Boeing 767 | |
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Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300 taking off | |
Role | Wide-body jet airliner |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Boeing Commercial Airplanes |
First flight | September 26, 1981 |
Introduction | September 8, 1982 with United Airlines |
Status | In service |
Primary users |
Delta Air Lines UPS Airlines American Airlines All Nippon Airways |
Produced | 1981–present |
Number built | 1,096 through December 2016 |
Unit cost |
767-300ER: US$185.8 million (2013)
767-300F: US$188.0 million (2013) |
Variants |
Flight International cutaway diagrams | |
Boeing 757/767 | |
Boeing 767-400ER |
The Boeing 767 is a mid- to large-size, long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was Boeing's first wide-body twinjet and its first airliner with a two-crew glass cockpit. The aircraft has two turbofan engines, a conventional tail, and, for reduced aerodynamic drag, a supercritical wing design. Designed as a smaller wide-body airliner than earlier aircraft such as the 747, the 767 has seating capacity for 181 to 375 people, and a design range of 3,850 to 6,385 nautical miles (7,130 to 11,825 km), depending on variant. Development of the 767 occurred in tandem with a narrow-body twinjet, the 757, resulting in shared design features which allow pilots to obtain a common type rating to operate both aircraft.
The 767 is produced in three fuselage lengths. The original 767-200 entered service in 1982, followed by the 767-300 in 1986 and the 767-400ER, an extended-range (ER) variant, in 2000. The extended-range 767-200ER and 767-300ER models entered service in 1984 and 1988, respectively, while a production freighter version, the 767-300F, debuted in 1995. Conversion programs have modified passenger 767-200 and 767-300 series aircraft for cargo use, while military derivatives include the E-767 surveillance aircraft, the KC-767 and KC-46 aerial tankers, and VIP transports. Engines featured on the 767 include the General Electric CF6, Pratt & Whitney JT9D and PW4000, and Rolls-Royce RB211 turbofans.