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
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
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Every narrowbody airliner here
Silhouettes are sized by real wingspan — bigger aircraft draw bigger.
Douglas DC-8Vickers VC10Ilyushin Il-62Boeing 757Boeing 737Airbus A320COMAC C919Airbus A220Embraer E-Jet E2
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Vickers VC10
Vickers · Retired 2013
Length (Super VC10)52.32 m
Wingspan44.55 m
Height12.04 m
MTOW (Super)151,900 kg
Ilyushin Il-62
Ilyushin · Nearly retired
Length53.12 m
Wingspan43.20 m
Height12.35 m
MTOW (Il-62M)165,000 kg
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
Boeing 737
Boeing · In production (MAX series)
Length (MAX 8)39.52 m
Wingspan35.92 m
Height12.30 m
MTOW82,191 kg
Airbus A320 family
Airbus · In production
Length (A321neo)44.51 m
Wingspan35.80 m
Height11.76 m
MTOW (A321XLR)97,000 kg
COMAC C919
COMAC · In service — production ramping
Length38.90 m
Wingspan35.80 m
Height11.95 m
MTOW77,300 kg
Airbus A220
Airbus · In production
Length (A220-300)38.71 m
Wingspan35.10 m
Height11.50 m
MTOW70,900 kg
Embraer E-Jet E2
Embraer · In production
Length (E195-E2)41.50 m
Wingspan35.10 m
Height10.90 m
MTOW61,500 kg
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 |