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. 2014 May 28;95:409–455. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.05.070

Table 2.

Total annual fuel burned by aviation and emissions of H2O, CO2, NOx, CO, HC, SOx and soot (when available) provided by recent studies. Forecasts for 2020 and 2025 are also provided. Global emission data for 2008 and forecasts for 2025 were calculated starting from fuel data of Chèze et al. (2011) and emission indices of Lee et al. (2010). Kim et al. (2007) provided fuel burn and NOx emission during LTO for the 2000–2005 period; LTO emissions of H2O, CO2 and SO2 were calculated starting from fuel data of Kim et al. (2007) and emission indices of Lee et al. (2010). Note that all emissions calculated in this review are in italics.

Year Fleeta Fuel
H2O
CO2
NOxb
CO
HC
SOxc
Soot
Reference
Tg Mg
Global
1999 Scheduled air traffic which includes turboprops, passenger jets, and jet cargo aircraft 128 1.7 0.685 0.189 Sutkus et al. (2001)
2000 Scheduled and non-scheduled commercial aviation 214d 677 2.9 Owen et al. (2010)
2000 Civil and military aircraft
Civil aircraft
Military (difference)
169
152
44




2.15
1.95
0.2








Gauss et al. (2006)
Gauss et al. (2006)
Gauss et al. (2006)
Commercial aviation 181 224 572 2.51 0.541 0.076 0.145 Kim et al. (2007)
2001 Commercial aviation 170 210 536 2.35 0.464 0.063 0.136 Kim et al. (2007)
2002 Commercial aviation 171 211 539 2.41 0.480 0.064 0.137 Kim et al. (2007)
Civil aviation 156 193 492 2.06 0.507 0.063 3.9 Eyers et al. (2004)
Military aviation 19.5 24.1 61 0.178 0.647 0.066 Eyers et al. (2004)
Civil + Military aviation 176 217 553 2.24 1.150 0.129 >3.9 Eyers et al. (2004)
2003 Commercial aviation 176 218 557 2.49 0.486 0.062 0.141 Kim et al. (2007)
2004 Commercial aviation 188 233 594 2.69 0.511 0.063 0.151 Kim et al. (2007)
Commercial aviatione 174 215 550 2.456 0.628 0.090f 0.102g 6.1 Wilkerson et al. (2010)
2005 Commercial aviation 203 251 641 2.9 0.554 0.065 0.163 Kim et al. (2007)
2006 Commercial aviation 188 233 595 2.656 0.679 0.098f 0.111h 6.8 Wilkerson et al. (2010)
2008 From ICAO commercial air carriers—traffic database 229 282 725 3.21 0.688 0.092 0.183 5.7 Fuel demand by Chèze et al. (2011)
Forecasted trend
2020 Scheduled and non-scheduled commercial aviation 336 1062 4 Owen et al. (2010)
2025 317 390 1001 4 0.951 0.127 0.253 7.9 Fuel demand forecast by Chèze et al. (2011)
Emission indices
EI Mean emission indices 1230 3160 14 3 0.4 0.8 0.025 Lee et al. (2010)
LTO cycles
2000 Commercial aviation 12.9 15.9 40.8 0.197 0.010 Kim et al. (2007)
2001 Commercial aviation 12.3 15.1 38.9 0.191 0.010 Kim et al. (2007)
2002 Commercial aviation 12.2 15.0 38.6 0.194 0.010 Kim et al. (2007)
2003 Commercial aviation 12.4 15.3 39.2 0.199 0.010 Kim et al. (2007)
2004 Commercial aviation 12.9 15.9 40.8 0.21 0.010 Kim et al. (2007)
2005 Commercial aviation 13.9 17.1 43.9 0.227 0.011 Kim et al. (2007)
a

Type of fleet, as specified in different estimates.

c

SOx expressed as SO2.

d

Normalized to the IEA total aviation fuel sales figure (see Owen et al., 2010).

e

Corrected global fuel burn results (see Wilkerson et al., 2010).

f

HC expressed as CH4.

g

Expressed as S–SOx, assuming that 96.3% of the SOx–S was partitioned to SO2–S and 3.7% to S(VI)–S (particle).

h

Expressed as S–SOx, assuming that 98% of the SOx-S was partitioned to SO2–S.