Boeing 747-8

what is it?

The Boeing 747-8 is the last member of the Boeing 747 family, a series of large, long-range wide-body airliners built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the largest model of the 747 and Boeing's largest aircraft overall. Following the introduction of the 747-400, Boeing explored larger 747 versions as potential competitors to the proposed double-deck Airbus A3XX, later developed as the Airbus A380.

🔎How to recognise it: 4 jet engines · 68.4 m wingspan

base stats

• range 14,310 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 467passengers
• size 447.7 tmax take-off weight
• built 110made 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 16 years ago, in 2010.
• 🚗Wingspan of 68.4 m: about 15 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 75 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 14,310 km: Amsterdam to New York (≈5,850 km) without stopping.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.5× 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

2010-02-08

introduced

2011

status

still flying

number built

110

role

wide-body jet airliner

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Boeing Commercial Airplanes

engines

4× General Electric GEnx-2B67

crew

2

passengers

467

length

76.3 m

wingspan

68.4 m

height

19.5 m

max take-off weight

447.7 t

top speed

—

range

14,310 km

ceiling

13,137 m

ICAO code

B748

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

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