Boeing 767

The Boeing 767 is an American <a href="/facts/Wide-body_airliner/N0RdknTp">wide-body airliner</a> developed and manufactured by <a href="/facts/Boeing_Commercial_Airplanes/Co2Iy6E7">Boeing Commercial Airplanes</a>.
The aircraft was launched as the 7X7 program on July 14, 1978, the <a href="/facts/N767BA/2xdvfnmB">prototype</a> 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 <a href="/facts/United_Airlines/0tCTdbNh">United Airlines</a>, and the extended-range 767-200ER in 1984. It was stretched into the 767-300 in October 1986, followed by the extended-range 767-300ER in 1988, the most popular variant. The 767-300F, a production <a href="/facts/Cargo_aircraft/5UTxmPsn">freighter</a> version, debuted in October 1995. It was stretched again into the 767-400ER from September 2000.
Designed to complement the larger <a href="/facts/Boeing_747/jHjLqpbr">747</a>, it has a seven-abreast cross-section accommodating smaller LD2 <a href="/facts/Unit_load_device/CWeoGD9y">ULD</a> cargo containers.
The 767 is Boeing's first wide-body <a href="/facts/Twinjet/eahpYVVr">twinjet</a>, powered by <a href="/facts/General_Electric_CF6/JcQGGGlf">General Electric CF6</a>, <a href="/facts/Rolls-Royce_RB211/v9mN1USx">Rolls-Royce RB211</a>, or <a href="/facts/Pratt_%2526_Whitney_JT9D/PnB2RwNC">Pratt & Whitney JT9D</a> turbofans. JT9D engines were eventually replaced by <a href="/facts/Pratt_%2526_Whitney_PW4000/wwtJu3oL">PW4000</a> engines.
The aircraft has a conventional <a href="/facts/Empennage/Xjq0YW67">tail</a> and a <a href="/facts/Supercritical_airfoil/TLFl9sUp">supercritical wing</a> for reduced <a href="/facts/Aerodynamic_drag/vdl4jF7I">aerodynamic drag</a>.
Its two-crew <a href="/facts/Glass_cockpit/pmEDaQrF">glass cockpit</a>, a first for a Boeing airliner, was developed jointly for the <a href="/facts/Boeing_757/BfzqBb1T">757</a> − a <a href="/facts/Narrow-body_aircraft/M3WuT6tu">narrow-body aircraft</a>, allowing a common pilot <a href="/facts/Type_rating/QoR4FMKw">type rating</a>. Studies for a higher-capacity 767 in 1986 led Boeing to develop the larger <a href="/facts/Boeing_777/kpFr085L">777</a> twinjet, introduced in June 1995.
The 159-foot-long (48.5 m) 767-200 typically seats 216 passengers over 3,900 <a href="/facts/Nautical_mile/V4yJzvKw">nautical miles</a> [nmi] (7,200 km; 4,500 mi), while the 767-200ER seats 181 over a 6,590 nmi (12,200 km; 7,580 mi) <a href="/facts/Range_(aeronautics)/mgknAs6t">range</a>.
The 180-foot-long (54.9 m) 767-300 typically seats 269 passengers over 3,900 nmi (7,200 km; 4,500 mi), while the 767-300ER seats 218 over 5,980 nmi (11,070 km; 6,880 mi).
The 767-300F can haul 116,000 lb (52.7 t) over 3,225 nmi (6,025 km; 3,711 mi), and the 201.3-foot-long (61.37 m) 767-400ER typically seats 245 passengers over 5,625 nmi (10,415 km; 6,473 mi). Military derivatives include the <a href="/facts/Boeing_E-767/RAjKjAnY">E-767</a> for <a href="/facts/Airborne_early_warning_and_control/VXDQUphK">surveillance</a> and the <a href="/facts/Boeing_KC-767/MUFKVG5c">KC-767</a> and <a href="/facts/Boeing_KC-46/1Ayc0EwH">KC-46</a> aerial <a href="/facts/Aerial_refueling/VMV3xXlW">tankers</a>.
Initially marketed for <a href="/facts/Transcontinental_flight/EpLyz0eE">transcontinental routes</a>, a loosening of <a href="/facts/ETOPS/aRQN9us3">ETOPS</a> rules starting in 1985 allowed the aircraft to operate <a href="/facts/Transatlantic_flight/g9QekA7u">transatlantic flights</a>.
A total of 742 of these aircraft were in service in July 2018, with <a href="/facts/Delta_Air_Lines/F7YdKKEM">Delta Air Lines</a> being the largest operator with 77 aircraft in its fleet.
As of May 2025, Boeing has received 1,430 orders from 74 customers, of which 1,330 airplanes have been delivered, while the remaining orders are for cargo or tanker variants. Competitors have included the <a href="/facts/Airbus_A300/cw7K15B3">Airbus A300</a>, <a href="/facts/Airbus_A310/74DXMPpM">A310</a>, and <a href="/facts/Airbus_A330/1lX0bPbf">A330-200</a>. Its successor, the <a href="/facts/Boeing_787_Dreamliner/QFDfFXDF">787 Dreamliner</a>, entered service in 2011.

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