Electricity
Battery-electric propulsion: an electric motor turning a propeller, fed by a battery charged on the ground. A handful of certified types fly today, mostly two-seat trainers, with the electric air taxis in certification. Charging needs a charger at the airport, of a standard the makers are still settling.
The fuel
- Class
- Electricity
- Specification
- —
- Status
- in use
Who burns it engine series on the register · 4,255 aircraft
An engine's fuel follows from its FAA type: piston engines burn aviation gasoline, turbines burn jet fuel, the diesel pistons burn jet fuel, electric motors charge from the grid. Each series' page lists the models and aircraft that carry it.
Connections how this fuel links to the rest of the register
- General Electric CF34-8E5 698 aircraft
- General Electric CF34 series 673 aircraft
- General Electric CF34-3B 327 aircraft
- General Electric CF34-8C5 272 aircraft
- General Electric CF6-80C2B6F 259 aircraft
- General Electric CF6-80 series 238 aircraft
- General Electric CF34-8C5B1 135 aircraft
- General Electric T700-GE-701D 114 aircraft
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/fuel/electricity.json.
Sources: FAA Civil Aviation Registry (November 3, 2026) for the engines and aircraft; the FAA airport master file for fuel sold; the FAA's supplemental type certificate listings for the approvals; SAFxCHANGE's record for the plants, deals and the airports named in the news; the sellers' own websites where named. Specifications as published by ASTM International and the U.S. military. The fuel makers' own pages say where their fuel is sold this month; this page is as current as those records.