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> three aircraft a day Is that the current production rate for 737s?
by dingo_bat 10y ago
> three aircraft a day
Is that the current production rate for 737s?
- animex 10y agoNot historically. While they have thousands on order, they seemed to have cranked out ~490 planes per year over the last 3 years, averaging 1.34 per day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737#Orders_and_deliveries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737#Orders_and_deliveri...
- dantiberian 10y agoOver 250 working days it's just under 2/day.
- phil21 10y agoDoes the 737 production line shut down on weekends? That would somewhat surprise me.
- turbohedgehog 10y agoNearly 2 a day at Renton: http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2014-10-02-Boeing-to-Increase-737-Production-Rate-to-52-per-Month-in-2018 http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2014-10-02-Boeing-to-Increase-73...
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- Mtinie 10y agoIt could be three airframes per day, but that doesn't necessarily mean three completed planes per day.
- afarrell 10y agoWhy not? In what warehouse are the airframes being stockpiled while increasing numbers of them wait to be turned into completed frames? Or are some significant fraction of airframes scrapped due to defects before the next stage?
- Mtinie 10y agoI doubt that they are scrapping airframes. My previous statement wasn't accurate, and I understand why it would be questioned. I'd been conflating the airframe construction, part storage, and transfer times with the time it takes to complete a plane. As an aside, here's an interesting article if you're interested in the process works (or worked at the time of publication): http://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-retools-renton-plant-for-737s-big-ramp-up/ http://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing...