A B767 flight crew reported arriving at destination with minimum fuel and being assigned a hold. The...

Narrative:

We were dispatched to destination with 8990 pounds of fuel. No alternate was filed. On arrival; center advised us we could expect holding. (Three airplanes ahead of us) captain declared minimum fuel because center did not know how long the delay would be. We were then given an efc thirty minutes away. Because we had no alternate we decided to use a nearby airport as a divert field (which required 4400 pounds of fuel). We now had 11;300 pounds of fuel. We determined that we wanted to land there with 7000 pounds. By adding 4400 pounds to that it required us to leave the hold with 12;400 pounds of fuel which we were already below. Shortly thereafter; we were cleared direct to our original destination with a heading out of the holding pattern. Landing was uneventful. Add more fuel to flights to be prepared for possible diverts.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B767 Flight Crew reported arriving at destination with minimum fuel and being assigned a hold. They declared minimum fuel and were vectored for a landing.

Narrative: We were dispatched to destination with 8990 LBS of fuel. No alternate was filed. On arrival; Center advised us we could expect holding. (Three airplanes ahead of us) Captain declared minimum fuel because Center did not know how long the delay would be. We were then given an EFC thirty minutes away. Because we had no alternate we decided to use a nearby airport as a divert field (which required 4400 LBS of fuel). We now had 11;300 LBS of fuel. We determined that we wanted to land there with 7000 LBS. By adding 4400 LBS to that it required us to leave the hold with 12;400 LBS of fuel which we were already below. Shortly thereafter; we were cleared direct to our original destination with a heading out of the holding pattern. Landing was uneventful. Add more fuel to flights to be prepared for possible diverts.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	891433
Time
Date	201005
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

A B767 flight crew reported arriving at destination with minimum fuel and being assigned a hold. They declared minimum fuel and were vectored for a landing.