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The Boeing 727 is a mid-size, Narrow-body aircraft, trijet Commercial airliner jet airliner. It first took to the skies in 1963 and for over a decade was the most produced commercial jet airliner in the world. 1,831 727s were delivered. The 727's sales record for the most jets bought in history was broken in the early 1990s by its sister, the Boeing 737. In August 2006, a total of 127 Boeing 727-100 aircraft and 493 Boeing 727-200 aircraft remain in airline service.Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

The 727's fuselage has an outer diameter of 148 inches official boeing website, accessed 14 October 2007. This allows six-abreast seating (three per side) and a single central access walkway when coach-class (18 inch width) seats are installed.

History The 727 design arose as a compromise between United Airlines, American Airlines, and Eastern Air Lines requirements over the configuration of a jet airliner to service smaller cities which often had shorter runways and correspondingly smaller passenger demand. United Airlines wanted a four-engined aircraft for its flights to high-altitude airports, especially its hub at Stapleton International Airport at Denver, Colorado. American, which was operating the four-engined Boeing 707 and Boeing 707, wanted a twin-engined aircraft for efficiency reasons. Eastern wanted a third engine for its overwater flights to the Caribbean, since at that time twin-engined commercial flights were limited by regulations to routes with 60-minute maximum flying time to an airport (see ETOPS/LROPS). Eventually, the three airlines agreed on a trijet, and thus the 727 was born. The third Pratt & Whitney JT8D engine, which is located at the very rear of the fuselage (called engine 2), is supplied with air which travels from an inlet at the front of the vertical fin through an S-shaped duct to the engine's inlet." Boeing 727 series. Aircraft & Powerplant Corner." The 727 featured high-lift devices on its wing, thus being one of the first jets able to operate from relatively short runways. Later models of the 727 were stretched to accommodate more passengers and they ended up replacing earlier jet airliners, such as the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8, on domestic routes.

Since the 727 proved to be a reliable and versatile airliner that came to form the core of many start-up airlines' fleets, it is sometimes described as the "Douglas DC-3 of the Jet Age."



At the turn of the 21st century, the 727 was still in service with a few airline fleets. However, because in the meantime the US Federal Aviation Administration and the International Civil Aviation Organization had changed their requirements for overwater operations, most major airlines had already begun to switch to twinjets, aircraft with only two engines, which are more fuel-efficient and quieter than the notoriously loud three-engined 727. Also, the 727 was one of the last airliners in service to have a three-person flight crew, including a flight engineer, a crewmember whose job is performed by computerized systems on newer planes.

Faced with higher fuel costs, lower passenger volumes due to the post-September 11, 2001 attacks economic climate, increasing restrictions on airport noise, and the extra expenses of maintaining older planes and paying the flight engineers' salaries, most major airlines have phased 727s out of their fleets. Delta Air Lines, the last major U.S. carrier to do so, retired its last 727 in 2003. However, the 727 is still flying for smaller start-up airlines, cargo airlines, and charter airlines, and it is also sometimes used as a private means of transportation. The official replacement for the 727 in Boeing's lineup was the Boeing 757. However, the smallest 757 variant, the 757-200, is significantly larger than the 727-200, so many airlines replaced their 727s with either the Boeing 737 or EADS' Airbus A320, both of which are closer in size to the 727-200.

727-200 at Jorge Wilstermann International Airport.

The 727 proved very successful with airlines worldwide partly because of its capability to use smaller runways while still flying medium range routes. This effectively allowed airlines to attract passengers from cities with large populations but smaller airports to worldwide tourist destinations. One of the features that gave the 727 its ability to land on shorter runways was its unique wing design. Due to the absence of wing-mounted engines, leading-edge lift enhancement equipment (Krueger, or hinged, flaps on the inner portion of the leading edge, and extendable leading-edge slats on the remainder of the leading edge), and trailing-edge lift enhancement equipment (double-slotted, aft-moving flaps) could be utilized on the entire wing planform outside the fuselage. The combination of these high-lift devices produced a maximum wing lift coefficient of 3.6 (based on the flap-retracted wing area), which is outstanding considering that the theoretical maximum lift coefficient available from any wing section is Pi, or 3.14. Thus the 727 could fly with great stability at very low speeds compared to other early jets. The 727 also had nosegear brakes fitted in the beginning to further decrease braking distance upon landing. However, these were soon removed from service, as they provided little useful reduction in braking distances, while adding weight and increasing maintenance requirements.

