{{Short description|Airplane assembly facility in Everett, Washington}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox factory | name = Boeing Everett Production Facility | image = Boeing Everett Plant.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Aerial view of the main assembly building in 2008 showing mural across hangar doors | built = 1967 | location = Everett, Washington, United States | coordinates = {{Coord|47|55|32|N|122|16|19|W|scale:30000_region:US-WA|display=title,inline|name=Boeing Everett Factory}} | industry = Aerospace | products = Airplane assembly | employees = 30,000<ref name="boeingweb">{{cite web |title=Everett Production Facility |url=https://www.boeing.com/company/about-bca/everett-production-facility |publisher=Boeing |access-date=August 2, 2016}}</ref> | architect = Boeing | style = Industrial | area = Total: {{convert|1,000|acre|ha}}<br />Main building: {{convert|98.3|acre|m2|sp=us}}<ref name="boeingweb"/> | volume = Main building: {{convert|472,370,319|cuft|m3|sp=us}}, see List of largest buildings | address = 3003 West Casino Road<br />Everett, Washington | owner = Boeing Commercial Airplanes }}

The '''Boeing Everett Factory''', officially the '''Everett Production Facility''', is an airplane assembly facility operated by Boeing in Everett, Washington, United States. It sits on the north side of Paine Field and includes the largest building in the world by volume at over {{convert|472|e6cuft|m3}}, which covers {{convert|98.3|acre|ha}}.<ref name="boeingweb"/>

The entire complex covers approximately {{convert|1,000|acre|ha}} and spans both sides of State Route 526 (named the Boeing Freeway). The factory was built in 1967 for the Boeing 747 and has since been expanded several times to accommodate new airliners, including the 767, 777, and 787 programs. More than 5,000 widebody aircraft have been built at the Everett factory since it opened.<ref>{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Geoffrey |date=August 22, 2018 |title=Boeing's Everett factory complex is the biggest building in the world |url=https://thewest.com.au/business/aviation/boeings-everett-factory-complex-is-the-biggest-building-in-the-world-ng-b88936995z |work=The West Australian |access-date=March 13, 2024}}</ref>

==Facilities==

The Boeing Everett complex sits on {{convert|1,000|acre|ha}} in southwestern Everett, about {{convert|22|mi|km}} north of Seattle.<ref name="Herald-Pollution">{{cite news |last=Riley |first=Rachel |date=April 12, 2021 |title=State order targets Boeing Everett plant's polluted history |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/state-order-targets-boeing-everett-plants-polluted-history/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref><ref name="BBC-2018">{{cite news |last=Dowling |first=Stephen |date=December 11, 2018 |title=What it's like to work in the biggest building in the world |url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181211-what-its-like-to-work-in-the-biggest-building-in-the-world |publisher=BBC Online |accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref> It includes up to 200 separate buildings and facilities, mostly on the north and east sides of Paine Field's main runway, and straddles both sides of State Route 526 (named the Boeing Freeway).<ref name="Times-COVID">{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Dominic |author-link=Dominic Gates |date=March 18, 2020 |title=Boeing workers increasingly angry, worried as coronavirus infections rise inside the factories |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/worry-over-coronavirus-grows-among-boeing-factory-workforce/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref><ref name="CT-ShuttleMap">{{cite map |date=April 2019 |title=Everett Site Shuttle System |url=https://www.communitytransit.org/docs/default-source/maps-and-schedules/destinations/boeing_shuttle.pdf |publisher=Boeing |via=Community Transit |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> The complex includes a fire station, a medical clinic, a gymnasium, on-site security, and seven restaurants and cafes.<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Jay |date=June 12, 2011 |title=Boeing's jumbo jets are built here |url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/la-xpm-2011-jun-12-la-tr-boeing-20110612-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref><ref name="CNN-2018">{{cite news |last=Wattles |first=Jackie |date=August 9, 2018 |title=An exclusive tour of Boeing's gigantic jet factory |url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/09/news/companies/boeing-everett-factory-787-dreamliner-747/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809195800/https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/09/news/companies/boeing-everett-factory-787-dreamliner-747/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 9, 2018 |publisher=CNN |accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref> {{As of|2022}}, Boeing has 30,000 workers at its Everett site who are scheduled in three shifts, primarily during daytime hours.<ref name="Herald-Final747">{{cite news |last=Podsada |first=Janice |date=December 7, 2022 |title=Final 747 rollout signals end of an era for Boeing, Everett |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/for-boeing-workers-final-747-rollout-signals-end-of-an-era-in-everett/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Herald-Shifts">{{cite news |last=Catchpole |first=Dan |date=March 27, 2017 |title=Some at Boeing worry new work shifts will worsen traffic |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/some-at-boeing-worry-new-work-shifts-will-cause-traffic-woes/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref> The company is the largest employer in Everett and Snohomish County.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 31, 2023 |title=Annual Comprehensive Financial Report For The Year Ended December 31, 2022 |page=171 |url=https://www.snohomishcountywa.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/7079 |publisher=Snohomish County Finance Department |accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Q13-2018">{{cite news |last=Flores |first=Brian |date=August 16, 2018 |title=Life inside the Everett's Boeing production facility: It's like a city |url=https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/life-inside-the-everetts-boeing-production-facility-its-like-a-city |publisher=Q13 Fox News |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref>

