| Developing nation: |
United States of America |
| Manufacturer/designer: |
Boeing Commercial Airplane Company. |
| Production line: |
closed February 2000. |
| Type aircraft: |
Short to medium range airliner. |
| First flight: |
– 737-100 April 9, 1967, N73700.
– 737-200 August 8, 1967, N9001U.
– 737-200C September 18, 1968.
– 737-200Adv April 15, 1971.
– 737-300 February 24, 1984, N350AU.
– 737-400 February 19, 1988, N73700.
– 737-500 June 30, 1989, N73700.
– 737-600 January 22, 1998, N7376.
– 737-700 February 9, 1997, N737X.
– 737-800 July 31, 1997, N737BX.
– 737-900 September 2000, N737X. |
| First delivery: |
– 737-100 December 28, 1967 to Lufthansa.
– 737-200 December 29, 1967 to United Airlines.
– 737-200C October 30, 1968 to Wien Consolidated.
– 737-200Adv May 20, 1971 to All Nippon Airways.
– 737-300 November 28, 1984 to USAir.
– 737-400 September 15, 1988 to Piedmont.
– 737-500 February 28, 1990 to Southwest.
– 737-600 August, 1998 to SAS.
– 737-700 December 17, 1997 to Southwest.
– 737-800 April 22, 1998 to Hapag Lloyd.
– 737-900 May 16, 2001 to Alaska Airlines. |
| Last delivery: |
– 737-100 July 26, 1973 to NASA.
– 737-200 April 5, 71 to Indian Airlines.
– 737-200C July 5, 1985 to Markair.
– 737-200Adv August 8, 1988 to Xiamen Airlines.
– 737-300 December 17, 1999 to Air New Zealand.
– 737-400 February 25, 2000 to CSA Czech Airlines.
– 737-500 July 26, 1999 to Air Nippon. |
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Boeing 737-400 with CFM56-3B-2 engine. |
| Cockpit crew: |
two pilots. |
| Passengers single class: |
159 – 189. |
| Passengers two class: |
– 8 first class.
– 138 economy class. |
| Cabin length: |
25,16 m. |
| Cabin diameter: |
3,54 m. |
| Cabin height: |
2,15 m. |
| Cargo volume: |
– under floor 38,9 m³. |
| Wing span: |
28,89 m. |
| Wing area: |
105,4 m². |
| Wing sweep: |
25 degrees. |
| Fuselage length: |
36,40 m. |
| Fuselage diameter: |
3,76 m. |
| Height: |
11,11 m. |
| Horizontal tail unit: |
12,70 m. |
| Wheelbase: |
14,27 m. |
| Track: |
5,23 m. |
| Engines: |
– two CFM International CFM56-3B-2 each rated 98.30 kN. |
| Weight: |
– empty: 33.200 Kg.
– max. zero-fuel weight: 53.050 Kg.
– fuel: 23.170 liters.
– max. payload: 19.900 Kg. |
| Max. take off weight: |
68.050 Kg. |
| Max. landing weight: |
54.900 Kg. |
| Cruise speed: |
912 km/h. |
| Max. speed: |
943 km/h. |
| Service ceiling: |
6.890 m. |
| Range: |
4.005 km. |
|
Boeing 737-400 with CFM56-3C-1 engine.* |
| Cargo volume: |
– under floor 31 m³ with 3.785 liter auxiliary tank in aft cargo compartment. |
| Engines: |
– two CFM International CFM56-3C-1 each rated 104.6 kN. |
| Weight: |
– empty: 33.650 Kg.
– max. zero-fuel weight: 53.050Kg.
– fuel: 23.830 liters.
– max. payload: 19.450 Kg. |
| Max. take off weight: |
68.050 Kg. |
| Max. landing weight: |
56.250 Kg. |
* Generally similar to the Boeing 737-400 with CFM56-3B-2 engine except in the following particulars
9 Boeing 737-400 written-off by accidents:
- 08jan1989 G-OBME Boeing 737-4Y0 British Midland Airways Kegworth, UK 47 fatalities / 126 on board.
- 20sep1989 N416US Boeing 737-401 USAir New York-La Guardia Airport, NY USA 2 fatalities / 63 on board.
- 29dec1994 TC-JES Boeing 737-4Y0 Turk Hava Yollari – THY near Van, Turkey 57 fatalities / 76 on board.
- 07apr1999 TC-JEP Boeing 737-4Q8 Turk Hava Yollari – THY near Ceyhan, Turkey 6 fatalities / 6 on board.
- 03mar2001 HS-TDC Boeing 737-4D7 Thai Airways International Bangkok IAP, Thailand 1 fatality / 8 on board.
- 26mar2001 CN-RNF Boeing 737-4B6 Royal Air Maroc Oujda-Les Angades Airport, Morocco 0 fatalities / ? on board.
- 28nov2004 PH-BTC Boeing 737-406 KLM Barcelona Airport, Spain 0 fatalities / 146 on board.
- 01jan2007 PK-KKW Boeing 737-4Q8 Adam Air 102 fatalities / 102 on board.
- 07mar2007 PK-GZC Boeing 737-497 Garuda Yogyakarta-Adisutjipto Airport, Indonesia 21 fatalities / 140 on board.
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