Boeing 737-200

Boeing · United States · first flew 1967 · airliner

The 737-200 was the first commercially successful Original variant, seating up to 130 and accounting for most of the 1,144 Original-series aircraft built.

Recognition (WEFT)

W — Wings	Low-mounted, swept
E — Engines	2 × turbofan, wing-mounted
F — Fuselage	Short fuselage at 30.5 m — longer than -100 but still clearly compact
T — Tail	Conventional

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Short fuselage at 30.5 m — longer than -100 but still clearly compact
Flat-bottomed JT8D nacelles slung tight under the low swept wing
No winglets; small squared-off fin; three large square cabin windows aft of door

Shorter than all Classic and NG 737s; the flat-bottomed JT8D nacelles are much wider relative to the wing than the CFM56 pods of later 737s, and there are no winglets.

Specifications

The Boeing 737-200 has a length of 30.5 m (100 ft).
It has a wingspan of 28.3 m (93 ft).
Its maximum speed is 876 km/h (544 mph).
Typical crew: 2 flight crew.

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History

United Airlines launched the -200 in August 1968. It dominated short-haul routes through the 1970s and 1980s and was used widely in gravel-strip operations in Alaska and northern Canada with optional gravel kit. Production ended in 1988.

Variants

The -200 Advanced offered better aerodynamics and fuel efficiency; the -200C was a convertible freighter; the -200QC a rapid-conversion version.

Where you'll see it

Still flown by a small number of operators in Africa and South America; Canadian north operators ran gravel-kit equipped examples for decades.

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