US DOT data for the year ended December 2018 includes operating cost and utilization for more than 1,500 commuter aircraft. On average, small regional jets operate 7.3 hours per day, while large RJs operate 9.7 hours per day.

 

 

 

Cost Per Block Hour (US$)

Aircraft	Carrier	Crew	Fuel	AC Cost	Mx	Insur.	Other	Total
Turboprops		$360	--	$542	$876	--	$6	$1,785
DHC 8-400	Horizon	$360	--	$542	$876	--	$6	$1,785
Small RJs		$454	$88	$281	$466	$1	$14	$1,303
ERJ-135	ExpressJet	$566	$0	$21	$490	$1	$8	$1,085
ERJ-140	Envoy	$456	--	$412	$484	--	$16	$1,368
CRJ 200	Endeavor Air	$655	$1	$553	$463	$6	$2	$1,681
ERJ-145	Envoy	$469	--	$422	$497	--	$16	$1,404
CRJ 200	Comair	$419	--	$560	$417	$1	$34	$1,431
CRJ 200	SkyWest	$373	$213	$234	$460	$0	$15	$1,295
ERJ-145	ExpressJet	$539	$0	$21	$469	$0	$6	$1,036
Large RJs		$447	$105	$383	$428	$1	$23	$1,387
CRJ 700	Envoy	$466	--	$418	$494	--	$16	$1,394
CRJ 700	Comair	$409	--	$565	$399	$1	$27	$1,401
CRJ 700	ExpressJet	$596	$0	$217	$296	$1	$17	$1,127
CRJ 700	Endeavor Air	$105	$1	$23	$567	$9	$28	$733
CRJ 700	SkyWest	$406	$2	$449	$428	$1	$27	$1,313
ERJ-170	Midwest	$433	$5	$377	$602	--	$2	$1,420
CRJ 700	GoJet	$318	$3	$173	$438	--	$32	$959
CRJ 700	Mesa	$330	$3	$528	$401	--	--	$1,262
CRJ 900	SkyWest	$265	$0	$234	$244	$1	$20	$763
ERJ-175	SkyWest	$418	$2	$730	$340	$1	$40	$1,531
ERJ-175	Midwest	$428	$5	$372	$594	--	$2	$1,401
ERJ-175	Compass	$352	$3	$2	$390	$7	$22	$775
CRJ 900	Endeavor Air	$561	$1	$7	$367	$7	$7	$950
ERJ-175	Envoy	$467	--	$420	$494	--	$16	$1,397
CRJ 900	GoJet	$313	$3	$1,054	$431	--	$31	$1,828
ERJ-175	Mesa	$314	$2	$118	$230	--	$0	$664
CRJ 900	ExpressJet	$785	$0	$284	$405	$1	$25	$1,500
CRJ 900	Comair	$401	--	$627	$232	$1	$20	$1,282
ERJ-175	Horizon	$390	--	$345	$36	--	$3	$773
CRJ 900	Mesa	$449	$0	$546	$292	--	$10	$1,298
ERJ 190	American	$467	$1,301	$277	$400	$1	$36	$2,483
ERJ 190	JetBlue	$875	$1,374	$580	$935	$3	$110	$3,875
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Cost Per ASM (US Cents)

