B738
BOEING 737-800
BOEING 737-800
Aircraft
Name
737-800
Manufacturer
Body
Narrow
Wing
Fixed Wing
Position
Low wing
Tail
Regular tail, mid set
WTC
M
APC
C
Type Code
L2J
Aerodrome Reference Code
4C
RFF Category
7
Engine
Jet
Engine Count
Multi
Position
Underwing mounted
Landing gear
Tricycle retractable
Manufactured as
BOEING BBJ2
BOEING 737-800 BBJ2
BOEING 737-800
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B738
The B738 is member of the B737 family of aircraft. The 737-800 is a stretched version of the 737-700, and replaces the 737-400.
For more information, see Boeing's B737 family specifications.
Technical Data
Wing span (metric)
34.32 m
Length (metric)
39.50 m
Height (metric)
12.60 m
Powerplant
2 x CFM56-7B (117 kN) turbofans.
Engine Model(s)
CFM International CFM56
Indicative Performance Data
Take-Off
V2
145 kts
Distance
2300 m
MTOW
70530 kg
Initial Climb (to 5000 ft)
IAS
165 kts
ROC
3000 ft/min
Initial Climb (to FL150)
IAS
290 kts
ROC
2000
Initial Climb (to FL240)
IAS
290 kts
ROC
2000 ft/min
MACH Climb
MACH
0.78
ROC
1500 ft/min
Cruise
TAS
460 kts
MACH
0.79
Ceiling
410
Range
2000 NM
Initial Descent (to FL240)
MACH
0.78
ROD
800 ft/min
Descent (to FL100)
IAS
290 kts
ROD
3500 ft/min
Descent (FL100 & below)
IAS
n/a
MCS
210 kts
ROD
n/a
Approach
Vapp (IAS)
140 kts
Distance
1600 m
Accidents & Serious Incidents involving
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- C551 / B738, Oslo Gardermoen Norway, 2006
- B738, London Stansted UK, 2008
- B738 / CRJ1, New York La Guardia USA, 2007
- B738 / B744, Los Angeles USA, 2004
- B738 / E135, en-route, Mato Grosso Brazil, 2006
- B738, vicinity Douala Cameroon, 2007
- B734, en-route, New South Wales Australia, 2007
- B738, Naha Japan, 2007
- B738, Oslo Gardermoen Norway, 2005
- B738, vicinity Amsterdam Netherlands, 2009
- B738, Goteborg Sweden, 2003
- B738, vicinity Skavsta Sweden, 2004
- B738, Rotterdam Netherlands, 2003
- B738, Sydney Australia, 2007
- B738, en-route, Colorado Springs CO USA, 2006
- A320 / B738, vicinity Launceston Australia, 2008
- B738, vicinity Cork Ireland, 2006
- B738, en-route, southern Austria, 2010
- B738, Limoges France, 2008
- B738, Prestwick UK, 2009
- B738, Hobart Australia, 2010
- B738, Mangalore India, 2010
- B738/B738, Girona Spain, 2010
- A318 / B738, en-route, Trasadingen Switzerland, 2009
- B738, Eindhoven Netherlands, 2010
- B738, en-route, Arabian Sea, 2010
- B738, Stuttgart Germany, 2005
- B738, en-route, south west of Beirut Lebanon, 2010
- B738 / A319, Dublin Ireland, 2010
- B763/B738, vicinity Melbourne Australia, 2010
- B738, Newcastle UK, 2010
- B738, vicinity Faro Portugal, 2011
- B738, Alicante Spain, 2013
- B738/A319 en-route, south east of Zurich Switzerland, 2013
- B738, en-route, near Lugano Switzerland, 2012
- B738, en-route, south south west of Brisbane Australia, 2013
- B738, Djalaluddin Indonesia, 2013
- B738, Mangalore India, 2012
- A320/B738, vicinity Delhi India, 2013
- B738 / C172, en route, near Falsterbo Sweden, 2014
- A320 / B738, vicinity Dubai UAE, 2012
- B738, vicinity Eindhoven Netherlands, 2013
- B738 / B738, Dublin Ireland, 2014
- B738 / AT46, Jakarta Halim Indonesia, 2016
- B738, Pardubice Czech Republic, 2013
- A319 / B738 / B738, en-route, near Lausanne Switzerland, 2013
- B738, Auckland New Zealand, 2013
- B738, vicinity Christchurch New Zealand, 2011
- B738 / AS25, en-route, near Frankfurt Hahn Germany, 2013
- B738, vicinity Porto Portugal, 2015
- B738 / F100, Geneva Switzerland, 2014
- B738, Delhi India, 2014
- B738, Rostov-on-Don Russia, 2016