The 727 was designed to be used at smaller, regional airports, so independence from ground facilities was an important requirement. This gave rise to one of the 727's most distinctive features: the built-in airstair that opens from the rear underbelly of the fuselage. "D. B. Cooper", the hijacker, parachuted from the back of a 727 as it was flying over the Pacific Northwest. He chose the 727 specifically because the airstair in its tail facilitated his jump. Jumping from a side door would likely have been fatal. Boeing subsequently modified the design with the "Cooper Vane" so that the airstair couldn't be lowered in flight. Another innovation was the inclusion of an Auxiliary power unit (auxiliary power unit), which allowed electrical and air-conditioning systems to run independent of a ground-based power supply, without having to start one of the main engines. Additionally, the 727 is equipped with a retractable tail skid which is designed to protect the aircraft in the event of an over-rotation on takeoff.



The 727 is a stage II aircraft, making it one of the world's loudest commercial jet liners (the US Noise Control Act of 1972, 42USC 4901-4918, mandated the gradual introduction of quieter stages of aircraft, with the first introduction to be called Stage 3 airplanes. Aircraft which did not meet the ground-perceived noise levels specified for Stage-3 would be called Stage 2). If a 727 is used in commercial service at present, it must be retrofitted with hush kits to reduce engine noise to Stage-3 level. The 727's Pratt & Whitney JT8D jet engines use older low-bypass turbofan technology while Stage 3 aircraft utilize the more efficient and quieter high-bypass turbofan design. When the Stage-3 requirement was being proposed, Boeing engineers analyzed the possibility of incorporating quieter engines on the 737. They determined that the JT8D-200 engine could be used on the two side-mounted pylons, but the structural rework required to fit the larger-diameter engine (49.2 inch fan diameter in the JT8D-200 vs. 39.9 inches in the JT8D-7) into the fuselage structure at Engine 2 location would be too great to be justifiable. Since the quieter engine could not be used in all three sites, the 727 couldn't be made into a Stage 3 aircraft.

Aftermarket Wingtip device have been installed on many 727s as a means of noise reduction as part of so called "Quiet Wing" Kits and for added fuel economy. Kelowna Flightcraft's maintenance division in Canada is noted for having installed winglets on Donald Trump's private 727-100. He owns two examples of the aircraft.

Despite the exterior noise, the 727 has a relatively quiet passenger cabin due to the placement of the engines at the rear of the aircraft. In the 1960s, Eastern Air Lines and other airlines began calling their 727s "Whisperjets", allegedly because a passenger seated forward in First Class, in theory, could only hear the rear-mounted turbofan jet engines as a whisper in the background. This feature also permitted passengers to whisper to each other. Before Boeing built 727s, hearing someone whispering aboard a jet plane was not possible. (See Eastern Air Lines 727 History) However, a passenger sitting aft in Economy class was much more aware of engine noise, as the relatively low speed of the forward-mounted turbofan was transmitted through the rigid airframe to the aft bulkhead of the fuselage as a strong and steady drone.



In addition to domestic flights of medium range, the 727 proved extremely popular with international passenger airlines. The range of flights it could cover (and the additional safety built in with its third engine) meant that the 727 would prove efficient for short to medium range international flights in areas around the world. Prior to its introduction, four-engined jets or propeller-driven airliners were required for transoceanic service.

The 727 also has proved popular with cargo airlines and charter airlines. FedEx Express took a major step in the cargo airline revolution in 1978 by introducing 727s. 727s were the backbone of its fleet until recently, but FedEx is now phasing out its 727s in favor of the Boeing 757. Many cargo airlines worldwide now employ the 727 as a workhorse, since as it is been phased out of US domestic service due to noise regulations, it becomes available to overseas users in areas where such noise regulations have not yet been instituted. Charter airlines Sun Country, Champion Air, and Ryan International Airlines all were started with 727 aircraft.

