Made in Renton

Renton, the home of Boeing narrowbody airliner production, is ramping up to builda staggering 52 737s a month

Boeing’s Renton facility has seen it all and is now gearing up for yet another extraordinary chapter for a factory that has produced more commercial jets than all the world’s other aircraft factories combined.

The numbers are mind boggling. The count at the end of November was 12,193 aircraft made up of 1,010 707/720s, 820 KC-135s, 1,831 727s, 8,034 737s and 1,049 757s…with another 4,218 737s on back order. (Interestingly, the first 271 737s were built at nearby plants – three at Plant 2 and 268 at the Thompson site. ) The initial 271 737s were built away from Renton because that plant was building 707s and 727s and was to be the site of the SST production.