Overhead

Boeing

Boeing 717

Delta Air Lines Boeing 717-200 taxiing in golden-hour light, side profile showing its T-tail and short, stubby body.
© formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0

From below

The view you'll actually get from high overhead.

Delta Air Lines Boeing 717-200 climbing away from below, showing the T-tail and twin engines mounted high on the rear body.
© Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0

Field marks

  1. A T-shaped tail plus two engines mounted on the back of the body is a silhouette nothing else in the current fleet shares
  2. Short, stubby body with a clean wing underneath — the tail sits close behind the wings
  3. Almost exclusively in Delta or Hawaiian colors — a strong first clue by itself

Specs

Length
37.80 m
Wingspan
28.47 m
Engines
Rolls-Royce BR715
Typical seats
106–128

Size and shape, to scale

Photos can't hold a consistent scale from shot to shot — these silhouettes are all drawn at the same 10 px = 1 m scale, so the proportions here are trustworthy even though the photos above aren't.

Variant notes

  • Descended from the McDonnell Douglas MD-95, rebranded after the 1997 Boeing–McDonnell Douglas merger
  • Only two operators fly it in meaningful numbers today: Delta (~80 aircraft) and Hawaiian (~19 aircraft)
  • Production ended in 2006 after only 156 built — one of the rarest jets still in mainline service