Video tip – how to use aviation self-serve fuel facilities

Throughout your flight training, it’s likely that the flight school or FBO at the airport will take care of fueling your airplane before each flight. Even after you earn your certificate, it’s standard practice for FBO at your destination airport to fuel your airplane directly from a truck on the ramp after placing a fuel order.

Many airports offer a self-serve fuel option at a cheaper price per gallon, which can offer big savings for large fillups and serve as a plan B for fuel when landing after hours when the FBO is closed. The only tradeoff is that you have to do the fueling yourself. This week’s tip takes a look at how to operate a self-serve fuel system to ensure that your first time using one goes smoothly.

This video clip below is from Sporty’s complete Learn to Fly Course.

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Bret Koebbe

As Sporty’s lead aviation course and video producer, Bret is usually flying an interesting airplane, and often with a camera rolling. He oversees the development, production and distribution of over 30 aviation courses from Sporty's, including the Private Pilot Learn to Fly Course. He is a flight instructor and check airman at the Sporty's Academy flight school and a senior captain on a Cessna Citation.

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