Deicing Lear 60
 

Wondering if anyone would know the approximate cost to de-ice a Lear 60. We had our plane de-iced at KTEB recently and it was $7500.00. Seemed high, but was a first for me. They cleaned with Type I then applied Type IV. Probably wouldn't have done the Type IV if I knew how much it was since I was being overly cautious as the snow was subsiding at our departure time.

Cost us close to $9k for our Global Express @ TEB.

Sounds about right. Last time I did it was 6K for a beechjet, but wasn't at TEB.

Cost depends entirely on the quantity of gallons of glycol used, and I'd guess like most things there's a TEB premium.

If your plane had a lot of contamination on it, they are gonna burn through quite a bit Type I to get it clean...probably more than actually necessary, in honesty.

But hey, deicing is always cheaper than crashing...especially in a wing-critical airplane like a LR60.

May not have been an option for you, but I always found hangaring the plane, boarding inside the hangar, being pulled out and sprayed, then starting for departure to be WAAAAAAAAAAAY cheaper than letting the airframe get covered in ice/snow.

On a Citation, they would use between 20 & 100 gallons of fluid for each treatment of fluid (I or IV). Cost of the fluid is pretty standard across the country too.

There are two variables that determine the amount of fluid used: accumulation & spray technique. More snow/ice requires more fluid to remove. If the person applying the type I/IV has great aim, then there will be less overspray which will wastes less fluid. But since you don't have control of any of the variables, there isn't much you can do. Jets are expensive.

De-Ice
 

Once paid close to $30K to de-ice a Gulfstream in a central Asia country. No hangar available and it had quite a bit of accumulation of ice. Cheaper than the alternative.

My best was 60K on a C-5 and the mission cancelled! Which actually sounds cheap considering the size difference.


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I have a visual of the band leader mouse brushing down Dumbo.

Thank you for the replies, I guess it was about the right price because the plane was covered with snow and it was snowing pretty good while they were de-icing and we were invoiced for about 250 gallons. Like one person mentioned, way better than crashing.🛫

Ha, ha! It was in Stuttgart; the Greens must have had a cow.

GF