What is the fuel consumption of a Cessna 182?

Answer 1

It depends on the weight, such as the passengers and fuel, baggage and added equipment. I get between 12 and 16 gallons per hour in flat and level cruise.

On climb-out the consumption tends to be about 26 galons per hour or so. Thus, it depends on the time it takes to climb to altitude.

If you have a strong headwind, it will slow down your time to get to your destination. The number of galons per hour stays about the same. But there will be more fuel consumption because of the increase in the flight time.

The cruise fuel consumption rate mentioned here is when I have leaned the engine to maximum temperature where there is a zero "0" lean of peak temperature reading, then I twist the leaning knob to the right until it the cylinder temperature is 50 degrees cooler than the peak. So, you lean the engine until the "0" turns to a -50.