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Aviation turbine fuels are used for powering jet and turbo-prop engined aircraft and are not to be confused with avgas. Outside former communist areas, there are currently two main grades of turbine fuel in use in civil commercial aviation : jet a-1 and jet a, both are kerosene type fuels. There is another grade of jet fuel, jet b which is a wide cut kerosene (a blend of gasoline and kerosene) but it is rarely used except in very cold climates.