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This approach may be referred to as an active infinite summing approach, as action is taken to make and continuously update a record of the fuel onboard an aircraft. The method may be performed for each of multiple fuel tanks of the aircraft separately, or for the overall fuel onboard the aircraft irrespective of in which tank it is held.

Current fuel characteristic data for the fuel in the tank may be stored, updating the
recorded fuel characteristics of the fuel present in the fuel tank 50, 53 following each refuelling of the aircraft 1. Optionally, a continuous record of fuel compositions used with time may be kept; alternatively, only a current fuel composition may be stored.