Originally Posted by Andy

If there were ever a reason to carry contingency fuel, this is it, with multiple ATC centers and towers closing sporadically.



With jet fuel now under $1/gallon, it's less than $300 to carry an extra 2000 lbs of fuel. It buys time to hold rather than divert. And if everything goes OK, you're not going to burn 2000 lbs of fuel by carrying it as insurance.

Now, what's a divert cost?