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.
