Description

AVIATION TURBINE FUEL (JET FUEL)

CIVIL JET FUELS

Aviation turbine fuels are used for powering jet and turbo-prop engined aircraft and are not to be confused with Avgas.

Outside former communist areas, there are currently two main grades of turbine fuel in use in civil commercial aviation :

Jet A*1 and Jet A, both are kerosene type fuels.

There is another grade of jet fuel, Jet B which is a wide cut kerosene (a blend of gasoline and kerosene) but it is rarely used except in very cold climates.

JET A*1

Jet A*1 is a kerosene grade of fuel suitable for most turbine engined aircraft. It is produced to a stringent internationally agreed standard, has a flash point above *8°C (**0°F) and a freeze point maximum of **7°C. It is widely available outside the U.S.A. Jet A*1 meets the requirements of British specification DEF STAN ****1 (Jet A*1), (formerly DERD ***4 (AVTUR)), ASTM specification D***5 (Jet A*1) and IATA Guidance Material (Kerosine Type), NATO Code F**5.

JET A

Jet A is a similar kerosene type of fuel, produced to an ASTM specification and normally only available in the U.S.A. It has the same flash point as Jet A*1 but a higher freeze point maximum (**0°C). It is supplied against the ASTM D***5 (Jet A) specification.