The main assembly building, immediately north of the Boeing Freeway, covers {{convert|98.3|acre|m2|sp=us}} and is organized into six production lines that are separated by walls, offices, and other spaces.<ref name="Times-Wings">{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Dominic |date=May 19, 2016 |title=Boeing shows off new 777X wing center |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-shows-off-new-777x-wing-center/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Times-MAX">{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Dominic |date=January 30, 2023 |title=Boeing to set up a new 737 MAX assembly line in Everett |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-to-set-up-a-fourth-737-max-assembly-line-in-everett/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> It is the world's largest building by volume at {{convert|472,370,319|cuft|m3|sp=us}} of interior space according to ''Guinness World Records'';<ref name="BBC-2018"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Largest factory (by volume) |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/100889-largest-factory-by-volume |work=Guinness World Records |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> the building is large enough to fit all of Disneyland or 75 American football fields.<ref name="LATimes"/> The production lines move at a rate of {{convert|1.5|in|cm}} per minute<ref name="CNN-2018"/> and are guided by 26 overhead cranes that move along {{convert|31|mi|km}} of track.<ref>{{cite press release |date=August 26, 2003 |title=Wonder How Boeing Airplanes are Built? |url=https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2003-08-26-Wonder-How-Boeing-Airplanes-are-Built |publisher=Boeing |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref><ref name="CNET-2011">{{cite news |last=German |first=Kent |date=June 18, 2011 |title=Inside the world's largest airplane factory |url=https://www.cnet.com/pictures/inside-the-worlds-largest-airplane-factory/ |publisher=CNET |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> These cranes are suspended along the roof trusses, which are {{convert|300 to 350|ft|m}} long and are supported by columns that are {{convert|90|ft|m}} tall.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vail |first1=Charlie |last2=Hubbell |first2=Jeff |last3=O'Connor |first3=Brian |last4=King |first4=John |last5=Pall |first5=Avtar |date=August 2004 |title=Seismic Upgrade of the Boeing Commercial Airplane Factory at Everett, WA, USA |page=4 |url=https://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/wcee/article/13_3207.pdf |publisher=International Association for Earthquake Engineering |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> A network of pedestrian and utilities tunnels span {{convert|2.33|mi|km}} under the factory floor;<ref name="Herald-Tours2014">{{cite news |last=Watkins |first=Amy |date=June 2, 2014 |title=Boeing tour a worldwide attraction |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/uncategorized/boeing-tour-a-worldwide-attraction/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref> employees also use a shared fleet of 1,300 bicycles and tricycles to move around the factory floor.<ref name="BBC-2018"/><ref name="Q13-2018"/>

