Boeing 777

what is it?

The Boeing 777, commonly referred to as the Triple Seven, is an American long-range wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The 777 is the world's largest twinjet and the most-built wide-body airliner. The jetliner was designed to bridge the gap between Boeing's other wide body airplanes, the twin-engined 767 and quad-engined 747, and to replace aging DC-10 and L-1011 trijets.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · low wing · retractable tricycle gear · 64.8 m wingspan

base stats

• range 14,685 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 365passengers
• size 351.5 tmax take-off weight
• built 1,662made 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 32 years ago, in 1994.
• 🚗Wingspan of 64.8 m: about 14 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 59 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 14,685 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

1994-06-12

introduced

1995

status

still flying

number built

1,662

role

wide-body jet airliner

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Boeing Commercial Airplanes

engines

2× General Electric GE90-115BL

crew

2

passengers

365

length

73.9 m

wingspan

64.8 m

height

18.9 m

max take-off weight

351.5 t

top speed

—

range

14,685 km

ceiling

13,137 m

wings

low wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

ICAO code

B772, B773, B77L, B77W

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