Rankings / Midway Airlines
Last reported 2001Midway Airlines
In 2001, its last year in the data, Midway Airlines flew 42.3 passenger-miles per gallon of jet fuel. That's 12% better than the all-airline figure that year. Since 2000 its figure has risen 36%.
About Midway Airlines
Midway Airlines flew from a hub at Raleigh-Durham. It stopped flying at the end of October 2001, weeks after the attacks of September 2001, so only two years appear here.
- 42.3passenger-miles per gallon, 2001
- 0.230 kgCO2 per passenger-mile
- 65%of seats filled
- 75seats per flight on average
The story in the figures
Midway Airlines' passenger-miles per gallon rose 36% between 2000 and 2001, from 31.2 to 42.3. Most of that came from the aircraft: seat-miles per gallon rose 43%, while planes ran emptier, with 68% of seat-miles filled in 2000 against 65% in 2001.
The shape of the flying changed as well: the average flight went from 67 seats to 75, and the average passenger flew 501 miles per segment in 2000 and 569 in 2001. In general, larger aircraft spread fuel over more passengers, and longer flights spend a smaller share of their fuel on takeoff and climb.
Against the all-airline figure for 2001 (37.9), Midway Airlines was 12% better. On a 1,000 mile trip that works out to 230 kg of CO2 for one passenger, from burning jet fuel only.
What one seat costs the climate
CO2 for one passenger on Midway Airlines, from burning jet fuel only.
- 115 kgover 500 miles
- 230 kgover 1,000 miles
- 461 kgover 2,000 miles
Year-by-year figures
| Year | Passenger-miles per gallon | kg CO2 per passenger-mile | Seat-miles per gallon | Load factor | Passengers (millions) | Fuel (million gallons) | CO2 (thousand tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 42.3 | 0.230 | 65.4 | 64.7% | 2.4 | 32 | 310 |
| 2000 | 31.2 | 0.312 | 45.7 | 68.3% | 2.8 | 46 | 444 |
Where the leaders stand
Nearby airline results
These airlines sit nearby by passenger-miles per gallon in their last data year. Historical airlines have different end years, shown here, so this isn't a same-year ranking.
Airline references
Source: US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Schedule P-12(a) fuel, T-100 traffic and regional Schedule T-2 filings; US EPA jet-fuel CO2 factor. See the methodology.