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However, increasing fuel prices have since caused an increase in hourly operating costs for most airplanes, and a Cessna 172 now costs US$95–180[3] per Hobbs ho
by paulpauper 1y ago
However, increasing fuel prices have since caused an increase in hourly operating costs for most airplanes, and a Cessna 172 now costs US$95–180[3] per Hobbs hour to rent, including fuel.[4]
I had no idea it is so cheap to rent a Cessna. A private jet is easily 20x that
- bravesoul2 1y agoMakes sense. A bicycle is probably a 20th of the price of a limo to rent.
- petesergeant 1y agoA private jet is a jet, where a Cessna 172 is a small unpressurised prop plane that dawdles along at 1/3 the speed and is uncomfortable to be a passenger in…
- kdndnrndn 1y agoIt's speed is also lower than many cars on the Autobahn at ~300 km/h Granted, there's less of a risk of traffic in the sky than on the Autobahn
- Tepix 1y ago„many cars on the Autobahn“? Not really, i very rarely see cars going 300 km/h.
- abcd_f 1y agoEven 200 km/h is exceedingly rare.
- nharada 1y agoGoing 160 knots (300 kph) in a C172 would be pretty rare and is nearly at the maximum speed of the airframe. Cruise is more like 115 knots or 210 kph.
- nharada 1y agoTrue but in most cases you'd be better off hopping in the car and booking it down the freeway to wherever you're going. Way cheaper and more reliable and honestly maybe faster depending on how far the airport is and how safe your pre-flight is.
- haiku2077 1y agoRenting a Toyota Camry is also cheaper than hiring a tour bus with driver
- fnord77 1y agoa Cessna engine costs maybe $30,000 to overhaul (every 1800 hours or so) a Gulstream G650 engine costs maybe $4,500,000 to overhaul every 10,000 hours. Times 2. a Cessna 172 sips about 8 gallons per hour. A G650 guzzles about 500 gallons of fuel per hour jet fuel is a little cheaper than avgas though
- t0mas88 1y agoThe price of the jet includes the cost of 2 crew to operate it and the organization around it to arrange everything for dispatch. The Cessna price listed here is for only the plane and fuel.
- Sabacak 1y ago[flagged]
- dyauspitr 1y agoA private jet comes with a crew and a pilot. This is a plane you have to fly yourself.