ASTM D6615-15 - 1.7.2015
 
1. Scope

1.1 This specification covers the use of purchasing agencies in formulating specifications for purchases of aviation turbine fuel under contract.

1.2 This specification defines one specific type of aviation turbine fuel for civil use. This fuel has advantages for operations in very low temperature environments compared with other fuels described in Specification D1655. This fuel is intended for use in aircraft that are certified to use such fuel.

1.3 This specification does not define the quality assurance testing and procedures necessary to ensure that fuel in the distribution system continues to comply with this specification after batch certification. Such procedures are defined elsewhere, for example in ICAO 9977, EI/JIG Standard 1530, JIG 1, JIG 2, API 1543, API 1595, and ATA-103.

 
2. Referenced Documents

D3338-08

Standard Test Method for Estimation of Net Heat of Combustion of Aviation Fuels

D3948-22

Standard Test Method for Determining Water Separation Characteristics of Aviation Turbine Fuels by Portable Separometer

D4052-22

Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter

D4057-22

Standard Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products

D4171-22

Standard Specification for Fuel System Icing Inhibitors

D4176-22e1

Standard Test Method for Free Water and Particulate Contamination in Distillate Fuels (Visual Inspection Procedures) (Includes all amendments and changes 6/30/2025).

D4294-24

Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

D4306-20

Standard Practice for Aviation Fuel Sample Containers for Tests Affected by Trace Contamination

D4809-25

Standard Test Method for Heat of Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter (Precision Method)

D4865-23

Standard Guide for Generation and Dissipation of Static Electricity in Petroleum Fuel Systems

D4952-23

Standard Test Method for Qualitative Analysis for Active Sulfur Species in Fuels and Solvents (Doctor Test)

D5001-26

Standard Test Method for Measurement of Lubricity of Aviation Turbine Fuels by the Ball-on-Cylinder Lubricity Evaluator (BOCLE)

D5006-25

Standard Test Method for Measurement of Fuel System Icing Inhibitors (Ether Type) in Aviation Fuels

D5191-22

Standard Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products and Liquid Fuels (Mini Method)

D5452-23

Standard Test Method for Particulate Contamination in Aviation Fuels by Laboratory Filtration

D5453-25

Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence

D5972-25

Standard Test Method for Freezing Point of Aviation Fuels (Automatic Phase Transition Method)

D6379-21e1

Standard Test Method for Determination of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Types in Aviation Fuels and Petroleum Distillates—High Performance Liquid Chromatography Method with Refractive Index Detection (Includes all amendments and changes 10/22/2021).

E29-22

Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications

EI/JIG1530

Quality Assurance Requirements for the Manufacture, Storage and Distribution of Aviation Fuels to Airports

API1543

Documentation, Monitoring and Laboratory Testing of Aviation Fuel During Shipment from Refinery to Airport

API1595

Design, Construction, Operation, Maintenance, and Inspection of Aviation Pre-Airfield Storage Terminals

JIG1

Aviation Fuel Quality Control & Operating Standards for Into-Plane Fuelling Services

JIG2

Aviation Fuel Quality Control & Operating Standards for Airport Depots & Hydrants

MIL-DTL-5624

Turbine Fuel, Aviation, Grades JP-4, JP-5, and JP-5/JP-8 ST

ATA-103

D4529-24

Standard Test Method for Estimation of Net Heat of Combustion of Aviation Fuels

D3241-26

Standard Test Method for Thermal Oxidation Stability of Aviation Turbine Fuels

Aviation Turbine Fuel, Wide Cut Type includes grade Jet B and NATO grade F-40 fuel Available from the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB), Ottawa, Canada K1A 1G6.

ICAO9977

Manual on Civil Aviation Jet Fuel Supply Available from International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), 999 University St., Montreal, Quebec H3C 5H7, Canada, http://www.icao.int.

D2276-22

Standard Test Method for Particulate Contaminant in Aviation Fuel by Line Sampling

D2386-25ae1

Standard Test Method for Freezing Point of Aviation Fuels (Includes all amendments and changes 6/11/2026).

D2622-26

Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

D2624-26

Standard Test Methods for Electrical Conductivity of Aviation and Distillate Fuels

D3227-24

Standard Test Method for (Thiol Mercaptan) Sulfur in Gasoline, Kerosine, Aviation Turbine, and Distillate Fuels (Potentiometric Method)

D3240-25

Standard Test Method for Undissolved Water In Aviation Turbine Fuels

D1840-24

Standard Test Method for Naphthalene Hydrocarbons in Aviation Turbine Fuels by Ultraviolet Spectrophotometry

D86-23ae2

Standard Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products and Liquid Fuels at Atmospheric Pressure (Includes all amendments and changes 11/4/2024).

D130-26

Standard Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petroleum Products by Copper Strip Test

D323-26

Standard Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Reid Method)

D381-25

Standard Test Method for Gum Content in Fuels by Jet Evaporation

D1094-24

Standard Test Method for Water Reaction of Aviation Fuels

D1266-18

Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (Lamp Method) (Withdrawn 2025)

D1298-24

Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method

D1319-26

Standard Test Method for Hydrocarbon Types in Liquid Petroleum Products by Fluorescent Indicator Adsorption

D1322-25

Standard Test Method for Smoke Point of Kerosene and Aviation Turbine Fuel

D1655-26

Standard Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuels

D1660-87

Method of Test for Thermal Stability of Aviation Turbine Fuels (Withdrawn 1992)