Unbiased Aircraft Economics – Powered by APCM

Tired of comparing apples to oranges? Leeham Co.’s Aircraft Performance and Cost Model (APCM) normalizes OEM data, strips away sales spin, and delivers objective commercial aircraft economic analysis.

What is APCM?

Capabilities of Leeham's APCM
Developed over 16 years and vetted across the aviation industry, APCM is a proprietary, data-driven tool that compares commercial aircraft performance and cost across more than 110 aircraft types, including new concepts, turboprops, and eVTOLs.

  • Fuel and Energy consumption benchmarking
  • Cabin configuration and LOPA modeling
  • Mission-level operational costs forecast
  • Production cost estimation

Built for Fleet Planners, Lessors, OEMs & Suppliers

Whether you’re advising an airline, managing at a lease portfolio, or competing for a contract, as expert aviation consultants, our APCM helps you:

  • Predict mission costs for any aircraft type
  • Compare fuel, maintenance, crew, fees, insurance, and capital costs
  • Understand revenue, margin, and total lifecycle economics
  • Benchmark competing OEM platforms in detail

OEM A or OEM B

Used in work for:

✔️ Airlines
✔️ Lessors
✔️ OEMs & Suppliers
✔️ Aviation Investors 

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