Aircraft / Boeing 747-300
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A member of the legendary Boeing 747 family, the Boeing 747-300 is a large, wide-body, long range four-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, a division of The Boeing Company. Boeing Commercial Airplanes is headquartered in Renton, Washington USA, while the parent company’s head office is located in Arlington, Virginia USA.
Background
The Boeing 747-300 was developed as an update of its predecessor, the Boeing 747-200. While the overall length of the 747-300 was only about 1 ft / 0.3 m longer than the -200, the -300’s upper deck received a 23 ft 4 in / 7.11 m stretch.
Production began in 1983. During its brief, two-year production lifespan the 747-300 was produced in three distinct variants:
Boeing 747-300, the base model - 56 built;
Boeing 747-300SR, a shorter range, higher seating capacity domestic version of the -300 - 4 built; and
Boeing 747-300M, a Combi version of the -300 featuring cargo capacity in the aft section of the main deck, while passengers could be seated in the front half of the main deck and/or in the upper deck - 21 built.
While Boeing did not produce a dedicated freighter variant of the 747-300, beginning in 2000 they operated a passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion program that modified passenger and combi -300s into cargo aircraft, which were redesignated as the Boeing 747-300SF.
The Boeing 747-300 did not sell as well as its predecessors. While its upper deck was much longer, the -300 seated only 16 more passengers than the 747-200, while it had less fuel capacity, a slower cruise speed, and slightly reduced flight range.
Post-Production And Legacy
Production ended in 1985 after only 81 units were built. It was replaced by the more advanced Boeing 747-400 - whose many improvements helped it become the company’s best-selling 747 variant, with 694 aircraft delivered during its 20 year production timeframe.
As of early 2026, only 1 Boeing 747-300 was still in active service worldwide: A Boeing 747-300SF operating for a cargo airline in Belarus.
Reference: Wikipedia.
Stats
Stats displayed are for the Boeing 747-300 quadjet aircraft.
Name: Boeing 747-300
Origin: Everett, Washington USA
Role: Four Engine Wide-body Jet Airliner
First Introduction: 23 March 1983
Status: Out of Production; In Limited Cargo Service
Cockpit Crew: Three (pilot, copilot, flight engineer)
Seating: 400 standard; up to 496
Engines:
4 x Pratt & Whitney JT9D or
4 x Rolls-Royce RB211 or
4 x General Electric CF6
Cruise Speed: 507 knots (939 km/h; 583 mph)
Range: 6330 nmi (11,720 km; 7280 mi)