thumb|right|Interior of the main assembly building between two production lines

The main building is {{convert|114|ft|m}} tall<ref name="Q13-2018"/> and has six hangar doors that are each {{convert|82|ft|m}} tall and {{convert|300 to 350|ft|m}} wide. The doors have a six-part mural that was recognized as the world's largest digital image in 2006 by ''Guinness World Records''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Catchpole |first=Dan |date=September 11, 2014 |title=New giant artwork coming together at Boeing's Everett plant |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/new-giant-artwork-coming-together-at-boeings-everett-plant/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Times-Tour">{{cite news |last=McDougall |first=Connie |date=September 6, 2007 |title=An audience with Boeing's prophet of profit: The 787 Dreamliner |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/an-audience-with-boeings-prophet-of-profit-the-787-dreamliner/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> The building has a central ventilation system but lacks air conditioning; it is instead cooled by opening the doors for outdoor air.<ref name="SMH-2008">{{cite news |last=Gartrell |first=Adam |date=February 7, 2008 |title=Inside Boeing's mega-factory |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/inside-boeings-mega-factory-20080207-gdrzx4.html |work=Sydney Morning Herald |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> The building is heated through residual warming from employees and equipment, including the 1 million overhead lights in the factory.<ref name="BBC-2018"/><ref name="Wired">{{cite magazine |last=Paur |first=Jason |date=February 10, 2010 |title=Take a Peek Inside the 747-8 Test Plane |url=https://www.wired.com/2010/02/peek-inside-boeing-747-8/ |magazine=Wired |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> An urban legend states that clouds used to form inside the main building due to its size prior to the installation of upgraded ventilation systems.<ref name="BBC-2018"/><ref name="Wired"/> Adjacent buildings include a composite wing manufacturing plant with {{convert|1.2|e6sqft|m2}} of floor space;<ref name="Times-Wings"/> paint and seal buildings; and an auxiliary fuselage assembly plant for the Boeing 777X.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Dominic |date=April 9, 2014 |title=Boeing will use robotic technology to speed 777X fuselage work |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-will-use-robotic-technology-to-speed-777x-fuselage-work/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Dominic |date=November 26, 2016 |title=At Boeing's 777X wing factory, robots get big jobs |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/at-boeings-777x-wing-factory-robots-get-big-jobs/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref>

The north side of the factory complex is connected to the flight line at Paine Field via a taxiway that crosses over the Boeing Freeway west of Airport Road;<ref>{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Dominic |date=April 30, 2009 |title=First 787 is ready for its close-up |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009153498_webboeing30.html |work=The Seattle Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503172015/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009153498_webboeing30.html |archive-date=May 3, 2009 |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> airplanes are towed from the factory to flight line facilities at night to avoid disrupting traffic.<ref name="Herald-Nest">{{cite news |last=Corliss |first=Bryan |date=June 29, 2003 |title=Leaving the nest |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-leaving-the-nest/143328527/ E1], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-leaving-the-nest-part/143328593/ E4] |work=The Everett Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-leaving-the-nest/143328527/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> The south side includes a set of three paint hangars,<ref name="Herald-Nest"/> a delivery center with conference rooms,<ref>{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Dominic |date=April 3, 2013 |title=Boeing opens new jet-delivery center |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-opens-new-jet-delivery-center/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> and parking spaces for airplanes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bjorkman |first=Eileen |date=September 20, 2014 |title=Paine Field and beyond: Control tower has county's 'best view' |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/paine-field-and-beyond-control-tower-has-countys-best-view/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> The flight line area connects to the main runway at Paine Field, which is {{convert|9,010|ft|m}} long and is the only one at the airport that can accommodate jetliners.<ref>{{cite news |last=Podsada |first=Janice |date=October 10, 2018 |title=Main runway at Paine Field gets a paving do-over |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/main-runway-at-paine-field-gets-a-paving-do-over/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> The runway has also been used for commercial service since the opening of a new passenger terminal at the airport in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last=Blethen |first=Ryan |date=March 4, 2019 |title=How the first day of commercial flights from Paine Field went |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/travel/first-commercial-flight-to-take-off-from-everetts-paine-field-today/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> Additional spaces for parked airplanes are on the west side of the runway and southwest of the main building;<ref>{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Dominic |date=October 13, 2010 |title=Boeing 787s stack up at Paine Field awaiting FAA approval |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013154266_boeing14.html |work=The Seattle Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222084324/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013154266_boeing14.html |archive-date=December 22, 2010 |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> Paine Field's short crosswind runway has also occasionally been used to park airplanes since 2010;<ref>{{cite news |last=Catchpole |first=Dan |date=April 12, 2015 |title=Supply chain problems keep Boeing parked on Paine Field runway |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/supply-chain-problems-keep-boeing-parked-on-paine-field-runway/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Farley |first=Glenn |date=April 10, 2019 |title=Planes stack up across Puget Sound as Boeing 737 MAX grounding lingers |url=https://www.king5.com/article/news/planes-piling-up-as-737-max-grounding-continues/281-443ca005-4aa4-45c1-a52b-6504b2e2e5e7 |publisher=KING 5 News |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref> the runway and an adjacent taxiway have been leased by Boeing from the county government to store airplanes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Negroni |first=Christine |date=February 19, 2013 |title=New Dreamliner Headache: Parking Space |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/realestate/commercial/to-boeings-list-of-dreamliner-headaches-add-parking.html |work=The New York Times |url-access=limited |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Catchpole |first=Dan |date=September 29, 2016 |title=Boeing leases more pavement for plane parking at Paine Field |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/boeing-expands-footprint-at-paine-field/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref>

