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Boeing 767
Boeing · First flight 1981 · in service since 1982
Seats
211–261
Range (nmi)
≈5,980 (-300ER)
Cruise
Mach 0.8
Wingspan
47.6 m
Length
54.9 m (-300)
Engines
GE CF6 / Pratt & Whitney PW4000
Variants
767-300ER, 767-400ER, 767-300F (freighter), KC-46 tanker
How to spot one
- ✓In-between size: clearly bigger than a 757, clearly smaller than a 777
- ✓Seven-abreast 2-3-2 cabin means a narrower fuselage than other widebodies — look for the slim cross-section
- ✓Most fly clean-winged; some carry tall aftermarket blended winglets
- ✓Short, stubby nose gear gives it a slight nose-down stance at the gate
The 767 quietly invented modern long-haul: it was the airplane that proved twins could safely cross oceans, pioneering the ETOPS rules every 787 and A350 now flies under. The passenger versions that carried the transatlantic boom of the 1990s are dwindling — Delta and United fly the last big fleets — but the line never closed: freighter and military tanker versions keep 1980s geometry rolling out of Everett four decades on.
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