Flight Cost per Mile Calculator
Flight cost per kilometre and per hour, with extras included. Cost per kilometre falls sharply with distance, which is why a short hop can look expensive next to a long haul that costs three times as much.
Also called: flight cost per km, airfare value calculator.
$11.07 per km and $6,200.00 per hour of flying, on a total of $46,500.00 for 1 passenger(s). Extras add 10.71% to the headline fare.
How this is calculated
Total paid, including bags and seat selection, over the distance flown. Long routes have a much lower cost per kilometre because the fixed costs of a departure, landing fees, ground handling and crew positioning, spread over more distance. That is why comparing two fares by their absolute price says little, and why the per-hour figure is often the more useful one when deciding whether to fly or take a train.
total paid over distance flown, with extras counted- P
- Ticket price
- d
- Distance
Method and limits
What it assumes
- Great circle distance, which is shorter than the actual routing.
What it deliberately does not model
- It does not value time, comfort or schedule, which usually decide the choice.
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Frequently asked questions
- Why is a short flight so expensive per kilometre?
- Because the fixed costs of a departure are the same whatever the distance. Spreading landing fees and turnaround over 400 km rather than 4,000 makes the per-km figure ten times worse.