Overhead

Embraer

Embraer E170/E175

American Eagle Embraer E175 climbing away against the sky, three-quarter view showing its underwing engines, low tail, and squared-off cockpit windows.
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From below

The view you'll actually get from high overhead.

United Express Embraer E175 seen directly from below on departure, showing the underwing engines and enhanced wingtip blades.
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Field marks

  1. Underwing engines and a low tail separate any E-Jet from a CRJ or ERJ, which mount their engines on the back of the body under a T-shaped tail — the classic regional-jet split
  2. Squared-off cockpit window corners with a sharp notch give the nose a boxier look than the smoothly rounded A220 it is sometimes confused with at range
  3. Short, stubby body relative to the wing — noticeably squatter than an E190/E195 from the same family
  4. Most E175s now wear enhanced, more sharply angled wingtip blades; a nearly vertical, plain-looking blade usually marks an older airframe or an E170

Specs

Length
31.68 m
Wingspan
28.65 m
Engines
General Electric CF34-8E5
Typical seats
76–88

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

  • The E175 (31.68 m) is the dominant variant in service — the single most common regional jet in North America under 76-seat scope-clause contracts
  • The shorter E170 (29.90 m) is comparatively rare today, retained by a handful of operators
  • Aircraft built from 2014 on carry larger, more angled "enhanced" wingtip blades (28.65 m span) that widen the wing versus the original near-vertical blade (26.0 m span) still seen on older E170s and early E175s

Commonly confused with