COMMON
B738
Boeing 737-800
The Eight Hundred
“The most-flown variant of the most-built jet.”
Boeing · commercial
Length
129 ft 6 in
Wingspan
117 ft 5 in
Max speed
453 kts
Range
2,935 nmi
Ceiling
41,000 ft
Engines
2x CFM56-7B27
Crew
2
Max passengers
189
Typical config
162 (2-class)
Built
4,991
If the 737 family is a pickup truck, the -800 is the F-150. More than 5,000 built. Every budget carrier on Earth has a fleet of them.
Fun fact
Ryanair alone operates over 400 Boeing 737-800s — the largest single-type fleet of any airline.
How to spot one
Longer fuselage than -700, split-tip winglets standard. Count the overwing exits — two pairs.
Crews call it
The Dash-Eight
Sounds like
Steady CFM56 whine, recognizable on approach by the distinctive gear-down rumble
Related
One might be overhead right now.
Bogey turns the The Eight Hundred from a dot in the sky into a card in your logbook. Coming to iOS and Android.
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