Boeing 737-200 specs, size & range

The Boeing 737-200 is a landplane with 2 jet engines built by Boeing. Air-traffic control and flight-tracking sites identify it by the ICAO type code B732, while airline timetables and booking sites use the IATA code 732. It belongs to the medium wake-turbulence category.

737-200 size and dimensions

The 737-200 is 30.48 m (100.0 ft) long, has a wingspan of 28.35 m and stands 11.28 m tall. That makes it the #60 longest of 67 airliners & big jets in our database — longer than 10% 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.

737-200 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 22,596 litres (5,969 US gallons), about 18.1 tonnes of jet fuel.

737-200 speed and range

It cruises at about 796 km/h (430 knots), faster than 11% of airliners & big jets. Its range of 4,815 km (2,600 nm) is enough to fly non-stop from London to Moscow (3,460 km) — about 6 hours at cruise speed. On final approach it flies at around 129 knots (239 km/h), ICAO approach category C. Its ceiling is 37,000 ft (11,278 m).

737-200 models and engines

Our database lists 2 certified models of the 737-200: 737-200 and 737-200C. The first was certified in December 1967, the latest in October 1968. Engines come from Pratt & Whitney.

Aircraft similar to the 737-200

Comparable airliners & big jets include Yakovlev Yak-42, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, Tupolev Tu-16 and Douglas A-4 Skyhawk.