Boeing 727 ke sefofane bo-bogolo e moqotetsane-'mele a mararo enjene go lifofane tse kgolo hahiloeng ke Boeing Commercial Airplanes tsoang ya 1960 mathoasong a lekgolo go 1984. [1] Go ka phetha bapalami ba nkang 149 ho tse 189' me dikai hamorao ka fofa go fihlela ho 2.700 nautical lik'hilomithara tse (5,000 km) sa khaotse. O ne a rerile bakeng sa baratos khutšoanyane le tse mahareng bolelele, e 727 ka sebelisa lifofane tse batlang e le khutšoanyane ea boema-fofaneng le menyenyane. E na Pratt & Whitney JT8D dienjini tse tharo tse ka tlase go T-mohatla, e mong ka lehlakoreng ka leng la fuselage morao le setsi enjene e amahanya go pholletsa e S-difapho go lesoba e botlaaseng. The 727 e Boeing feela hut-lifofane tse kgolo. The 727 latela 707, e leng quad-jete sefofane seo, leo ka arolelanang ka holimo fuselage a cross-karolo ya ea sona le cockpit boqapi ba bona. The 727-100 la pele sefofane ka February 1963 le kenela tšebeletso le Eastern Air Lines ka February 1964; ea otlolla 727-200 sefofane ka July 1967 le kenela tšebeletso le ka leboea-bochabela Airlines hore December.