Rankings / Vanguard Airlines
Last reported 2002Vanguard Airlines
In 2002, its last year in the data, Vanguard Airlines flew 33.6 passenger-miles per gallon of jet fuel. That's 17% worse than the all-airline figure that year. Since 2000 its figure has risen 23%.
About Vanguard Airlines
Vanguard flew from a hub at Kansas City. It ended operations in 2002, so only three years appear here.
- 33.6passenger-miles per gallon, 2002
- 0.290 kgCO2 per passenger-mile
- 67%of seats filled
- 126seats per flight on average
The story in the figures
Vanguard Airlines' passenger-miles per gallon rose 23% between 2000 and 2002, from 27.3 to 33.6. Most of that came from fuller planes: planes ran fuller, with 59% of seat-miles filled in 2000 against 67% in 2002, while seat-miles per gallon rose 8.4%.
The shape of the flying changed as well: the average passenger flew 512 miles per segment in 2000 and 815 in 2002. In general, longer flights spend a smaller share of their fuel on takeoff and climb.
Against the all-airline figure for 2002 (40.3), Vanguard Airlines was 17% worse. On a 1,000 mile trip that works out to 290 kg of CO2 for one passenger, from burning jet fuel only.
What one seat costs the climate
CO2 for one passenger on Vanguard Airlines, from burning jet fuel only.
- 145 kgover 500 miles
- 290 kgover 1,000 miles
- 580 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 33.6 | 0.290 | 50.0 | 67.2% | 1.1 | 25 | 248 |
| 2001 | 32.2 | 0.303 | 50.0 | 64.4% | 1.4 | 33 | 323 |
| 2000 | 27.3 | 0.357 | 46.1 | 59.2% | 1.9 | 35 | 343 |
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.