Overhead

Boeing

Boeing 737NG

Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-800 climbing out of Boston against a clear blue sky, three-quarter view filling the frame and showing its flattened CFM56 engine pods and blended wingtip blades.
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From below

The view you'll actually get from high overhead.

American Airlines Boeing 737-800 seen directly from below departing Boston, showing the underside outline and engine pods.
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Field marks

  1. The engine pod is sliced flat on the bottom — the classic 737 tell, needed for ground clearance on its low-slung landing gear
  2. Angular cockpit windows with a sharp notch where the side window meets the windshield, unlike any Airbus
  3. A blended wingtip blade (spotters call this a "winglet") is the default; a split-blade tip (a "split scimitar" — blade plus small downward fin) marks a retrofit, and plain tips mark an early, unmodified aircraft

Specs

Length
39.47 m
Wingspan
35.80 m
Engines
CFM56-7B
Typical seats
126–220

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

  • One entry spans the -700 (33.6 m), -800 (39.5 m), and -900/-900ER (42.1 m) — the -800 is by far the most common
  • Upturned blended wingtip blades are standard on most in-service aircraft; many carriers (Southwest, Ryanair, United) have retrofitted split-blade tips (split scimitars)
  • The world’s single most numerous narrowbody family currently flying

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