Aircraft	Carrier	Crew	Fuel	AC Cost	Mx	Insur.	Other	Total
Turboprops		2.12	0.00	3.19	5.16	0.00	0.04	10.50
DHC 8-400	Horizon	2.12	0.00	3.19	5.16	0.00	0.04	10.50
Small RJs		3.65	0.71	2.26	3.75	0.01	0.11	10.48
ERJ-135	ExpressJet	6.55	0.00	0.24	5.67	0.01	0.09	12.56
ERJ-140	Envoy	4.37	0.00	3.95	4.64	0.00	0.15	13.12
CRJ 200	Endeavor Air	5.75	0.01	4.86	4.07	0.06	0.02	14.78
ERJ-145	Envoy	3.67	0.00	3.30	3.89	0.00	0.13	10.99
CRJ 200	Comair	3.37	0.00	4.50	3.35	0.01	0.27	11.50
CRJ 200	SkyWest	3.03	1.73	1.90	3.74	0.00	0.12	10.53
ERJ-145	ExpressJet	3.92	0.00	0.15	3.42	0.00	0.05	7.54
Large RJs		1.98	0.47	1.70	1.90	0.01	0.10	6.16
CRJ 700	Envoy	2.61	0.00	2.34	2.76	0.00	0.09	7.79
CRJ 700	Comair	2.44	0.00	3.37	2.38	0.01	0.16	8.36
CRJ 700	ExpressJet	3.17	0.00	1.16	1.57	0.00	0.09	6.00
CRJ 700	Endeavor Air	0.53	0.01	0.11	2.86	0.05	0.14	3.70
CRJ 700	SkyWest	2.08	0.01	2.30	2.19	0.00	0.14	6.72
ERJ-170	Midwest	2.06	0.02	1.79	2.86	0.00	0.01	6.74
CRJ 700	GoJet	1.52	0.02	0.83	2.10	-0.02	0.15	4.59
CRJ 700	Mesa	1.79	0.02	2.87	2.17	0.00	0.00	6.85
CRJ 900	SkyWest	1.15	0.00	1.01	1.06	0.00	0.09	3.31
ERJ-175	SkyWest	1.72	0.01	3.01	1.40	0.01	0.17	6.32
ERJ-175	Midwest	1.91	0.02	1.67	2.66	0.00	0.01	6.27
ERJ-175	Compass	1.56	0.02	0.01	1.72	0.03	0.10	3.43
CRJ 900	Endeavor Air	2.56	0.01	0.03	1.68	0.03	0.03	4.34
ERJ-175	Envoy	1.96	0.00	1.77	2.08	0.00	0.07	5.87
CRJ 900	GoJet	1.41	0.02	4.76	1.95	-0.02	0.14	8.25
ERJ-175	Mesa	1.26	0.01	0.47	0.92	0.00	0.00	2.65
CRJ 900	ExpressJet	3.36	0.00	1.21	1.74	0.00	0.11	6.42
CRJ 900	Comair	2.05	0.00	3.20	1.18	0.00	0.10	6.54
ERJ-175	Horizon	1.55	0.00	1.37	0.14	0.00	0.01	3.08
CRJ 900	Mesa	1.89	0.00	2.29	1.23	0.00	0.04	5.45
ERJ 190	American	1.80	5.00	1.07	1.54	0.00	0.14	9.54
ERJ 190	JetBlue	2.90	4.56	1.92	3.10	0.01	0.36	12.85
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Indicies and Monthly Ownership Cost

Aircraft	Carrier	Fleet	Stage Length	Seats	GPH	Monthly Rentals	Monthly Dep.	Monthly AC Ownership
Turboprops		44	271	76	301	$22,800	$97,052	$119,852
DHC 8-400	Horizon	44	271	76	301	$22,800	$97,052	$119,852
Small RJs		496	382	49	578	$50,445	$11,793	$62,238
ERJ-135	ExpressJet	1	294	37	1,783	$1,903	$2,168	$4,071
ERJ-140	Envoy	67	357	44	404	$60,313	$435	$60,748
CRJ 200	Endeavor Air	22	315	50	270	$211,105	$1,691	$212,796
ERJ-145	Envoy	75	386	50	404	$83,291	$631	$83,922
CRJ 200	Comair	35	360	50	342	$128,541	$5,406	$133,947
CRJ 200	SkyWest	182	361	50	320	$29,425	$29,071	$58,495
ERJ-145	ExpressJet	115	485	50	1,472	$1,939	$2,255	$4,193
Large RJs		1,011	551	76	504	$73,906	$38,595	$112,500
CRJ 700	Envoy	24	462	65	398	$84,868	$655	$85,523
CRJ 700	Comair	41	386	65	456	$135,464	$4,272	$139,736
CRJ 700	ExpressJet	26	474	65	499	$11,074	$53,351	$64,425
CRJ 700	Endeavor Air	1	541	69	511	$9,536	$2,944	$12,479
CRJ 700	SkyWest	86	484	70	525	$71,658	$42,959	$114,617
ERJ-170	Midwest	68	625	70	494	$14,961	$76,972	$91,933
CRJ 700	GoJet	47	524	70	485	$21,266	$21,649	$42,916
CRJ 700	Mesa	16	377	70	546	$105,576	$37,317	$142,894
CRJ 900	SkyWest	36	594	75	339	$51,373	$35,603	$86,976
ERJ-175	SkyWest	103	710	76	549	$238,925	$11,158	$250,083
ERJ-175	Midwest	120	577	76	487	$18,694	$96,189	$114,882
ERJ-175	Compass	56	552	76	483	--	$479	$479
CRJ 900	Endeavor Air	52	543	76	522	$1,365	$2,630	$3,996
ERJ-175	Envoy	61	614	76	404	$89,924	$676	$90,600
CRJ 900	GoJet	7	487	76	478	$251,600	$23,855	$275,455
ERJ-175	Mesa	53	696	76	461	$10,288	$23,807	$34,095
CRJ 900	ExpressJet	12	535	76	3,427	$2,527	$11,035	$13,562
CRJ 900	Comair	54	401	76	466	$175,000	$3,447	$178,447
ERJ-175	Horizon	14	633	76	486	$58	$102,585	$102,643
CRJ 900	Mesa	54	531	78	500	$94,529	$67,249	$161,777
ERJ 190	American	19	449	99	602	$34,658	$31,492	$66,150
ERJ 190	JetBlue	60	536	100	636	$85,257	$86,958	$172,215
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Average Daily Aircraft Utilization

