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How many litres of fuel does a Boeing 747 burn every hour at cruise?

14,400
litres per hour
14,400 litres an hour — a full backyard swimming pool of jet fuel every 4 hours. Per passenger, it still beats most cars.SOURCEBoeing published fuel-burn figures
Scale check: 14,400 is roughly a lower-league football crowd.
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