Other companies use the 727 as a way to transport passengers to their resorts or cruise ships. Such was the example of Carnival Cruise Lines, which used both the 727 and Boeing 737 to fly both regular flights and flights to transport their passengers to cities that harbored their ships. Carnival used the jets on its airline division, Carnival Air Lines.

Variants 727-269/Adv

There are two variants of the 727, which were launched on two separate occasions. The 727-100 was launched in 1960 and placed into service in February 1964. The 727-200 was launched in 1965 and placed into service in December 1967.

727-100 The first production model.

727-100C Is the Convertible version. The seats can be removed and cargo placed on the main deck.

727-100QC QC stands for Quick Change. This is similar to the Convertible version, however design changes allowed much faster transformation time.

727-100QF QF stands for Quiet Freighter. United Parcel Service cargo conversion, re-engined with Stage III-compliant Rolls-Royce Tay (turbofan) turbofans.

===727-200=== 727-200.

Stretched version of the 727-100. The -200 is 20 feet longer (153 feet, 2 inches) than the -100 (133 feet, 2 inches). Simply, a ten foot "plug" was added in front of the wings and another ten foot "plug" was added behind them. The wing span and height remain the same on both the -100 and -200 (108 feet and 34 feet, respectively). The gross weight was increased from 169,000 to 209,500 pounds.

The dorsal intake of the number 2 engine was also redesigned to be round in shape, as opposed to oval as it was on the 100 series - a quick visual way to tell the difference between a 100 and 200 series 727.

Advanced 727-200 MTOW and range increased. Also, Cabin improvements

Advanced 727-200F All freight version of the 727-200.

Super 27 Speed Increased by 50 mph, due to alteration of the two empennage side engines, replaced with the JT8D-217, which are found on many MD-80s, and addition of hush kits to the center engine. These aftermarket modifications were performed by companies independent of Boeing, such as Valsan and Dee Howard.

Operators Major airlines that have flown the jet include AeroSur, Aerolíneas Argentinas, Aerolíneas Internacionales, Air Canada, Air France, Air Malta, All Nippon Airways, Alitalia, American Airlines, Ansett, ASTAR, ATA Airlines, Avensa, Avianca, Aviacsa, Braniff International, China Airlines, Continental Airlines, Continental Micronesia, Copa, Canadian Pacific Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Dominicana de Aviacion, Eastern Air Lines, FedEx, First Air, Iberia Airlines, Iran Air, Japan Airlines, Jat Airways, Korean Air, Lloyd Aereo Boliviano, Lufthansa, Mexicana, LaNica Nicaraguan Airlines, Northeast Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Olympic Airways, Paramountjet, Pan Am, People Express, Philippine Airlines, Pride Air, Republic Airlines (1979-1986), Royal Air Maroc, Sabena, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, TAA, Transbrasil, United Airlines, US Airways, Varig, VASP, Viasa, Western Airlines and, among charter airlines, Carnival Air Lines, Tame and Hapag-Lloyd Airlines.

In August 2007, a total of 620 Boeing 727 aircraft (all variants) remain in airline service. Major operators include: FedEx (95), United Parcel Service (33), Amerijet International (10), Astar Air Cargo (29), Capital Cargo International Airlines (13), Cargojet Airways (12), Champion Air (16), Custom Air Transport (17), Kelowna Flightcraft (15), Kitty Hawk Aircargo (26), Transafrik (11), Hewa Bora Airways (9), Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (9) and Transmile Air Services (9), Varig Log (8) , Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas (8), Safair (7),Syrianair (6). Some 104 other airlines also operate smaller numbers of the type.

Zero-Gravity Corporation uses a modified Boeing 727 to give paying customers a brief experience of weightlessness, similar to NASA's Vomit Comet that is used to train astronauts. In addition, the 727 has seen sporadic government use, having flown for the Belgium, Yugoslavian, Mexico and New Zealand air forces, among the small group of government agencies that have used it. The United States military used the 727 as a military transport, designated as the Boeing C-22. The 727 that carried New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger was known as Spud One. The New Zealand Air Force 727s have since been replaced by 757s.

