Aircraft De-icing Costs

[AV8OR]

I am trying to compile some data on aircraft de-icing costs: Please post what your minimum and maximum costs have been to de-ice your aircraft this year, type of aircraft, whether it was wings and tail or total de-ice, airport de-ice took place, FBO used and if you remember, the amount of time it delayed your departure to get de-iced.

Thank you

 

[Gulfstream 200]

No way to pin down an average cost for us I'd say, but...last few seasons:

Quick wings and tail at home - about $700

Full deice after freezing fog at Basel (LFSB) - about $11,000

neither delayed departure.

We do our best to arrange departures around the need to de-ice. Our people know that and are very happy to change times, or even dates, of departure as we do mostly pleasure flying.

Sometimes moving schedule even a few hours can save thousands and lots of headaches.

We also repo out of places that leave you outside in the winter...for example: we wont sit outside in Ski town places, we will repo to front range.

 

[LJ45]

$150-$1200 for a Learjet. max delay 15 mins.

 

[Tgaug6300]

XLS+, $7500 out of St. Johns. 15mins delay

 

[timmay]

WOW I thought we got molested last month in ASE paying 5,600 for a Challenger 604.

 

[pushntin]

ASE the week after Christmas was $3000.00 for a full deice on a GII.

 

[Flyin Tony]

full deice on a Metro in TEB 8,000$

 

[AV8OR]

Thanks guys......keep em coming!

 

[RedGuy]

And I though when we got charged $1,200 in CVG for a deice in a Cessna 310 we got taken to the cleaners! Those are some hefty bills! That was the highest I've had the lowest was proably about $250 in Racine Wisconsin.

 

[bizjet800]

full deice on a Metro in TEB 8,000$
WOW I thought we got molested last month in ASE paying 5,600 for a Challenger 604.

ASE the week after Christmas was $3000.00 for a full deice on a GII.
Quick wings and tail at home - about $700
Full deice after freezing fog at Basel (LFSB) - about $11,000

Crashing a plane...very costly!

 

[FlyingPieceOfSt]

Lucky

The only snow/ice our department usually sees is in the sim.

Im surprised I havnt seen someone chime in and say they have a weed/bug sprayer with some deicer sitting in the back of the plane.

 

[Launchpad]

$1000 for Challenger in CID, Type 1 and 4 last week. Same thing in BWI cost about $6500.

 

[Jetdriver69]

Deice in Norway was going to be almost $9,000. Made the $2400 Euro a day heated hangar seem almost practical.

 

[Tgaug6300]

Yeah, it doesn't take long to add up when you pay by the liter.

 

[2000Easyguy]

No way to pin down an average cost for us I'd say, but...last few seasons:

Quick wings and tail at home - about $700

Full deice after freezing fog at Basel (LFSB) - about $11,000

neither delayed departure.

We do our best to arrange departures around the need to de-ice. Our people know that and are very happy to change times, or even dates, of departure as we do mostly pleasure flying.

Sometimes moving schedule even a few hours can save thousands and lots of headaches.

We also repo out of places that leave you outside in the winter...for example: we wont sit outside in Ski town places, we will repo to front range.

Sounds about right. Considering a burger and a coke will set you back 35-50 points. Only thing cheap in Swaziland is public transportation (trams and buses, not trains).

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Sounds about right. Considering a burger and a coke will set you back 35-50 points. Only thing cheap in Swaziland is public transportation (trams and buses, not trains).

Well....it was freezing fog overnight. Our Operations at the time wanted to save money on hangar space...

We had to spray it down just to open the door...so it was a tremendous amount of de-icing.

Yeah, sadly, nowhere in Europe (maybe Portugal?) is much a bargain anymore.

 

[BEfly]

The following are all Beechjet, Exel, and King Air

JAC - $3500 30min
TEB - $4800 45min
ASE - $3500 20min
RNO - $3000 20min
SAF - $1000 Type 1 only 15min
DRO - $500 Type 1 only 10min (frost only)
BFI - $600 " " 20min (frost)
SUN - $4400 30min
SLC - approx $4000 (Million Air) They Hangared the plane overnight but pulled it out at 8am and it snowed....a lot. I show up at 1300 and need DeIce. They tried to charge me for hangar too (ouch). The reciept was faxed to my company so I dont know exactly what it is.

 

[Deskdriver101]

$13k full Deice GIV KIAD

Almost fell out of my chair when I saw that bill!

 

[NCherches]

$1700 for a Learjet at APA... Haven't deiced in my Citation as it is never feasable for the type of flying we do now.

 

[flyboydk]

My buddy had a $23,000 deice bill out of Bedford last year on the BBJ.