What is the fuel burn rate for a 767 @ 35,000 ft?

Question

the answer can be gal per hour or pounds per hour.
any references would be a bonus.

Answer 1

Anywhere from 12,000 to 14,000 lbs/hr depending on aircraft gross weight.

Answer 2

I hope this helps * the tanks for departure.

We all know that pilots are supposed to check these things very carefully, triple check the numbers (and while you are doing that, do a web search for the "Gimly Glider 767"). So now, follow carefully: Total capacity is 24,664 pounds and some change. So I need to loose 2,500 pounds. Since each wing tank holds about 8,000 pounds, then I need to put 35% in each one, right? 2,500 is 35% (or so) of 8,000 so I load up 35-99-35 and I'm ready for departure from Goma.

Job one is to ignore ground's direction and taxi out to runway 18 rather than 36. Departure is uneventful and I climb out over Lake Kivu to FL 330 setting MACH at 0.76 for the cruise over Bujumbura and Lubumbashi down to Livingstone, Zambia on the banks of the mighty Zambezi River. VOR at Livingstone is 112.50 and just about 2.8 hours later (obviously I had good ground speed) I started my descent. I overflew the VOR on a heading of about 210* taking my DME out to 25 miles, then turning south, I approached the VOR on the 360 radial inbound - so that I could fly right over Victoria Falls. Once past the falls I D/C the autopilot and turned right for downwind to runway 28.

I hand flew a short 5 mile downwind before making a hard left turn directly onto finals (ahead of a 737 who was still 10 miles out!) Landing was NIIIIIIICE and smooth.I popped up the spoilers and took my own sweet time pulling in a little reverse thrust to slow down to taxi speed. As I stowed the clamshells and spoilers I heard the engines making a looooong, drawn-out whining sound. A quick check of the engine status panel showed that I had no engines running. A quick fuel check showed that I had no gas in any of my tanks. "Orbit 737 Livingstone, go around!" "Going around, Orbit 737". So, why don't you go back over my numbers and see what I did wrong!

My final calculations showed that I burned 14,567 pounds of fuel in my 3.2 hour flight. This is 4,590 pounds per hour with a ground speed of 368 nmph. I'll factor that in for next time!

Answer 3

Well to get a rough figure, find the tank size and divide that by the maximum flight time.