Australian Antarctic Flight Hours and Fuel Consumption, 2005

Obsolete indicator tracking helicopter and fixed-wing flight hours and fuel consumption at Australian Antarctic stations and field sites. Data was recorded fortnightly by Station Leaders and reported annually to Shipping and Air Operations (SAO) until 2005. It was designed as a pressure indicator to monitor sources of possible change to emission levels in the Antarctic Territory.

Use Cases

• Modeling historical aviation emissions in Antarctica based on reported fuel consumption.
• Analyzing trends in logistical support and personnel movement based on recorded flight hours.
• Assessing adherence to flight restriction policies by geographically plotting aircraft operations.
• Linking aircraft activity to other environmental indicators like station fuel usage and field trips.

Strengths

• Data collection was systematic, with Station Leaders recording information on a fortnightly basis.
• Indicator rationale explicitly links flight activity to environmental pressure and emission levels.
• Designed as part of a monitoring program with links to other related indicators.

Limitations

• The dataset is explicitly marked as obsolete and no longer maintained.
• Last updated 2005-07-01 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

AU_AADC (Australian Antarctic Data Centre)

Collection Method

Direct reading of flight logs and purchasing records by SAO (Shipping and Air Operations) staff.

Time Range

Data reported annually until 2005.

Freshness

Annual report, last updated 2005-07-01 23:59:59.999000.

Geography

Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT), specifically Casey, Davis, Mawson, Macquarie Island stations and remote field locations.