Specifications {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"|-!Measurement!727-100!727-200|-!Length|40.6 m or 133 foot (length) 2 inch || 46.7 m or 153 ft 2 in|-!Span|colspan="2" | 32.9 m or 108 ft|-!Height| colspan="2" | 10.3 m or 34 ft|-!Zero Fuel Weight| colspan="2" | 45,360 kg (100,000 pound (mass))|-!Maximum take-off weight| 76,818 kg (169,000 lb) || 95,227 kg (209,500 lb)|-!Cruising speed| colspan="2" | .81 mach number|-!Maximum speed| colspan="2" | .90 Mach|-!Range fully loaded  | 5000 km (2700 nautical mile) || 4450 km (2400 NM)|-!Max. fuel capacity  | 31,000 liters 8,186 gallon || 37,020 liters or 9,806 US gal|-!Engines (3x)| colspan="2" | Pratt & Whitney JT8D|-!Cockpit crew| colspan=2 | Three|-!Max Seating capacity| 149 || 189|}

For many years, the 727-200 had the most heavily loaded tires of any production aircraft, with a maximum rated load of 45,240 lb (20,520 kg) per main landing gear tire when the aircraft is fully loaded. Due to complaints about damage to airport pavement caused by the 727, subsequent heavy transport airplanes such as the Boeing 747 were designed with multiple sets of main gear tires to reduce the weight resting on each tire. The maximum tire load of the 727 was only recently exceeded by heavier variants of the Boeing 777.

727 Sales

Orders {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"|----- bgcolor=#007000! 1983 ! 1982 ! 1981 ! 1980 ! 1979 ! 1978 ! 1977 ! 1976 ! 1975 ! 1974 ! 1973 ! 1972 |-|1|11|38|68|98|125|133|113|50|88|92|119|-|----- bgcolor=#007000! 1971 ! 1970 ! 1969 ! 1968 ! 1967 ! 1966 ! 1965 ! 1964 ! 1963 ! 1962 ! 1961 ! 1960 |-|26|48|64|66|125|149|187|83|20|10|37|80|-|}

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The Boeing 727 is a mid-size, Narrow-body aircraft, trijet Commercial airliner jet airliner. It first took to the skies in 1963 and for over a decade was the most produced commercial jet airliner in the world. 1,831 727s were delivered. The 727's sales record for the most jets bought in history was broken in the early 1990s by its sister, the Boeing 737. In August 2006, a total of 127 Boeing 727-100 aircraft and 493 Boeing 727-200 aircraft remain in airline service.Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

The 727's fuselage has an outer diameter of 148 inches official boeing website, accessed 14 October 2007. This allows six-abreast seating (three per side) and a single central access walkway when coach-class (18 inch width) seats are installed.

History The 727 design arose as a compromise between United Airlines, American Airlines, and Eastern Air Lines requirements over the configuration of a jet airliner to service smaller cities which often had shorter runways and correspondingly smaller passenger demand. United Airlines wanted a four-engined aircraft for its flights to high-altitude airports, especially its hub at Stapleton International Airport at Denver, Colorado. American, which was operating the four-engined Boeing 707 and Boeing 707, wanted a twin-engined aircraft for efficiency reasons. Eastern wanted a third engine for its overwater flights to the Caribbean, since at that time twin-engined commercial flights were limited by regulations to routes with 60-minute maximum flying time to an airport (see ETOPS/LROPS). Eventually, the three airlines agreed on a trijet, and thus the 727 was born. The third Pratt & Whitney JT8D engine, which is located at the very rear of the fuselage (called engine 2), is supplied with air which travels from an inlet at the front of the vertical fin through an S-shaped duct to the engine's inlet." Boeing 727 series. Aircraft & Powerplant Corner." The 727 featured high-lift devices on its wing, thus being one of the first jets able to operate from relatively short runways. Later models of the 727 were stretched to accommodate more passengers and they ended up replacing earlier jet airliners, such as the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8, on domestic routes.

Since the 727 proved to be a reliable and versatile airliner that came to form the core of many start-up airlines' fleets, it is sometimes described as the "Douglas DC-3 of the Jet Age."



At the turn of the 21st century, the 727 was still in service with a few airline fleets. However, because in the meantime the US Federal Aviation Administration and the International Civil Aviation Organization had changed their requirements for overwater operations, most major airlines had already begun to switch to twinjets, aircraft with only two engines, which are more fuel-efficient and quieter than the notoriously loud three-engined 727. Also, the 727 was one of the last airliners in service to have a three-person flight crew, including a flight engineer, a crewmember whose job is performed by computerized systems on newer planes.

