ERJ170 captain reports the flight planning software used by his company does not consider the entire...

Narrative:

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 pounds the actual burn from ukw to the airport was 550 pounds. 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 pounds but the actual burn was 6;022 pounds 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 pounds of fuel. The way that the reserve fuel is figured is not accurate; the 2;284 pounds that was given for reserve on this flight would not have been 45 minutes of flying.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: 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.

Narrative: 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.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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	987601
Time
Date	201201
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

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.