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FUEL, FUELING INSTRUCTION
Operation
Aircraft Operations Manual
9/2.2
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Jun 01/17
(Cont’d)
Kerosene fuels
− JET − A freezing point − 40

F or − 40

C.
− JET − A1, JP5 freezing point − 53

F or − 47

C.
− JP8, freezing point − 58

F or − 50

C.
Specification: IATA Guidance Material for Aviation Turbine Fuels, Addendum 76 − 1.
Equivalent specifications: Canada CAN 2 − 3.23 (3 − GP − 24)
France AIR 3405
United kingdom DERD 2494 (DERD 2498)
United States ASTM D1655
MIL
− T − 5624 (JP5), MIL − T − 83133D (JP8)
Wide cut fuels
− JET − B freezing point − 58

F or − 50

C.
− JP4 freezing point − 72

F or − 58

C.
Specification: IATA Guidance Material for Aviation Turbine Fuels, Addendum 76 − 1.
Equivalent specifications: Canada CAN 2 − 3.22
France AIR 3407
United kingdom DERD 2486
United States
ASTM D1655
MIL
− T − 5624 (JP4)
Mixing of different fuel types of the same category (kerosine or wide cut) is permitted, provided that
the most restrictive operational limit of the types is used.
Additives (See also General Electric SB 73 − 0048)
Fuel anti − ice additives meeting specification MIL 27686E or MIL 85470B are authorized for use.
Concentration shall be minimum 0.06% to maximum 0.15% by volume.
If low fuel lubricity is being used in aircraft equipped with certain Woodward HMUs, a change in fuel or
adding a fuel lubricity additive is recommended. For approved fuel lubricity additives and concentrations
see GE SB A73
− 43.