Boeing 707-300 specs, size & range

The Boeing 707-300 is a landplane with 4 jet engines built by Boeing. Air-traffic control and flight-tracking sites identify it by the ICAO type code B703, while airline timetables and booking sites use the IATA code 703. It belongs to the heavy wake-turbulence category, so aircraft landing or taking off behind it must keep extra separation.

707-300 size and dimensions

The 707-300 is 46.61 m (152.9 ft) long, has a wingspan of 43.41 m and stands 12.85 m tall. That makes it the #31 longest of 67 airliners & big jets in our database — longer than 54% of them. Its fuselage is 3.76 m wide, the width of a single-aisle cabin with six seats per row. With 283.0 m² of wing, the wing loading at maximum weight is about 501 kg/m².

707-300 weight and fuel

The maximum take-off weight is 141,700 kg (312,395 lb). Among airliners & big jets it ranks #32 of 69 by weight. The tanks hold 90,160 litres (23,818 US gallons), about 72.1 tonnes of jet fuel.

707-300 speed and range

It cruises at about 972 km/h (525 knots), faster than 95% of airliners & big jets. Its range of 6,945 km (3,750 nm) is enough to fly non-stop from London to New York (5,570 km) — about 7.1 hours at cruise speed. On final approach it flies at around 128 knots (237 km/h), ICAO approach category C.

Aircraft similar to the 707-300

Comparable airliners & big jets include Tupolev Tu-144, Airbus A310, McDonnell Douglas DC-8-60 and Airbus A330-300.