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Narrow-body jet airliner
Boeing 727 is a narrow-body jet airliner originating in United States. It was built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Reported operators include Serve Air Cargo USA Jet Airlines Air Class Líneas Aéreas IFL Group.
Technical data
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Narrow-body jet airliner
United States
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
In limited cargo, military and executive service
Serve Air Cargo USA Jet Airlines Air Class Líneas Aéreas IFL Group
1,832
1962–1984
February 1, 1964, with Eastern Air Lines
February 9, 1963 ( 1963-02-09 )
January 22, 2019 (passenger service only)
3
106 passengers in two classes, 125 in one class
133 ft 2 in (40.59 m)
108 ft 0 in (32.92 m)
11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) (cabin)
34 ft 3 in (10.44 m)
1,650 sq ft (153 m 2 )
87,696 lb (39,778 kg)
169,000 lb (76,657 kg)
7,680 US gal (29,100 L; 6,390 imp gal)
3 × Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 turbofan engine, 14,000 lbf (62 kN) thrust each
632 mph (1,017 km/h, 549 kn)
600 mph (960 km/h, 518 kn)
2,590 mi (4,170 km, 2,250 nmi)
8,300 ft (2,500 m)
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Boeing 727 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Air Force exact named B-727 component holdings; active, operational-reserve and training equipment excluding equipment in store, except explicit status exclusions stated below. November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national total or combat-readiness measure. Source armament/capacity counts are excluded. Exact own model and declared variant identifier only. Manufacturer prefixes, literal B-/ERJ-/Tu- model punctuation and PAX/VIP employment do not transfer figures from another design. No civil-airline, procurement, production, pooled force or parent/sibling specifications are imported. The own article limits its January2019 retirement to passenger service and explicitly retains military/executive service. Source military holdings are not misdated by that civil retirement or any production-end date.
Air Force exact named B-727 component holdings; active, operational-reserve and training equipment excluding equipment in store, except explicit status exclusions stated below. November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national total or combat-readiness measure. Source armament/capacity counts are excluded. Exact own model and declared variant identifier only. Manufacturer prefixes, literal B-/ERJ-/Tu- model punctuation and PAX/VIP employment do not transfer figures from another design. No civil-airline, procurement, production, pooled force or parent/sibling specifications are imported. The own article limits its January2019 retirement to passenger service and explicitly retains military/executive service. Source military holdings are not misdated by that civil retirement or any production-end date.
Air Force exact named B-727 (VIP) component holdings; active, operational-reserve and training equipment excluding equipment in store, except explicit status exclusions stated below. November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national total or combat-readiness measure. Source armament/capacity counts are excluded. Exact own model and declared variant identifier only. Manufacturer prefixes, literal B-/ERJ-/Tu- model punctuation and PAX/VIP employment do not transfer figures from another design. No civil-airline, procurement, production, pooled force or parent/sibling specifications are imported. The own article limits its January2019 retirement to passenger service and explicitly retains military/executive service. Source military holdings are not misdated by that civil retirement or any production-end date.
Air Force exact named B-727 component holdings; active, operational-reserve and training equipment excluding equipment in store, except explicit status exclusions stated below. November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national total or combat-readiness measure. Source armament/capacity counts are excluded. Exact own model and declared variant identifier only. Manufacturer prefixes, literal B-/ERJ-/Tu- model punctuation and PAX/VIP employment do not transfer figures from another design. No civil-airline, procurement, production, pooled force or parent/sibling specifications are imported. The own article limits its January2019 retirement to passenger service and explicitly retains military/executive service. Source military holdings are not misdated by that civil retirement or any production-end date.
Air Force exact named B-727 component holdings; active, operational-reserve and training equipment excluding equipment in store, except explicit status exclusions stated below. November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national total or combat-readiness measure. Source armament/capacity counts are excluded. Exact own model and declared variant identifier only. Manufacturer prefixes, literal B-/ERJ-/Tu- model punctuation and PAX/VIP employment do not transfer figures from another design. No civil-airline, procurement, production, pooled force or parent/sibling specifications are imported. The own article limits its January2019 retirement to passenger service and explicitly retains military/executive service. Source military holdings are not misdated by that civil retirement or any production-end date.
Reported count for Boeing 727 · Boeing 727–25. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Air Force exact named B-727 component holdings; active, operational-reserve and training equipment excluding equipment in store, except explicit status exclusions stated below. November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national total or combat-readiness measure. Source armament/capacity counts are excluded. Exact own model and declared variant identifier only. Manufacturer prefixes, literal B-/ERJ-/Tu- model punctuation and PAX/VIP employment do not transfer figures from another design. No civil-airline, procurement, production, pooled force or parent/sibling specifications are imported. The own article limits its January2019 retirement to passenger service and explicitly retains military/executive service. Source military holdings are not misdated by that civil retirement or any production-end date.
Air Force exact named B-727-200 component holdings; active, operational-reserve and training equipment excluding equipment in store, except explicit status exclusions stated below. November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national total or combat-readiness measure. Source armament/capacity counts are excluded. Exact own model and declared variant identifier only. Manufacturer prefixes, literal B-/ERJ-/Tu- model punctuation and PAX/VIP employment do not transfer figures from another design. No civil-airline, procurement, production, pooled force or parent/sibling specifications are imported. The own article limits its January2019 retirement to passenger service and explicitly retains military/executive service. Source military holdings are not misdated by that civil retirement or any production-end date.
Reported count for Boeing 727. Service scope: South Sudan Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Gambian National Army exact named B-727 component holdings; active, operational-reserve and training equipment excluding equipment in store, except explicit status exclusions stated below. November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national total or combat-readiness measure. Source armament/capacity counts are excluded. Exact own model and declared variant identifier only. Manufacturer prefixes, literal B-/ERJ-/Tu- model punctuation and PAX/VIP employment do not transfer figures from another design. No civil-airline, procurement, production, pooled force or parent/sibling specifications are imported. The own article limits its January2019 retirement to passenger service and explicitly retains military/executive service. Source military holdings are not misdated by that civil retirement or any production-end date.
Serve Air Cargo USA Jet Airlines Air Class Líneas Aéreas IFL Group
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