Boeing 787 Dreamliner

what is it?

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, often shortened to Boeing 787, is an American wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After dropping its unconventional Sonic Cruiser project, Boeing announced the conventional 7E7 on January 29, 2003, which focused largely on efficiency. The program was launched on April 26, 2004, with an order for 50 aircraft from All Nippon Airways (ANA), targeting a 2008 introduction.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · low wing · retractable tricycle gear · 60.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 1,028 km/hcruise speed
• range 15,370 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 406passengers
• size 259.2 tmax take-off weight
• built 1,005made 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 17 years ago, in 2009.
• 🚗Wingspan of 60.1 m: about 13 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 43 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 15,370 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

2009-12-15

introduced

2011

status

still flying

number built

1,005

role

wide-body jet airliner

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Boeing Commercial Airplanes

engines

2× General Electric GEnx-1B / Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 / General Electric GEnx

crew

2

passengers

406

length

62.8 m

wingspan

60.1 m

height

17.1 m

max take-off weight

259.2 t

top speed

—

cruise speed

1,028 km/h

range

15,370 km

ceiling

13,137 m

wings

low wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

ICAO code

B788, B789, B78X

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