It Costs Millions Per Day to Operate One

Tony Scott, the director of the movie, was able to persuade the Navy to give him permission to use the USS Enterprise and a group of fighter jets. The studio spent a lot of money to use the equipment, which included paying around $8,000 per hour for the jets' fuel. But the USS Enterprise itself incurred one of the most notable expenses.

The daily operating cost of a carrier strike group, which consists of the air wing, an attack sub, five surface combatants, and the carrier itself, is $6.5 million. That implies that the daily cost for a fleet of 11 carriers will be almost $71.5 million. That translates to roughly $26 billion annually to maintain the aircraft carrier fleet.

A carrier strike group, which includes of the air wing, an attack sub, five surface combatants, and the carrier itself, has an operating expense of $6.5 million per day. That suggests that a fleet of 11 carriers will incur daily expenses of roughly $71.5 million. This corresponds to around $26 billion per year for fleet maintenance of aircraft carriers.