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Narrowbody airliners

One aisle, and the aircraft you actually fly on most.

Aircraft here9

Longest57.12 m

Combined built25,992

First flights1958–2017

What it means

The category, explained

A narrowbody has a single aisle, a fuselage roughly 3 to 4 metres wide. They are the workhorses of aviation: the vast majority of flights taken worldwide every day are on single-aisle aircraft, and the 737 alone has been built more than any other jet airliner in history.

They rarely top the size charts, but the stretched ones sneak on: the Boeing 757-300, at 54.47 metres, is the longest single-aisle airliner ever built, a remarkably thin pencil of an aircraft carrying up to 243 people.

The aircraft

Every narrowbody airliner here

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

Grid

Douglas DC-8

Douglas · Retired (a handful of specials)

Length (Super 61/63)57.12 m

Wingspan (Super 63)45.23 m

Height13.11 m

MTOW (Super 63)158,757 kg

Full specification →

Vickers VC10

Vickers · Retired 2013

Length (Super VC10)52.32 m

Wingspan44.55 m

Height12.04 m

MTOW (Super)151,900 kg

Full specification →

Ilyushin Il-62

Ilyushin · Nearly retired

Length53.12 m

Wingspan43.20 m

Height12.35 m

MTOW (Il-62M)165,000 kg

Full specification →

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

Full specification →

Boeing 737

Boeing · In production (MAX series)

Length (MAX 8)39.52 m

Wingspan35.92 m

Height12.30 m

MTOW82,191 kg

Full specification →

Airbus A320 family

Airbus · In production

Length (A321neo)44.51 m

Wingspan35.80 m

Height11.76 m

MTOW (A321XLR)97,000 kg

Full specification →

COMAC C919

COMAC · In service, production ramping

Length38.90 m

Wingspan35.80 m

Height11.95 m

MTOW77,300 kg

Full specification →

Airbus A220

Airbus · In production

Length (A220-300)38.71 m

Wingspan35.10 m

Height11.50 m

MTOW70,900 kg

Full specification →

Embraer E-Jet E2

Embraer · In production

Length (E195-E2)41.50 m

Wingspan35.10 m

Height10.90 m

MTOW61,500 kg

Full specification →

Side by side

Ranked by length

Aircraft	Length	Wingspan	First flight	Status
Douglas DC-8	57.12 m	45.23 m	1958	Retired (a handful of specials)
Boeing 757	54.47 m	38.05 m	1982	Out of production (2004), in service
Ilyushin Il-62	53.12 m	43.20 m	1963	Nearly retired
Vickers VC10	52.32 m	44.55 m	1962	Retired 2013
Airbus A320 family	44.51 m	35.80 m	1987	In production
Embraer E-Jet E2	41.50 m	35.10 m	2016	In production
Boeing 737	39.52 m	35.92 m	1967	In production (MAX series)
COMAC C919	38.90 m	35.80 m	2017	In service, production ramping
Airbus A220	38.71 m	35.10 m	2013	In production