Where is the biggest Boeing factory?

They started building the factory in 1967, in Everett, Washington, 35 km north of Seattle. The main building covers 39 hectares (98 acres), and encloses 13.3 million cubic meters (472 million cubic feet). This is the largest building in the world.



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Built on 98.7-acre plot that was formerly an air force base during WWII, the Boeing Everett campus is big enough to cover Disneyland, with about 12 acres of space leftover. More than 35,000 people work there round the clock, now producing new airliners like the 767, 777 and 787.

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Boeing's commercial aircraft have a numbering system that starts and ends with seven for ease of reference and to differentiate between various products in their portfolio.

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Which airline has the most Boeing planes of any fleet?
  • American Airlines: 265.
  • Southwest Airlines: 205.
  • United Airlines: 36.
  • Delta Air Lines: 77.


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The credit-rating agency estimated that Boeing's operating profit margin is $12 million to $15 million on each 737 Max 8 it delivers to customers.

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“If you could book a 737 500, and you find out it's a 737 MAX, technically they don't have to honor your request. … So you don't have a right to specify you are not going to go on a 737 MAX.”

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A worldwide grounding and production pause of the 737 Max followed two fatal crashes of the Max. After the planes were cleared to fly again and production resumed, the pandemic threw the industry into disarray as it hemorrhaged cash and lost thousands of skilled workers.

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The World's 5 Most Expensive Private Jets
  • Roman Abramovich's Boeing 767-33A ER – 170 million USD. ...
  • The Sultan of Brunei's Boeing 747-430 – 323 million USD. ...
  • Joseph Lau's Boeing 747-8 VIP – 367 million USD. ...
  • Alisher Usmanov's Airbus A340-300 – 400 million USD. ...
  • Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's Airbus A380 – 502 million USD.


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The Boeing 777, commonly referred to as the Triple Seven, is an American long-range wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The 777 is the world's largest twinjet and the most-built wide-body airliner.

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The number 17 is considered unlucky in some countries (including Italy and Brazil) due to its meaning in Roman numerals. Re-arranging the numerals XVII gives VIXI, which in Latin can be translated as 'My life is over. ' Lufthansa is a standout airline that misses out row 17 to respect these superstitions.

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