Fleet cost per productive hour calculator

Calculate cost per productive hour and fixed allocation per productive hour with your own figures.

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Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Fixed period costs (USD)
3000
Variable period operating costs (USD)
2000
Paid available fleet hours (hours)
500
Productive fleet hours (hours)
400
Cost per productive hour (USD/hour)
$12.50
Fixed allocation per productive hour (USD/hour)
$7.50
Variable allocation per productive hour (USD/hour)
$5.00
Productive utilization (%)
80

Try another scenario

Fixed period costs (USD)
3000
Variable period operating costs (USD)
2000
Paid available fleet hours (hours)
500
Productive fleet hours (hours)
300
Cost per productive hour (USD/hour)
$16.666667
Fixed allocation per productive hour (USD/hour)
$10.00
Variable allocation per productive hour (USD/hour)
$6.666667
Productive utilization (%)
60
Calculation method

Calculation method

Cost per productive hour (USD/hour)

(fixed+variable)/productiveHours.

Fixed allocation per productive hour (USD/hour)

fixed/productiveHours.

Variable allocation per productive hour (USD/hour)

variable/productiveHours.

Productive utilization (%)

100*productiveHours/availableHours.

Symbols and units
a
Fixed period costs (USD)
b
Variable period operating costs (USD)
c
Paid available fleet hours (hours)
d
Productive fleet hours (hours)

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • One consistent accounting period; all costs user supplied. Productive hours are explicitly measured, not inferred from mileage. No depreciation, tax or wage rules assumed. Supported limits: Costs>=0; available>=productive>0.
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