Aircraft Comparison: Boeing B-52 vs. Boeing 747

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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.

Basics

ORIGIN

United States

ORIGIN

United States

YEAR

1955 [Diff.-15 yrs]

YEAR

1970 [Diff.+15 yrs]

CREW

5

CREW

3

PRODUCTION

744 units [Diff.-740]

PRODUCTION

1,484 units [Diff.+740]

Dimensions

LENGTH

160.9 ft (49.0 m)[Diff.-70.7 ft]

LENGTH

231.6 ft (70.6 m)[Diff.+70.7 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN

185.1 ft (56.4 m)[Diff.-10.4 ft]

WIDTH/SPAN

195.5 ft (59.6 m)[Diff.+10.4 ft]

HEIGHT

40.7 ft (12.4 m)[Diff.-22.6 ft]

HEIGHT

63.3 ft (19.3 m)[Diff.+22.6 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.

Boeing B-52H Stratofortress

Boeing 747-200B (Jumbo Jet)

Weights

EMPTY WT.

172,743 lb (78,355 kg)[Diff.-210,861 lb]

EMPTY WT.

383,604 lb (174,000 kg)[Diff.+210,861 lb]

M.T.O.W.

487,993 lb (221,350 kg)[Diff.-345,006 lb]

M.T.O.W.

832,999 lb (377,842 kg)[Diff.+345,006 lb]

Installed Power

8 x Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-3 turbofan engines developing 17,000 lb of standard thrust each.

4 x Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4G2 OR General Electric CF6-50E2 OR Rolls-ROyce RB211-524D4 engines delivering 54,750lbf, 52,500lbf and 53,000lbf of thrust respectively.

Performance

SPEED

595 mph (958 kph)[Diff.+8 mph]

SPEED

587 mph (945 kph)[Diff.-8 mph]

RANGE

10,088 miles (16,235 km)[Diff.+1,746 miles]

RANGE

8,342 miles (13,425 km)[Diff.-1,746 miles]

CEILING

54,954 ft (16,750 m)[Diff.+9,954 feet]

CEILING

45,000 ft (13,716 m)[Diff.-9,954 feet]

Armament

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

Mission-specific armament can include any of the following:

• 20 x AGM-86B ALCM cruise missiles (internal).
• 20 x AGM-129 cruise missiles (internal).
• 2 x AGM-86B ALCMs cruise missile (external).
• 2 x AGM-129 cruise missiles (external).
• Free-Fall Nuclear Bombs.
• 12 x AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles.
• 12 x AGM-142A air-to-surface missiles.
• AGM-86C CALCM cruise missiles.
• "Joint Direct-Attack Munitions" (JDAMs).
• Up to 51,570lb (340kg) of ordnance carried.

Boeing 747 (Jumbo Jet)

None.

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