Airbus A300 vs Boeing 737 (Series) Comparison

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Direct side-by-side comparison of two aircraft.

Your selected aircraft are compared in side-by-side arrangement below. You can always go back and Compare any two aircraft in our database. Some entries contain '0', 'not available', or an 'NA' value. This is more common with conceptual, experimental, and x-plane designs. Rotary-wing system (i.e. helicopters) values include main rotor diameter as part of width/wingspan measurement. UAV entries may display crew values as '0', not taking into account ground-based controllers.

Subjects

Airbus A300-600F
Wide-Body Passenger Jet Airliner

Boeing 737-100
Short-to-Medium Range Passenger Airliner / Freighter Aircraft

Basics

ORIGIN
France

ORIGIN
United States

YEAR
1974 [Diff.+6 yrs]

YEAR
1968 [Diff.-6 yrs]

CREW
3

CREW
2

PRODUCTION
561 units [Diff.-14,164]

PRODUCTION
14,725 units [Diff.+14,164]

Dimensions

LENGTH
177.5 ft (54.1 m) [Diff.+83.7 ft]

LENGTH
93.8 ft (28.6 m) [Diff.-83.7 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN
147.1 ft (44.8 m) [Diff.+54.3 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN
92.8 ft (28.3 m) [Diff.-54.3 ft]

HEIGHT
54.3 ft (16.5 m) [Diff.+17.2 ft]

HEIGHT
37.1 ft (11.3 m) [Diff.-17.2 ft]

Relative Size Comparison

Shapes below depict aircraft from wingtip-to-wingtip / nose-to-tail assuming aircraft are being viewed from overhead perspective (the nose pointing towards the top of the screen). Helicopter widths include main rotor diameter. If any dimensional values are "NA" in the database then the presented shapes may appear skewed.

Airbus A300-600F

Boeing 737-100

Weights

EMPTY WT.
198,636 lb (90,100 kg) [Diff.+136,643 lb]

EMPTY WT.
61,994 lb (28,120 kg) [Diff.-136,643 lb]

M.T.O.W.
375,899 lb (170,505 kg) [Diff.+265,889 lb]

M.T.O.W.
110,011 lb (49,900 kg) [Diff.-265,889 lb]

Installed Power

2 x Pratt & Whitney PW4156 developing 56,000 lb of thrust each OR CF6-80C2 turbofans developing 61,500 lb of thrust each.

2 x Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5/-7/-9/-17 non-afterburning turbofan engines developing 14,000lb of thrust each.

Performance

SPEED
554 mph (891 kph) [Diff.+9 mph]

SPEED
544 mph (876 kph) [Diff.-9 mph]

RANGE
4,660 miles (7,500 km) [Diff.+2,060 miles]

RANGE
2,600 miles (4,184 km) [Diff.-2,060 miles]

CEILING
40,026 ft (12,200 m) [Diff.+4,921 feet]

CEILING
35,105 ft (10,700 m) [Diff.-4,921 feet]

Armament

None.

Going Further

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(Airbus A300)

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(Boeing 737 (Series))

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