Boeing 767

what is it?

The Boeing 767 is an American wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The airliner design was launched as the 7X7 program on July 14, 1978, the prototype first flew on September 26, 1981, and it was certified on July 30, 1982. The initial 767-200 variant entered service on September 8, 1982, with United Airlines, and the extended-range 767-200ER in 1984.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · low wing · retractable tricycle gear · 47.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 667 km/htop speed
• range 10,668 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 261passengers
• size 186.9 tmax take-off weight
• built 1,326made 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 45 years ago, in 1981.
• 🏎️Top speed is 5.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 47.6 m: about 11 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 31 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 10,668 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

1981-09-26

introduced

1982

status

in production

number built

1,326

role

wide-body airliner

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Boeing Commercial Airplanes

engines

2× Pratt & Whitney PW4060

crew

2

passengers

261

length

54.9 m

wingspan

47.6 m

height

16 m

max take-off weight

186.9 t

top speed

667 km/h

cruise speed

850 km/h

range

10,668 km

ceiling

13,137 m

wings

low wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

ICAO code

B762, B763, B764

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

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