page_title: Boeing 747SP
section_title: Specifications
hierarchical_section_title: Boeing 747SP / Specifications
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Planche de géométrie descriptive pour les Boeing 747 -SP, -100, -400, -8, -LCF. Côté, dessus, face, coupe. Recherche originale. Dessiné à partir des informations des dimensions et de photos hautes définitions. English: Schematics of Boeing 747 -SP, -200, -400, -8, -LCF. Side, top, front, section. Original research. Design from scratch with dimensions and high-res pictures.
context_page_description: The Boeing 747SP is a shortened version of the Boeing 747 widebody airliner, designed for a longer range.
  Boeing needed a smaller aircraft to compete with the DC-10 and L-1011 trijet widebodies, introduced in 1971/1972.
  Pan American World Airways requested a 747-100 derivative to fly between New York and the Middle East, a request also supported by Iran Air, and the first order came from Pan Am in 1973.
  The variant first flew on July 4, 1975, was approved by the FAA on February 4, 1976, and entered service that year with Pan Am.
  The SP is 47 ft shorter and main deck doors are reduced to four on each side.
  The vertical and horizontal tailplane have been extended and wing flaps have been simplified.
  With a 700,000 lb MTOW, it can fly 276 passengers in three classes over 5,830 nmi.
  One 747SP was modified into the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy.
  The last airliner was delivered in 1987; some were converted to transports of heads of state.
  Sales did not meet the expected 200 units, and only 45 aircraft were ultimately produced.
context_section_description: JT9D, 233 passengers
caption: 747-100 top view, cross-section, front view, 747 side views: 747SP, -100, -400, -8I, and LCF
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