In 2007, an empty building on the campus was used by Japanese railcar manufacturer Kinki Sharyo to assemble a fleet of Link light rail trains for Sound Transit.<ref>{{cite news |last=Velush |first=Lukas |date=May 22, 2007 |title=Rail cars finished in Everett |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/05/22/100loc_b1rail001.cfm |work=The Everett Herald |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524112643/http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/05/22/100loc_b1rail001.cfm |archive-date=May 24, 2007 |accessdate=March 8, 2025}}</ref>

==History==

Boeing opened its first facilities in Everett on October 13, 1943, at a former auto garage to produce sections for the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. The company had several small shops in the city, but their presence in the area was reduced by 1963.<ref name="Herald-History">{{cite news |last=Dominguez |first=Alejandro |date=March 25, 2012 |title=Boeing's history in Everett |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120325/BLOG48/703259916 |work=The Everett Herald |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203154627/http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120325/BLOG48/703259916 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |accessdate=February 10, 2024}}</ref> The first 25 orders for the Boeing 747, to be the world's largest jetliner, were sold to Pan American World Airways for $525 million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|0.525|1966|r=1}}&nbsp;billion in {{Inflation/year|US}}) in March 1966. The program would require a larger factory than their Renton facility, which was instead planned to be used for the conceptual 2707 supersonic airliner.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schulze |first=William |date=October 1, 1966 |title=Boeing Unveils Mockup of SST |page=32 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> Among the sites considered by Boeing for a new factory were Monroe, Washington; McChord Air Force Base near Tacoma, Washington;<ref>{{cite book |last=Sutter |first=Joe |author-link=Joe Sutter |year=2006 |title=747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation |page=114 |publisher=Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins |location=New York City |isbn=9780060882419 |oclc=62342246}}</ref> Moses Lake, Washington; Cleveland, Ohio; and Walnut Creek, California.<ref name="Herald-History"/><ref name="Herald-747Launch">{{cite news |last=Catchpole |first=Dan |date=January 22, 2016 |title=How Boeing's incredible 747 launched the Everett factory |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/how-boeings-incredible-747-launched-the-everett-factory/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref>

