1,192	$9,225
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Aircraft	Carrier	Crew	Fuel	AC Cost	Mx	Insur.	Other	Total
Widebodies		1.53	3.08	0.56	0.96	0.00	0.33	6.46
767-300/ER	American	1.87	3.44	1.12	1.64	0.01	0.11	8.19
767-300/ER	United	1.72	3.32	0.25	1.05	0.00	0.83	7.18
787-800	United	2.03	2.97	0.00	1.13	0.00	1.06	7.19
767-300/ER	Delta	1.63	3.22	0.70	0.56	0.00	0.04	6.16
787-800	American	1.85	2.93	1.11	1.63	0.01	0.10	7.63
A330-200	Delta	1.59	3.45	0.66	0.52	0.00	0.04	6.25
767-400	United	1.48	3.14	0.12	0.97	0.00	0.60	6.30
A330-200	American	1.85	3.21	1.11	1.63	0.01	0.11	7.92
767-400	Delta	1.37	3.18	0.63	0.50	0.00	0.04	5.71
767-300/ER	Atlas	1.91	2.03	0.77	1.99	0.00	0.05	6.75
787-900	United	1.69	2.77	0.00	0.50	0.00	0.81	5.78
777-200	American	1.87	3.44	1.12	1.64	0.01	0.11	8.19
A330-200	Hawaiian	0.96	2.59	1.14	1.10	0.01	0.08	5.88
787-900	American	1.88	2.55	1.12	1.64	0.01	0.09	7.29
A330-300	American	1.86	2.93	1.12	1.63	0.01	0.10	7.65
777-200	Delta	1.35	3.37	0.50	0.40	0.00	0.03	5.66
777-200	United	1.27	3.19	0.03	1.05	0.00	0.79	6.33
A330-300	Delta	1.24	2.87	0.52	0.41	0.00	0.03	5.07
777-300	American	1.87	3.52	1.12	1.64	0.01	0.12	8.27
A350-900	Delta	1.34	2.69	0.48	0.38	0.00	0.03	4.93
787-10	United	1.04	2.30	0.00	0.28	0.00	0.17	3.78
777-300	United	1.18	2.95	0.05	0.27	0.00	0.66	5.11
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Indicies and Monthly Ownership Cost

Aircraft	Carrier	Fleet	Stage Length	Seats	GPH	Monthly Rentals	Monthly Dep.	Monthly AC Ownership
Widebodies		490	4,093	265	1,922	$119,399	$148,840	$268,239
767-300/ER	American	18	2,320	206	1,518	$180,319	$160,500	$340,819
767-300/ER	United	38	3,816	211	1,602	$24,009	--	$24,009
787-800	United	12	4,690	219	1,565	$103	--	$103
767-300/ER	Delta	56	3,855	219	1,599	$48,271	$221,080	$269,351
787-800	American	16	3,448	231	1,586	$256,759	$230,137	$486,896
A330-200	Delta	11	4,186	234	1,841	$51,700	$238,093	$289,793
767-400	United	16	3,747	240	1,721	$49,051	--	$49,051
A330-200	American	13	3,262	243	1,755	$260,426	$233,426	$493,852
767-400	Delta	21	3,605	243	1,753	$44,485	$202,540	$247,026
767-300/ER	Atlas	2	1,251	244	3,569	--	$75,237	$75,237
787-900	United	25	6,292	252	1,749	$119	--	$119
777-200	American	39	4,017	272	2,222	$306,159	$273,960	$580,119
A330-200	Hawaiian	24	3,269	278	1,697	$392,335	$175,851	$568,185
787-900	American	17	5,112	284	1,775	$398,227	$355,225	$753,453
A330-300	American	7	3,759	287	1,911	$337,556	$302,530	$640,086
777-200	Delta	18	5,638	290	2,388	$48,261	$221,068	$269,329
777-200	United	74	3,994	291	2,209	$8,390	--	$8,390
A330-300	Delta	31	4,202	292	1,933	$52,966	$242,543	$295,509
777-300	American	17	4,956	304	2,594	$382,024	$341,002	$723,026
A350-900	Delta	12	6,144	305	2,003	$59,941	$275,705	$335,646
787-10	United	4	3,288	318	1,753	$70	--	$70
777-300	United	18	6,061	354	2,604	$35,521	--	$35,521
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Average Daily Aircraft Utilization

Aircraft	Carrier	Ops	BHs	RPMs	ASMs	Load Factor
Widebodies		1.5	13.0	1,392,994	1,667,347	83.5%
767-300/ER	American	2.2	11.4	859,260	1,030,231	83.4%
767-300/ER	United	1.3	10.2	829,503	1,022,289	81.1%
787-800	United	1.4	13.5	1,239,814	1,488,171	83.3%
767-300/ER	Delta	1.6	12.7	1,124,487	1,321,229	85.1%
787-800	American	1.9	13.4	1,239,697	1,484,385	83.5%
A330-200	Delta	1.6	13.6	1,206,013	1,521,925	79.2%
767-400	United	1.5	12.1	1,135,087	1,374,665	82.6%
A330-200	American	1.9	13.4	1,211,293	1,505,152	80.5%
767-400	Delta	1.6	11.8	1,188,923	1,365,882	87.0%
767-300/ER	Atlas	1.1	3.3	54,987	322,599	17.0%
787-900	United	1.3	15.4	1,659,492	2,002,094	82.9%
777-200	American	1.6	13.3	1,455,541	1,755,303	82.9%
A330-200	Hawaiian	1.9	13.3	1,494,851	1,722,669	86.8%
787-900	American	1.6	15.9	1,879,705	2,271,131	82.8%
A330-300	American	1.8	14.5	1,513,118	1,945,259	77.8%
777-200	Delta	1.1	12.5	1,610,261	1,846,360	87.2%
777-200	United	1.5	12.3	1,444,318	1,752,890	82.4%
A330-300	Delta	1.6	13.9	1,690,450	1,966,239	86.0%
777-300	American	1.4	14.4	1,821,448	2,183,452	83.4%
A350-900	Delta	1.3	15.5	2,062,222	2,411,213	85.5%
787-10	United	2.1	14.6	2,018,382	2,234,939	90.3%
777-300	United	1.1	13.2	1,943,728	2,393,479	81.2%
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US DOT Form 41 data via PlaneStats.com. Commuter carrier costs vary based on capacity purchase agreements that pass certain costs to the mainline partner.