Boeing 737-100 specs, size & range

The Boeing 737-100 is a landplane with 2 jet engines built by Boeing. Air-traffic control and flight-tracking sites identify it by the ICAO type code B731, while airline timetables and booking sites use the IATA code 731. It belongs to the medium wake-turbulence category.

737-100 size and dimensions

The 737-100 is 28.65 m (94.0 ft) long, has a wingspan of 28.35 m and stands 11.28 m tall. That makes it the #61 longest of 67 airliners & big jets in our database — longer than 9% of them. Its fuselage is 3.76 m wide, the width of a single-aisle cabin with six seats per row. With 91.0 m² of wing, the wing loading at maximum weight is about 638 kg/m².

737-100 weight and fuel

The maximum take-off weight is 58,105 kg (128,099 lb) and it may land at up to 48,534 kg — 84% of take-off weight, so after a short flight it has to burn off fuel before landing at full weight. Among airliners & big jets it ranks #57 of 69 by weight. Without fuel it may weigh at most 44,905 kg, leaving up to 13,200 kg for fuel at maximum take-off weight. The tanks hold 17,865 litres (4,719 US gallons), about 14.3 tonnes of jet fuel.

737-100 speed and range

It cruises at about 796 km/h (430 knots), faster than 11% of airliners & big jets. Its range of 2,852 km (1,540 nm) is enough to fly non-stop from Warsaw to Barcelona (1,870 km) — about 3.6 hours at cruise speed. On final approach it flies at around 140 knots (259 km/h), ICAO approach category C. Its ceiling is 37,000 ft (11,278 m).

737-100 models and engines

Our database lists 1 certified model of the 737-100: 737-100. The first was certified in December 1967. Engines come from Pratt & Whitney.

Aircraft similar to the 737-100

Comparable airliners & big jets include Yakovlev Yak-28, Lockheed Martin X-55 ACCA, Embraer E170 and Tupolev Tu-154.