On June 17, 1966, the company announced that it had selected a site adjacent to Paine Field as the future home of its Boeing 747 assembly plant.<ref>{{cite news |last=Twiss |first=Robert L. |date=June 17, 1966 |title=Paine Field Site Chosen; Assembly Plant for Boeing 747 Jet |page=1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> Boeing purchased {{convert|780|acre}} north of the airport, which had primarily been used by the U.S. military and small businesses;<ref name="Herald-History"/><ref name="HistoryLink">{{cite web |last=Riddle |first=Margaret |date=August 22, 2007 |title=Paine Field (Snohomish County) |url=https://www.historylink.org/file/8266 |work=HistoryLink |accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref> a 75-year lease for use of Paine Field was also signed with the county government, which owned the airport.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lane |first=Bob |date=June 17, 1966 |title=Snohomish County Signs Contract For Boeing Use of Field |page=4 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The company had already spent several months acquiring properties around the airport in preparation of the announcement and cleared parts of the site by late May.<ref name="Herald-747Launch"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Lane |first=Bob |date=May 20, 1966 |title=Huge, Level Field in Making For Boeing—or Something |page=4 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>

The {{convert|158|e6cuft|m3|adj=mid}} factory, planned to become the world's largest building by volume, was built in sections beginning in late June.<ref>{{cite news |last=Morris |first=Maribeth |date=June 18, 1966 |title=Monday Start For Boeing Plant |page=1 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref><ref name="PI-Biggest">{{cite news |last=Hannula |first=Don |date=August 1, 1966 |title=Boeing 747 Plant to Be Biggest of All in Volume |page=1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The first section housed a mockup of the Boeing 747 that had been under assembly at the Renton factory.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schulze |first=William |date=July 8, 1966 |title=Another Step For Boeing 747 |page=1 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}</ref> A railroad spur connecting the site to the mainline tracks at Mukilteo was constructed through Japanese Gulch.<ref>{{cite news |last=Moody |first=Dick |date=July 15, 1966 |title=Fir Is Flying on Boeing Railroad Spur |page=64|work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The first 113 workers at the Everett factory began work on January 3, 1967, and prepared for the assembly of the relocated Renton mockup.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 3, 1967 |title=First Boeing Team On Job in Everett |page=A1 |work=The Everett Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-first-boeing-team-on-jo/140700387/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 10, 2024}}</ref> The factory was officially opened on May 1, 1967, four months after the first workers had arrived to start construction of the 747.<ref name="Herald-History"/> Construction of the factory involved {{convert|4.5|e6cuyd|m3}} of soil to be excavated.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wolcott |first=John |date=June 29, 1976 |title=Boeing 747 changed face of county |page=SC4 |work=The Everett Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-boeing-747-changed-face/143328724/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref>

The main factory building was originally {{convert|43|acre|ha}} and later expanded by 45&nbsp;percent in 1979 as part of the Boeing 767 program and another 50&nbsp;percent in 1990 for the Boeing 777.<ref name="Times-Rolling">{{cite news |last=Orsini-Meinhard |first=Kirsten |date=July 4, 2007 |title=And the planes just keep rolling... |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/and-the-planes-just-keep-rolling/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref><ref name="AP-Tour2000">{{cite news |last=McNally |first=Shana |date=July 2, 2000 |title=World's largest building earns its wings |page=L7 |work=The Orlando Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel-worlds-largest-bui/143254391/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref> The company acquired {{convert|68|acre|ha}} of Paine Field property from the county government in 1989 to expand its flight line.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lane |first=Polly |date=May 5, 1989 |title=Boeing plans expansion, renovations |page=C7 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>

To accommodate the Dreamlifter, a converted 747-400 which delivered 787 sections to the plant, a base was constructed on the western edge of Paine Field's runway. Opening in October 2013, the {{convert|17|acre|m2|adj=on}} base, called the Dreamlifter Operations Center, was funded by Snohomish County with $35 million in bonds; it is owned by the county via the airport, with Boeing originally leasing the site and servicing the bonds.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilhelm |first1=Steve |title=Boeing Everett Dreamlifter center to open in October |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2013/07/30/boeing-everett-dreamlifter-center-to.html |access-date=April 21, 2021 |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |date=July 30, 2013}}</ref> Following Boeing's decision to shutter the 787 production line in Everett and consolidate 787 production in South Carolina, the lease on the Dreamlifter Operations Center was transferred to FedEx for use as a cargo base.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gates |first1=Dominic |title=FedEx takes over Boeing facility, will begin cargo operations out of Everett |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/fedex-takes-over-boeing-facility-will-begin-cargo-operations-out-of-everett/ |access-date=December 24, 2023 |work=The Seattle Times |date=August 6, 2021}}</ref>

