While 100LL Full Service prices climbed, the price of Self Service remained the same from January 2026.
avgas
Can aircraft certified on 115/145 avgas use the new unleaded fuel?
As general aviation transitions to a lead-free future, some GA pilots are wondering about 115/145 avgas.
A warning from the past for unleaded avgas
Oil refineries add 0.5 grams of Tetraethyllead (TEL) per gallon to 80/87 fuel. But why?
Everyone beware
A question that every pilot and general aviation aircraft owner should be asking is “What do I need to do to my aircraft before the transition to unleaded avgas and 100LL is gone forever?”
Blame it on the lawyers
When there is a problem with the transition to unleaded avgas, maybe those affected will sue the EPA or the FAA. But more realistically they will sue everyone from the airplane manufacturers to the fuel distributor, letting the courts sort it out to determine the winners and losers.
FAA moves to ensure 100LL availability
Ensuring the availability of 100LL at general aviation airports is in the process of being added to the grant assurances required by the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
The past and future of avgas
Today’s search for an unleaded avgas is so different from similar searches in the past, which was a very large cooperative effort to find an answer — and they were looking for one fuel that could be produced by any oil company.
Alaska’s avgas anxiety
“Without a dependable source of avgas, many Alaskans would lose their only access to numerous critical services, including medical care, groceries, and mail.”
Common misconceptions about unleaded avgas
Why can’t general aviation switch over the unleaded gas as easily as the automobile industry did?