Faced with higher fuel costs, lower passenger volumes due to the post-September 11, 2001 attacks economic climate, increasing restrictions on airport noise, and the extra expenses of maintaining older planes and paying the flight engineers' salaries, most major airlines have phased 727s out of their fleets. Delta Air Lines, the last major U.S. carrier to do so, retired its last 727 in 2003. However, the 727 is still flying for smaller start-up airlines, cargo airlines, and charter airlines, and it is also sometimes used as a private means of transportation. The official replacement for the 727 in Boeing's lineup was the Boeing 757. However, the smallest 757 variant, the 757-200, is significantly larger than the 727-200, so many airlines replaced their 727s with either the Boeing 737 or EADS' Airbus A320, both of which are closer in size to the 727-200.

727-200 at Jorge Wilstermann International Airport.

The 727 proved very successful with airlines worldwide partly because of its capability to use smaller runways while still flying medium range routes. This effectively allowed airlines to attract passengers from cities with large populations but smaller airports to worldwide tourist destinations. One of the features that gave the 727 its ability to land on shorter runways was its unique wing design. Due to the absence of wing-mounted engines, leading-edge lift enhancement equipment (Krueger, or hinged, flaps on the inner portion of the leading edge, and extendable leading-edge slats on the remainder of the leading edge), and trailing-edge lift enhancement equipment (double-slotted, aft-moving flaps) could be utilized on the entire wing planform outside the fuselage. The combination of these high-lift devices produced a maximum wing lift coefficient of 3.6 (based on the flap-retracted wing area), which is outstanding considering that the theoretical maximum lift coefficient available from any wing section is Pi, or 3.14. Thus the 727 could fly with great stability at very low speeds compared to other early jets. The 727 also had nosegear brakes fitted in the beginning to further decrease braking distance upon landing. However, these were soon removed from service, as they provided little useful reduction in braking distances, while adding weight and increasing maintenance requirements.

The 727 was designed to be used at smaller, regional airports, so independence from ground facilities was an important requirement. This gave rise to one of the 727's most distinctive features: the built-in airstair that opens from the rear underbelly of the fuselage. "D. B. Cooper", the hijacker, parachuted from the back of a 727 as it was flying over the Pacific Northwest. He chose the 727 specifically because the airstair in its tail facilitated his jump. Jumping from a side door would likely have been fatal. Boeing subsequently modified the design with the "Cooper Vane" so that the airstair couldn't be lowered in flight. Another innovation was the inclusion of an Auxiliary power unit (auxiliary power unit), which allowed electrical and air-conditioning systems to run independent of a ground-based power supply, without having to start one of the main engines. Additionally, the 727 is equipped with a retractable tail skid which is designed to protect the aircraft in the event of an over-rotation on takeoff.



The 727 is a stage II aircraft, making it one of the world's loudest commercial jet liners (the US Noise Control Act of 1972, 42USC 4901-4918, mandated the gradual introduction of quieter stages of aircraft, with the first introduction to be called Stage 3 airplanes. Aircraft which did not meet the ground-perceived noise levels specified for Stage-3 would be called Stage 2). If a 727 is used in commercial service at present, it must be retrofitted with hush kits to reduce engine noise to Stage-3 level. The 727's Pratt & Whitney JT8D jet engines use older low-bypass turbofan technology while Stage 3 aircraft utilize the more efficient and quieter high-bypass turbofan design. When the Stage-3 requirement was being proposed, Boeing engineers analyzed the possibility of incorporating quieter engines on the 737. They determined that the JT8D-200 engine could be used on the two side-mounted pylons, but the structural rework required to fit the larger-diameter engine (49.2 inch fan diameter in the JT8D-200 vs. 39.9 inches in the JT8D-7) into the fuselage structure at Engine 2 location would be too great to be justifiable. Since the quieter engine could not be used in all three sites, the 727 couldn't be made into a Stage 3 aircraft.

Aftermarket Wingtip device have been installed on many 727s as a means of noise reduction as part of so called "Quiet Wing" Kits and for added fuel economy. Kelowna Flightcraft's maintenance division in Canada is noted for having installed winglets on Donald Trump's private 727-100. He owns two examples of the aircraft.

