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Thrust-Specific Fuel Consumption

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Calculate thrust-specific fuel consumption from fuel flow and thrust.

TSFC

0.24000 kg/(N h)

2.3536 lb/(lbf h)

Fuel flow

2,880.0 kg/h

0.800 kg/s

Calculation breakdown

TSFC in kg/(N s)0.00006667

Fuel-to-thrust ratio

TSFC is the fuel mass flow required to hold one unit of thrust for one unit of time.

2.354 lb/(lbf h)

fuel flow2,880.0 kg/hengine converts fuel flow into thrustthrust12.00 kNTSFC = fuel flow / thrust

SI hourly TSFC

0.24000 kg/(N h)

0.00006667 kg/(N s)

Imperial TSFC

2.3536 lb/(lbf h)

common jet-engine reporting unit

Fuel flow

0.800 kg/s

2,880.0 kg per hour

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