B763
BOEING 767-300ER
BOEING 767-300ER
Aircraft
Name
767-300ER
Manufacturer
Body
Wide
Wing
Fixed Wing
Position
Low wing
Tail
Regular tail, mid set
WTC
H
APC
D
Type Code
L2J
Aerodrome Reference Code
4D
RFF Category
8
Engine
Jet
Engine Count
Multi
Position
Underwing mounted
Landing gear
Tricycle retractable
Manufactured as
BOEING 767-300
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B763
Medium to long range wide-body airliner. In service since 1986 (ER since 1989). Stretched version of B767-200. Exists in an ER (extended range) version for Extended Range Twin Engine Operation.
The B763 is member of the B767 family of aircraft.
Technical Data
Wing span (metric)
47.60 m
Length (metric)
54.90 m
Height (metric)
15.90 m
Powerplant
2 x P&W PW4062 (281.6 kN) or
2 x GE CF6-80C2B7F (276.2 kN) or
2 x RR RB211-524H (264.7 kN)
Engine Model(s)
General Electric CF6
Pratt & Whitney PW4000
Rolls-Royce RB211
Indicative Performance Data
Take-Off
V2
160 kts
Distance
2900 m
MTOW
186880 kg
Initial Climb (to 5000 ft)
IAS
190 kts
ROC
3000 ft/min
Initial Climb (to FL150)
IAS
290 kts
ROC
2500
Initial Climb (to FL240)
IAS
290 kts
ROC
2000 ft/min
MACH Climb
MACH
0.72
ROC
1000 ft/min
Cruise
TAS
460 kts
MACH
0.80
Ceiling
430
Range
6105 NM
Initial Descent (to FL240)
MACH
0.72
ROD
1000 ft/min
Descent (to FL100)
IAS
290 kts
ROD
3000 ft/min
Descent (FL100 & below)
IAS
n/a
MCS
220 kts
ROD
n/a
Approach
Vapp (IAS)
140 kts
Distance
1800 m
Accidents & Serious Incidents involving
What Links Here (73)
- 18653
- 18702
- 18703
- 18714
- 18715
- 18718
- 18757
- 18773
- 18774
- 18775
- 18794
- 18812
- 18887
- 18888
- 18979
- 19011
- 19021
- 19096
- 19142
- 19156
- 19208
- 19211
- 19244
- 19271
- 19293
- 19534
- 19619
- 19638
- 19654
- 19745
- 19768
- 19811
- 19871
- 19965
- B763, vicinity Gatwick UK, 1999
- B763, vicinity London Heathrow UK, 1998
- B763, vicinity Chicago IL USA, 2007
- B763 / B744, Amsterdam Netherlands, 1998
- B763 / B763, Kansai Japan, 2007
- B763 / B772, New Chitose Japan, 2007
- B763, Frankfurt Germany, 2007
- B763, Luton UK, 2005
- B763, en-route, Northern France, 1998
- B744 / B763, Melbourne Australia, 2006
- B763, en-route, North West Thailand, 1991
- B763, Copenhagen Denmark, 1999
- B763, en-route, near Ovalle Chile, 2005
- B763, en-route North Bay Canada, 2009
- B763, Atlanta GA, USA 2009
- B763/B738, vicinity Melbourne Australia, 2010
- B763, en-route, mid North Atlantic, 2011
- B763, Montreal Quebec Canada, 2013
- A343 / B763, Barcelona Spain, 2014
- B763, Chicago O'Hare IL USA, 2016
- B763, Singapore, 2015
- B763, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2014
- BN2P / B763, vicinity Kagoshima Japan, 2015
- B763, Warsaw Poland, 2011
- B763 / A320, Delhi India, 2017
- B763, Halifax NS Canada, 2019
- B738/B763, Barcelona Spain, 2011
- B763, Melbourne Australia, 2006
- B763/DH8D, Fukuoka Japan, 2010
- RECAT - Wake Turbulence Re-categorisation
- Thrust Reversers: Flight Crew Guidance
- 32085
- B763, en-route, east southeast of Houston TX USA, 2019
- B763, Auckland New Zealand, 2019
- 32457
- 32860
- B763, Shannon Ireland, 2019
- 32890
- B763, Madrid Barajas Spain, 2020
