Boeing 737 Classic

what is it?

The Boeing 737 Classic is a series of narrow-body airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the second generation of the Boeing 737 series of aircraft. Development began in 1979 and the first variant, the 737-300, first flew in February 1984 and entered service that December. The stretched 737-400 first flew in February 1988 and entered service later that year.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 28.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 790 km/hcruise speed
• seats 126passengers
• size 56.5 tmax take-off weight
• built 1,988made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 42 years ago, in 1984.
• 🚗Wingspan of 28.9 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🏔️Can fly 1.3× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1984-02-24

introduced

1984

status

still flying

number built

1,988

role

narrow-body aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Boeing Commercial Airplanes

engines

2× CFM International CFM56-3C-1

crew

2

passengers

126

length

33.4 m

wingspan

28.9 m

height

11.1 m

max take-off weight

56.5 t

top speed

—

cruise speed

790 km/h

range

—

ceiling

11,278 m

ICAO code

B732, B733, B734, B735

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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