Aircraft	Carrier	Ops	BHs	RPMs	ASMs	Load Factor
Turboprops		6.0	7.3	95,725	123,508	77.5%
DHC 8-400	Horizon	6.0	7.3	95,725	123,508	77.5%
Small RJs		4.8	7.3	71,441	90,700	78.8%
ERJ-135	ExpressJet	5.0	6.3	35,747	54,836	65.2%
ERJ-140	Envoy	3.2	4.8	38,646	50,526	76.5%
CRJ 200	Endeavor Air	9.1	12.6	114,149	143,856	79.4%
ERJ-145	Envoy	4.3	6.5	65,012	83,569	77.8%
CRJ 200	Comair	5.4	7.9	72,386	97,836	74.0%
CRJ 200	SkyWest	5.6	8.2	80,269	101,102	79.4%
ERJ-145	ExpressJet	3.7	6.5	72,278	89,867	80.4%
Large RJs		5.2	9.7	174,171	217,677	80.0%
CRJ 700	Envoy	4.0	6.7	94,897	120,211	78.9%
CRJ 700	Comair	5.5	8.1	100,650	136,307	73.8%
CRJ 700	ExpressJet	5.9	9.7	140,305	183,040	76.7%
CRJ 700	Endeavor Air	9.7	18.2	290,265	360,703	80.5%
CRJ 700	SkyWest	4.9	8.4	127,248	164,004	77.6%
ERJ-170	Midwest	3.9	8.0	138,150	168,773	81.9%
CRJ 700	GoJet	4.7	8.2	140,358	170,842	82.2%
CRJ 700	Mesa	6.2	8.9	141,004	163,832	86.1%
CRJ 900	SkyWest	6.3	12.2	231,504	281,812	82.1%
ERJ-175	SkyWest	5.1	11.3	224,080	272,799	82.1%
ERJ-175	Midwest	5.2	10.1	175,551	226,439	77.5%
ERJ-175	Compass	5.2	9.7	176,496	219,124	80.5%
CRJ 900	Endeavor Air	9.4	17.8	308,950	389,444	79.3%
ERJ-175	Envoy	3.6	7.1	132,439	168,680	78.5%
CRJ 900	GoJet	5.1	8.6	153,323	190,417	80.5%
ERJ-175	Mesa	4.5	9.5	201,969	237,001	85.2%
CRJ 900	ExpressJet	0.9	1.6	28,267	36,720	77.0%
CRJ 900	Comair	6.0	9.4	144,958	183,278	79.1%
ERJ-175	Horizon	5.1	9.8	201,229	245,643	81.9%
CRJ 900	Mesa	5.6	9.7	177,751	231,775	76.7%
ERJ 190	American	4.7	8.1	163,405	210,331	77.7%
ERJ 190	JetBlue	5.5	9.8	240,658	294,517	81.7%
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US DOT Form 41 data via PlaneStats.com. Commuter carrier costs vary based on capacity purchase agreements that pass certain costs to the mainline partner.