Under Obama, Air Force One cost per hour jumps 27% to $228,288 The president spent over $7.3 million on just three trips in 2013, including $2.1 million to appear on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” in August, according to new flight documents provided by the Air Force to a public watchdog group. Judicial Watch told Secrets that the sky-high jet travel costs for the first family's 2012-2013 Christmas vacation in Hawaii, their beach vacation on Martha's Vineyard last summer and President Obama's brief trip to California in August totalled $7,396,531.20. The Air Force said it costs $228,288 an hour to fly Air Force One, a massive $48,535 jump from the last estimate of $179,750, or 27 percent. The details according to documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act: Stay abreast of the latest developments from nation's capital and beyond with curated News Alerts from the Washington Examiner news desk and delivered to your inbox. — The outbound flight to Honolulu for the Obama 2012-2013 Christmas vacation cost taxpayers $2,214,393.60.

The return flight to Washington was $1,871,961.60. The total price for flight expenditures alone came to $4,086,355.20. — The outbound flight to California in August 2013 for Obama to dine with fundraiser and DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg and appear on the “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” cost taxpayers $1,209,926.40. The return flight to Washington was $935,980.80. The total price for flight expenditures alone came to $2,145,907.20.ac unit for wide window — The outbound flight to Martha’s Vineyard for the Obama family August vacation cost taxpayers $890,323.20. cost of new hvac ductworkThe return flight to Washington was $273,945.60. one or two hvac unitsThe total price for flight expenditures alone came to $1,164,268.80. Getting the documents was a score for Judicial Watch, which has also sought and received Obama administration vacation spending documents from the U.S. Secret Service.

Typically, flight costs are not provided. It was also the first authoritative hourly cost provided for operating Air Force One. “The Obamas are abusing the public trust and the taxpayers with unnecessary luxurious vacations and travel,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “These staggering costs show why these documents were covered up and we had to sue in federal court to get them. Another transparency fail for the Obama gang.” Learn more about Washington Examiner's AlertsIt's ridiculously expensive to fly Air Force One hour the world's most famous plane is in flight, according to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) letter obtained by the nonprofit Judicial The FY15 cost per flying hour for Air Force One (VC-25A) includes "fuel, flight consumables, depot level repairables, aircraft overhaul, and engine overhaul," according to the letter from the Department of the Air Force Headquarters Air Mobility Command to Judicial Watch.

According to the National Taxpayer Union President Barack Obama has traveled internationally more than any other president, and he has done it expensive-to-operate Air Force One to Here are some examples • Flights for Obama's 2014 Labor Day weekend fundraising trips to Westchester, New York, and Providence, Rhode Island, cost taxpayers $527,192.50 • Transportation for Obama's round-trip flight from Washington, D.C., to Westchester, New York, to attend a wedding cost taxpayers $358,490.90 • The flight for Obama's trip to Milwaukee to speak at "Laborfest 2014" cost taxpayers $653,718.70 17-19, 2013, trip to Belfast, Ireland, including a Dublin sightseeing side trip by Michelle Obama, her daughters, and her Within the US, Obama has visited all but three states during hisAccording to The Washington Post, former and George H.W. Bush were the only two presidents to visit all 50 states in the past 38 years.

The three-leveled "flying Oval Office" has 4,000 square feet of interior floor space and boasts a conference room, a dining room, a private quarters for the president, offices for senior staff members, a medical operating room (a doctor flies on every flight), a press area, two food-preparation galleys that can provide 100 meals, and multifrequency radios for air-to-air and air-to-ground communication, according to the aircraft manufacturer Boeing. According to the White House, the retrofitted Boeing 747 can fly 6,205 miles from Washington, D.C., to Baghdad without stopping for fuel. The plane can also be refueled while in flight in case of an emergency, The Post reports. NOW WATCH: Research Reveals Why Men Cheat, And It's Not What You Think Letter to My Younger Self Tennis star Caroline Wozniacki's letter to her 11-year-old self: 'Dad was right.' Check out the advice from the former No. 1–ranked player in the world >>

Read Business Insider On The Go Available on iOS or Android See All Jobs » Thanks to our partnersThe next time airfare seems too expensive, consider the cost of Air Force One.The plane that is used to carry the president, which is typically a Boeing 747, costs the Air Force $179,750 per hour to operate, according to a new Congressional Research Service report. Military planes are used for security and because of special equipment on board.Costs for each trip are even higher when factoring in the passenger and cargo aircraft that often accompany the president's plane, although those figures weren't specified in the eight-page report.Taxpayers cover the cost of trips for official business, and campaign organizations reimburse the government for whatever portion of a trip is deemed political."It is unclear how the White House designates travel that is not directly related to a governmental or political function because of traditional reluctance to address this matter," the report said.