Boeing
Boeing 747-400
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From below
The view you'll actually get from high overhead.
Field marks
- If you see a 747 today, odds are it is a freighter — check for cargo doors and a windowless main deck
- Front hump with a second row of windows above the main deck, shorter than the 747-8's extended hump
- Upturned wingtip blade distinguishes it from any earlier 747 classic still occasionally flying
- Four engines under the wings rule out every widebody except the 747-8 and A380
Specs
- Length
- 70.67 m
- Wingspan
- 64.44 m
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney PW4000 / General Electric CF6-80C2 / Rolls-Royce RB211-524
- Typical seats
- 366–524
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
- Most surviving airframes are 747-400F/BCF freighters — passenger -400s are increasingly rare outside a handful of legacy carriers
- The -400 was the first 747 with upturned winglets standard — earlier classics (100/200/300) had plain tips and are essentially gone from service
- Three engine families were offered; engine-pod shape and size look similar enough across all three that engine choice is not a useful spotting cue
