Sustainability and Environment
FAA Issues Draft Framework for Unleaded Avgas Transition
National rollout would take place by 2030
GAMI co-founder George Braly in G100UL fuel truck at Reid-Hillview Airport
GAMI’s 100UL is among the fuels under consideration in the FAA’s unleaded avgas fuel transition plan. © Matt Thurber/AIN

The FAA has released its draft Transition Plan to Unleaded Aviation Gasoline, providing an overview of a four-phase process for national rollout or a replacement for aviation gasoline. Notice of the plan was included in the January 12 Federal Register, with comments due on March 13.

As required by the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act, the plan addresses steps to ensure the safe elimination of leaded fuel, approval for alternatives, implementation of requirements, and the ultimate transition by 2030, except in Alaska (which would follow in 2032). The agency notes that since the rollout is widely dependent on the market, the plan may evolve.

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