Jet Fuel

Jet fuel or aviation turbine fuel (ATF) is a fuel designed for use in engines powered by gas turbine aircraft.The most commonly used fuels for commercial aviation are Jet A and Jet A-1, produced under a standardized international specifications. The other commonly used fuel for commercial aviation is Jet B which is used for its better performance in cold weather.

Jet fuel is a mixture of many different hydrocarbons. The jet fuel Kerosene type (including Jet A and Jet A-1) has a distribution of carbon numbers between about 8 and 16 (carbon atoms per molecule), the full cut or jet fuel gasoline type (including Jet B) has a carbon number of about 5 to 15.