Boeing 737-800
The workhorse of low-cost airlines: 189 seats, blended winglets and conventional yokes with hydraulic flight controls. One of the most-flown jets ever built.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 453 kt
- Max operating speed (VMO)
- 340 kt
- Max operating Mach (MMO)
- M 0.82
- Range
- 2,935 nm
- Service ceiling
- 41,000 ft
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Usable fuel
- 20,820 kg
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 3,900 kg
- Centre tank
- 13,020 kg
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 2,200 kg/h
Fuel burn at typical cruise. Turbine fuel is shown as mass, at a typical 0.80 kg/l, the way crews plan it.
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 2,300 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 2,300 m
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft)
- 1,630 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 79,016 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Glass cockpit
- Avionics
- Collins Common Display System
- Systems
- Autopilot · Autothrottle · FADEC engine control · Pressurised cabin · Retractable gear · TCAS collision avoidance · Terrain warning (TAWS) · Weather radar · Head-up display
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 189
- Minimum crew
- 2
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 79,016 kg
- Max landing weight
- 66,361 kg
- Empty weight
- 41,413 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- MPL(A) · CPL(A) · ATPL(A)
- Type rating required
- B737 300-900
- Extra training or endorsements
- Multi-crew cooperation (MCC)
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR · Known icing (FIKI) · RVSM · CAT II approaches · CAT III autoland
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Boeing
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 2× Jet
- ICAO type designator
- B738
- Wake turbulence category
- M · Medium
- In service since
- 1998
Scale drawing
- Length
- 39.47 m
- Wingspan
- 35.79 m
- Height
- 12.55 m
- Fuselage width
- 3.76 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Boeing 737-800Length 39.47 m
- Airbus A320neoLength 37.57 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- V1Decision speedLast moment to abort the take-off; past it you continue, even with an engine failure.
- 125–160 kt
- VRRotationSpeed at which you lift the nose wheel on take-off.
- 130–165 kt
- V2Take-off safety speedMinimum speed to climb at with one engine failed, reached by 35 ft above the runway.
- 135–170 kt
- VREFReference landing speedTarget speed over the threshold, typical value at maximum landing weight.
- 125–155 kt
- VFEMax flaps extendedHighest speed with flaps down. Top of the white arc.
- 162–250 kt
- VLEMax gear extendedHighest speed with the landing gear down.
- 270 kt
- VMOMax operating speedSpeed limit of a turbine aircraft in knots; higher up, the Mach limit (MMO) applies instead.
- 340 kt
- MMOMax operating Mach (MMO)
- M 0.82
A range runs from light to maximum weight, or across the flap settings for VFE. The exact speed depends on weight, flaps and conditions.
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
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