- B738, vicinity Trivandrum India, 2015
- A320 / B738, en-route, near Córdoba Spain, 2014
- H25B / B738, en-route, south eastern Senegal, 2015
- B738, Mildura VIC Australia, 2013
- B737, Mildura VIC Australia, 2013
- B738, Surat India, 2014
- B738, Barcelona Spain, 2015
- B738, Singapore, 2015
- B738, Katowice Poland, 2007
- A321 / B738, en-route, south eastern Bulgaria, 2016
- B738, Belfast International UK, 2017
- B738, en-route, west of Canberra Australia, 2017
- B773 / B738 / B738, Melbourne Australia, 2015
- B738, Sint Maarten Eastern Caribbean, 2017
- B738, Georgetown Guyana, 2011
- B738 / B738, Toronto Canada, 2018
- B738, Christchurch New Zealand, 2015
- B738, vicinity Chuuk Micronesia, 2018
- B738, Rome Ciampino Italy, 2008
- A320 / B738, vicinity Delhi India, 2016
- A320 / B738, vicinity Barcelona, Spain 2018
- B738, en-route, northeast of Lanzarote Canaries Spain, 2018
- B738 / A320, Edinburgh UK, 2018
- B738, Darwin Australia, 2016
- B738, Manila Philippines, 2018
- B738, Mumbai India, 2018
- B738, Alicante Spain, 2018
- B738, en-route, near Sydney Australia 2018
- B738, en-route, near Toyama Japan, 2018
- B738, Sochi Russia, 2018
- B738/B738, vicinity Queenstown New Zealand, 2010
- B738/B763, Barcelona Spain, 2011
- B738/B734, Johannesburg South Africa, 2010
- B738, en-route, east of Asahikawa Japan, 2010
- B738, Perth Western Australia, 2010
- B738, en-route, south east of Marseilles France, 2011
- B738/A321, Prague Czech Republic, 2010
- B738, vicinity London Stansted UK, 2011
- B738, Nuremburg Germany, 2010
- B738, vicinity Memmingen Germany, 2012
- B738, vicinity Denpasar Bali Indonesia, 2013
- A332/B738, vicinity Amsterdam Netherlands, 2012
- A320 / B738 Barcelona Spain, 2012
- A321 / B738, Dublin Ireland, 2011
- B738, Glasgow UK, 2012
- B738 / B738, Seville Spain, 2012
- B738, vicinity Kittilä, Finland 2012
- B738/B738, vicinity Oslo Norway, 2012
- B738, Lyon France, 2009
- Vehicle / B738, Brisbane Australia, 2006
- B738, Kingston Jamaica, 2009
- B738, Perth Australia, 2008
- Vehicles / B737, Toronto Canada, 2008
- B738, Paris CDG France, 2008
- A318/B738, Nantes France, 2010
- Conflict Solving
- Hot Air Balloon Awareness
- Strategic Lateral Offset
- RECAT - Wake Turbulence Re-categorisation
- Pressurisation Problems: Guidance for Controllers
- Thrust Reversers: Flight Crew Guidance
- Unstabilised Approach: Late Runway or Approach Type Change
- NTSB Safety Recommendations Report Arising from the Boeing 737 MAX-8 Fatal Accidents in 2018 and 2019
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- B738 / DV20, vicinity Reus Spain, 2019
- B738, vicinity Bristol UK, 2019
- A320 / B738, en-route, north northwest of Sofia Bulgaria, 2016
- E190 / B738, Amsterdam Netherlands, 2018
- B738, London Gatwick UK, 2020
- B738, en-route, west of Bar Montenegro, 2019
- B737 / B738, vicinity Amsterdam Netherlands, 2018
- B738 / B738, Perth Australia, 2018
- B738, en-route, east southeast of Adelaide Australia, 2017
- B738, vicinity Bergerac France, 2015
- B738, en-route, Aegean Sea, 2019
- B738, Goa India, 2016
- B738, East Midlands UK, 2020
- B738 / E110, Brasilia Brazil, 2018
- B738 / B738 / B752, Birmingham UK, 2020
- B738, vicinity Lanzarote Spain, 2019
- B738, vicinity Paris Orly France, 2018
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- B738, Calicut (Kozhikode) India, 2020
- B738, Pristina Kosovo, 2016
- B738 / Vehicle, Palma Spain, 2020
- B738 / B738, en-route, south of Écija Spain, 2019
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