Several workers at the Everett facility tested positive for COVID-19 in early March 2020, prior to a full shutdown of operations.<ref name="Times-COVIDMar11">{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Dominic |date=March 11, 2020 |title=You can't build a jet while working from home: How Boeing, other manufacturers are grappling with coronavirus |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-other-manufacturers-strive-to-stop-spread-of-coronavirus-while-staying-at-work/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref> The factory was shut down for three weeks until workers were able to return with mandatory face masks, social distancing, and staggered start times to reduce potential exposure.<ref>{{cite news |last=Podsada |first=Janice |date=April 21, 2020 |title=Wary Boeing workers return to the assembly lines in Everett |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/wary-boeing-workers-return-to-the-assembly-lines-in-everett/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref>

{{as of|2025}}, the Everett facility has 30 Boeing 777X airframes in storage on unused runways—some for as long as six years. The factory had also moved workers away from the 777X program to complete fuselage repairs on the Boeing 787 that were completed in February 2025. Additional work to repair 737 MAX fuselages is expected to continue in what is described as Everett's "shadow factory".<ref>{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Dominic |date=February 28, 2025 |title=Boeing finishes 787 repairs, closing Everett 'shadow factory' |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-finishes-787-repairs-closing-everett-shadow-factory/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=August 16, 2025}}</ref>

==Current production aircraft== ===Boeing 767=== {{Main article|Boeing 767}} The '''Boeing 767''' (out of production) is a mid-size, wide-body, twin-engine, jet airliner. First introduced in 1979 to complement the larger 747, the aircraft was capable of carrying 218 passengers in a typical three-class configuration over a range of {{convert|5990|nmi|mi km|lk=in|abbr=out}} and a cruising speed of Mach 0.80 (530&nbsp;mph, 851&nbsp;km/h, 470&nbsp;kn).

Production of passenger variants ended in 2017 after its successor, the 787 Dreamliner, entered service in 2011. Freighter and military variants remain in limited production.

These are the 767 variants currently in production as of 2023:

* 767-300F (Freighter) * KC-46 Pegasus<ref name=3rdKC46>{{cite web|title=Boeing Begins Assembling 3rd KC-46A Tanker Aircraft|url=http://boeing.mediaroom.com/Boeing-Begins-Assembling-3rd-KC-46A-Tanker-Aircraft|publisher=Boeing|access-date=August 14, 2014}}</ref>

===Boeing 777=== {{Main article|Boeing 777|Boeing 777X}}

[[Image:Boeing 777 Freighter test flight.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Boeing 777 Freighter before a test flight]]

The '''Boeing 777''' is a large-size, wide-body, twin-engine, jet airliner. Production of this plane began in 1993. {{As of|2023|11}}, the factory is being retooled to produce the 777X, the next-generation of the aircraft. The 777-9 provides seating for 426 passengers and a range of over 7,285 nmi (13,492 km; 8,383 mi).

These are the 777 variants currently in production as of 2024:

* 777-9 * 777F (Freighter)

===Boeing 737 MAX=== {{Main article|Boeing 737 MAX}}

The '''Boeing 737 MAX''' is a mid-size, narrow-body, twin-engine, jet airliner. Production of the aircraft was expected to begin in the second half of 2024, but was delayed by several years.<ref name="Herald-MAX10">{{cite news |last=Diamond |first=Randy |date=January 27, 2026 |title=Boeing begins hiring for new 737 variant production line at Everett factory |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/boeing-begins-hiring-for-new-737-variant-production-line-at-everett-factory/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=January 27, 2026}}</ref> It will be the fourth production line for the Boeing 737 MAX and is intended allow for added production capacity beyond that of the Boeing Renton Factory to meet demand. The line will replace the discontinued Boeing 787 line at the factory.<ref name="AirCurrentOpen737Line">{{cite news |last1=Ostrower |first1=Jon |title=Boeing to open 737 Max line at Everett plant |url=https://theaircurrent.com/aircraft-production/boeing-to-open-737-max-line-at-everett-plant/ |access-date=30 January 2023 |work=The Air Current |date=30 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="Seattle4th737">{{cite news |last1=Gates |first1=Dominic |title=Boeing to set up a fourth 737 MAX assembly line in Everett |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-to-set-up-a-fourth-737-max-assembly-line-in-everett/ |access-date=30 January 2023 |work=The Seattle Times |date=30 January 2023}}</ref>

