# Which scope does a chartered flight fall in?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/charter-flight-emissions-which-scope

If you charter an aircraft with the operator's crew, the operator burns the fuel, so it is your Scope 3 Category 6. If your company owns or leases and operates the aircraft, the fuel is your Scope 1. Ask the operator for fuel burned; jet fuel is about 3.15 kg CO2 per kg.

## Best data

- Fuel burned on your flights, from the operator.
- If not available, block hours times the aircraft's typical burn rate.
- Empty positioning legs flown for you count too.

## Helicopters

The same rule applies: whoever operates the aircraft has the Scope 1.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads bills, fuel invoices and production records into dated, fingerprinted records, so the figure you send a buyer can be traced to its documents.

- [Business travel flights](https://senseible.earth/answers/flight-emissions-business-travel-india)
- [Radiative forcing in flights](https://senseible.earth/answers/should-flight-emissions-include-radiative-forcing)

Sources: [GHG Protocol Corporate Standard](https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard), [GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard](https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-value-chain-scope-3-standard), [IPCC 2006 Guidelines, Volume 2: Energy](https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/vol2.html)

Last reviewed 2026-10-22.