Despite the exterior noise, the 727 has a relatively quiet passenger cabin due to the placement of the engines at the rear of the aircraft. In the 1960s, Eastern Air Lines and other airlines began calling their 727s "Whisperjets", allegedly because a passenger seated forward in First Class, in theory, could only hear the rear-mounted turbofan jet engines as a whisper in the background. This feature also permitted passengers to whisper to each other. Before Boeing built 727s, hearing someone whispering aboard a jet plane was not possible. (See Eastern Air Lines 727 History) However, a passenger sitting aft in Economy class was much more aware of engine noise, as the relatively low speed of the forward-mounted turbofan was transmitted through the rigid airframe to the aft bulkhead of the fuselage as a strong and steady drone.



In addition to domestic flights of medium range, the 727 proved extremely popular with international passenger airlines. The range of flights it could cover (and the additional safety built in with its third engine) meant that the 727 would prove efficient for short to medium range international flights in areas around the world. Prior to its introduction, four-engined jets or propeller-driven airliners were required for transoceanic service.

The 727 also has proved popular with cargo airlines and charter airlines. FedEx Express took a major step in the cargo airline revolution in 1978 by introducing 727s. 727s were the backbone of its fleet until recently, but FedEx is now phasing out its 727s in favor of the Boeing 757. Many cargo airlines worldwide now employ the 727 as a workhorse, since as it is been phased out of US domestic service due to noise regulations, it becomes available to overseas users in areas where such noise regulations have not yet been instituted. Charter airlines Sun Country, Champion Air, and Ryan International Airlines all were started with 727 aircraft.

Other companies use the 727 as a way to transport passengers to their resorts or cruise ships. Such was the example of Carnival Cruise Lines, which used both the 727 and Boeing 737 to fly both regular flights and flights to transport their passengers to cities that harbored their ships. Carnival used the jets on its airline division, Carnival Air Lines.

Variants 727-269/Adv

There are two variants of the 727, which were launched on two separate occasions. The 727-100 was launched in 1960 and placed into service in February 1964. The 727-200 was launched in 1965 and placed into service in December 1967.

727-100 The first production model.

727-100C Is the Convertible version. The seats can be removed and cargo placed on the main deck.

727-100QC QC stands for Quick Change. This is similar to the Convertible version, however design changes allowed much faster transformation time.

727-100QF QF stands for Quiet Freighter. United Parcel Service cargo conversion, re-engined with Stage III-compliant Rolls-Royce Tay (turbofan) turbofans.

===727-200=== 727-200.

Stretched version of the 727-100. The -200 is 20 feet longer (153 feet, 2 inches) than the -100 (133 feet, 2 inches). Simply, a ten foot "plug" was added in front of the wings and another ten foot "plug" was added behind them. The wing span and height remain the same on both the -100 and -200 (108 feet and 34 feet, respectively). The gross weight was increased from 169,000 to 209,500 pounds.

The dorsal intake of the number 2 engine was also redesigned to be round in shape, as opposed to oval as it was on the 100 series - a quick visual way to tell the difference between a 100 and 200 series 727.

Advanced 727-200 MTOW and range increased. Also, Cabin improvements

Advanced 727-200F All freight version of the 727-200.

Super 27 Speed Increased by 50 mph, due to alteration of the two empennage side engines, replaced with the JT8D-217, which are found on many MD-80s, and addition of hush kits to the center engine. These aftermarket modifications were performed by companies independent of Boeing, such as Valsan and Dee Howard.

Operators Major airlines that have flown the jet include AeroSur, Aerolíneas Argentinas, Aerolíneas Internacionales, Air Canada, Air France, Air Malta, All Nippon Airways, Alitalia, American Airlines, Ansett, ASTAR, ATA Airlines, Avensa, Avianca, Aviacsa, Braniff International, China Airlines, Continental Airlines, Continental Micronesia, Copa, Canadian Pacific Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Dominicana de Aviacion, Eastern Air Lines, FedEx, First Air, Iberia Airlines, Iran Air, Japan Airlines, Jat Airways, Korean Air, Lloyd Aereo Boliviano, Lufthansa, Mexicana, LaNica Nicaraguan Airlines, Northeast Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Olympic Airways, Paramountjet, Pan Am, People Express, Philippine Airlines, Pride Air, Republic Airlines (1979-1986), Royal Air Maroc, Sabena, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, TAA, Transbrasil, United Airlines, US Airways, Varig, VASP, Viasa, Western Airlines and, among charter airlines, Carnival Air Lines, Tame and Hapag-Lloyd Airlines.

