Boeing 757

what is it?

The Boeing 757 is an American narrow-body airliner designed and built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The then-named 7N7, a twinjet successor to the trijet 727, received its first orders in August 1978. The prototype made its maiden flight on February 19, 1982, and it was certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on December 21, 1982.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · low wing · retractable tricycle gear · 38 m wingspan

base stats

• range 7,250 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 200passengers
• size 115.7 tmax take-off weight
• built 1,050made 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 44 years ago, in 1982.
• 🚗Wingspan of 38 m: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 7,250 km: Amsterdam to New York (≈5,850 km) without stopping.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.4× 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

1982-02-19

introduced

1983

status

still flying

number built

1,050

role

narrow-body jet airliner

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Boeing Commercial Airplanes

engines

2× Pratt & Whitney PW2040

crew

2

passengers

200

length

47.3 m

wingspan

38 m

height

13.6 m

max take-off weight

115.7 t

top speed

—

range

7,250 km

ceiling

12,802 m

wings

low wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

ICAO code

B752, B753

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