De-icing an aircraft involves spraying the outside of the aircraft, especially the control surfaces, with hot air blowers, hot water and an alcohol-based fluid.
The fluid is the most expensive component, costing about $15/litre. A medium-sized airliner will need between 200-300 litres of fluid or $3,000 - $4,500 to de-ice.
If the weather is very extreme, it could take 1,000 litres ($15,000) to clear a large aircraft, like a B747.
There can be hundreds of thousands of bolts on an aircraft
The cost depends on the type of aircraft and the location of the launch. If it's your plane on your field, the cost is only fuel.
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20 billion dollars
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier costs about $4.5 billion to make. The Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier cost would cost about $14 billion including research and development costs.
544 Airmen and 1,547 Aircraft.
The last cost I heard was in excess of 420 million per aircraft.
Probably about £35 million each
Depending on the type of aircraft, the Maintenance Manuals can cost many hundreds of dollars.
Zenith Aircraft, which is in Missouri, will sell you the parts to build a small airplane for about $40,000.
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The F-35 JSF jet cost 382 billion dollars but for one aircraft.