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Boeing

United States · Founded 1916

A century of aircraft — and the two most-produced airliner families in history.

Aircraft here14
Longest76.72 m
Combined built23,365
First flights1952–2020
The company

The story so far

Boeing has been building aircraft since 1916, and for most of the jet age it defined what an airliner was. The 707 made intercontinental jet travel routine, the 747 made it affordable, and the 737 became the most-produced jet airliner in history by a distance that no rival has approached.

Its range on this site is unmatched: the 737 and 757 narrowbodies, the 767 and 777 twins, the composite 787, the 747 and its Dreamlifter derivative, the 777X now in certification — and the B-52, an aircraft first flown in 1952 that its air force plans to keep flying into the 2050s.

The line-up

Boeing aircraft

Silhouettes are sized by real wingspan — bigger aircraft draw bigger.

Grid

Boeing 777X

Boeing · In certification — deliveries expected 2027

Length (777-9)76.72 m
Wingspan (extended)71.75 m
Wingspan (folded)64.85 m
Height19.68 m
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Boeing 767

Boeing · In production (freighter/tanker)

Length (767-400ER)61.37 m
Wingspan (-400ER)51.92 m
Height16.87 m
MTOW (-400ER)204,116 kg
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Boeing 757

Boeing · Out of production (2004) — in service

Length (757-300)54.47 m
Wingspan38.05 m
Height13.56 m
MTOW (-300)123,830 kg
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Side by side

Every type, ranked by length

AircraftLengthWingspanFirst flightStatus
Boeing 777X76.72 m71.75 m2020In certification — deliveries expected 2027
Boeing 74776.25 m68.40 m1969Out of production (2023) — in service
Boeing 77773.86 m64.80 m1994In production (777X in certification)
Boeing 747 Dreamlifter71.68 m64.44 m2006In service — 4 built
Boeing 787 Dreamliner68.28 m60.12 m2009In production
Boeing 76761.37 m51.92 m1981In production (freighter/tanker)
Boeing 75754.47 m38.05 m1982Out of production (2004) — in service
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III53.04 m51.75 m1991In service worldwide
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress48.50 m56.40 m1952In service since 1955 — planned to 2050s
Boeing 72746.69 m32.92 m1963Retired from airline service
Rockwell B-1B Lancer44.50 m41.80 m1974Out of production (1988) — in service
Boeing 73739.52 m35.92 m1967In production (MAX series)
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle19.43 m13.05 m1972In production (F-15EX) — in service
Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet18.31 m13.62 m1995In production — in service
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