In August 2007, a total of 620 Boeing 727 aircraft (all variants) remain in airline service. Major operators include: FedEx (95), United Parcel Service (33), Amerijet International (10), Astar Air Cargo (29), Capital Cargo International Airlines (13), Cargojet Airways (12), Champion Air (16), Custom Air Transport (17), Kelowna Flightcraft (15), Kitty Hawk Aircargo (26), Transafrik (11), Hewa Bora Airways (9), Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (9) and Transmile Air Services (9), Varig Log (8) , Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas (8), Safair (7),Syrianair (6). Some 104 other airlines also operate smaller numbers of the type.

Zero-Gravity Corporation uses a modified Boeing 727 to give paying customers a brief experience of weightlessness, similar to NASA's Vomit Comet that is used to train astronauts. In addition, the 727 has seen sporadic government use, having flown for the Belgium, Yugoslavian, Mexico and New Zealand air forces, among the small group of government agencies that have used it. The United States military used the 727 as a military transport, designated as the Boeing C-22. The 727 that carried New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger was known as Spud One. The New Zealand Air Force 727s have since been replaced by 757s.

Specifications {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"|-!Measurement!727-100!727-200|-!Length|40.6 m or 133 foot (length) 2 inch || 46.7 m or 153 ft 2 in|-!Span|colspan="2" | 32.9 m or 108 ft|-!Height| colspan="2" | 10.3 m or 34 ft|-!Zero Fuel Weight| colspan="2" | 45,360 kg (100,000 pound (mass))|-!Maximum take-off weight| 76,818 kg (169,000 lb) || 95,227 kg (209,500 lb)|-!Cruising speed| colspan="2" | .81 mach number|-!Maximum speed| colspan="2" | .90 Mach|-!Range fully loaded  | 5000 km (2700 nautical mile) || 4450 km (2400 NM)|-!Max. fuel capacity  | 31,000 liters 8,186 gallon || 37,020 liters or 9,806 US gal|-!Engines (3x)| colspan="2" | Pratt & Whitney JT8D|-!Cockpit crew| colspan=2 | Three|-!Max Seating capacity| 149 || 189|}

For many years, the 727-200 had the most heavily loaded tires of any production aircraft, with a maximum rated load of 45,240 lb (20,520 kg) per main landing gear tire when the aircraft is fully loaded. Due to complaints about damage to airport pavement caused by the 727, subsequent heavy transport airplanes such as the Boeing 747 were designed with multiple sets of main gear tires to reduce the weight resting on each tire. The maximum tire load of the 727 was only recently exceeded by heavier variants of the Boeing 777.

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Orders {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"|----- bgcolor=#007000! 1983 ! 1982 ! 1981 ! 1980 ! 1979 ! 1978 ! 1977 ! 1976 ! 1975 ! 1974 ! 1973 ! 1972 |-|1|11|38|68|98|125|133|113|50|88|92|119|-|----- bgcolor=#007000! 1971 ! 1970 ! 1969 ! 1968 ! 1967 ! 1966 ! 1965 ! 1964 ! 1963 ! 1962 ! 1961 ! 1960 |-|26|48|64|66|125|149|187|83|20|10|37|80|-|}

Deliveries {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"|----- bgcolor=#006699! 1984 ! 1983 ! 1982 ! 1981 ! 1980 ! 1979 ! 1978 ! 1977 ! 1976 ! 1975 ! 1974 ! 1973 |-|8|11|26|94|131|136|118|67|61|91|91|92|-|----- bgcolor=#006699! 1972 ! 1971 ! 1970 ! 1969 ! 1968 ! 1967 ! 1966 ! 1965 ! 1964 ! 1963 ! 1962 ! 1961 |-|41|33|55|114|160|155|135|111|95|6|0|0|-|}

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