EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue
Company Policy; Procedure
We were filed for and received clearance to fly the UKW1 arrival into DFW. The fuel planning was only from UKW direct to DFW with none of the other fixes that are on the UKW1 figured into the fuel planning. The fuel planning on the release from UKW to DFW was 255 LBS the actual burn from UKW to the airport was 550 LBS. The wind was 10 KTS out of the north; so they were landing north; but no flight planning or fuel planning was given for that. The burn on the release was 5;100 LBS but the actual burn was 6;022 LBS from the down wind; and the step downs given by ATC that are never accounted for by Dispatch. If we would have taken off at min fuel; we would have landed with 1;362 LBS of fuel. The way that the reserve fuel is figured is not accurate; the 2;284 LBS that was given for reserve on this flight would not have been 45 minutes of flying.
ERJ170 Captain reports the flight planning software used by his company does not consider the entire arrival route and normal delays at large busy airports. The reporter routinely adds extra fuel for these flights.