In January 2024, the FAA announced it would not grant any production expansion of the 737 MAX until it was satisfied that more stringent quality assurance measures had been enacted, stemming from the in-flight loss of a plug door panel of a MAX 9 jet. No timeline has been given on when it may do so.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gates |first1=Dominic |last2=Rosenblatt |first2=Lauren |title=FAA blocks Boeing production push but clears way for MAX 9s to fly again |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/faa-restricts-boeing-max-rate-ramp-up-and-lays-out-extensive-inspection-regimen/ |access-date=28 January 2024 |work=The Seattle Times |date=24 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Josephs |first1=Leslie |title=FAA halts Boeing 737 Max production expansion, but clears path to return Max 9 to service |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/24/boeing-737-max-faa-halts-production-expansion-oks-inspection-instructions.html |access-date=28 January 2024 |work=CNBC |date=24 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=FAA Orders Halt To Boeing 737 MAX Production Growth Plan {{!}} Aviation Week Network |url=https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/safety-ops-regulation/faa-orders-halt-boeing-737-max-production-growth-plan |access-date=28 January 2024 |work=aviationweek.com}}</ref> Boeing began hiring for the MAX 10 production line in Everett in January 2026 and plans to activate the North Line by the middle of the year.<ref name="Herald-MAX10"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Millikan |first=Jenna |date=April 7, 2026 |title=Boeing readies Everett for 737 MAX production line this summer |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/2026/04/07/boeing-readies-everett-for-737-max-production-line-this-summer/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=May 1, 2026}}</ref>

==Former production aircraft==

===Boeing 747=== {{Main article|Boeing 747}}

thumb|right|The flight line area, including paint hangars, next to the main assembly building in 2011.

The '''Boeing 747''' is a large-size, wide-body, four-engine, jet airliner. The 747-8I, the last passenger variant in production, is capable of carrying 467 passengers in a typical three-class configuration, has a range of {{convert|8000|nmi|mi km|abbr=on}} and a cruising speed Mach 0.855 (570&nbsp;mph, 918&nbsp;km/h, 495&nbsp;kn). The Boeing 747 was one of the first wide-body aircraft to be produced and was the first jet to use a wide-body configuration for carrying passengers. Because of the vast size of the 747, the Boeing Everett Factory was designed and built to accommodate the assembly of these large planes as there was not enough room at the Boeing facilities in Seattle. Production of this aircraft began in 1967 and continued until 2022, with the last 747-8F (N863GT) rolling out in December for customer Atlas Air.<ref>{{cite news |title=Boeing receives last 747 order, ending production of the storied airliner |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/boeing-receives-last-747-order-ending-production-of-the-storied-airliner/ |access-date=April 21, 2021 |work=CNET |publisher=Red Ventures |date=January 12, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The very last 747 jumbo jet just rolled off Boeing's assembly line |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/06/business/last-boeing-747/index.html |access-date=December 7, 2022 |work=CNN |publisher=Warner Brothers Discovery |date=December 6, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="NYTLast7472023">{{cite news |last1=Chokshi |first1=Niraj |last2=Menghistab |first2=Meron Tekie |last3=Tamayo |first3=Jovelle |last4=Wasson |first4=Lindsey |title=The Last Boeing 747 Leaves the Factory |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/business/last-boeing-747-plane.html |access-date=31 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=31 January 2023}}</ref>

===Boeing 787=== {{Main article|Boeing 787 Dreamliner}}

[[File:Jetstar's first 787 on the production line (9132370198).jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|Jetstar's first 787 being built.]]

The '''Boeing 787 Dreamliner''' is a mid-size, wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner. The current passenger variants in production, are capable of carrying 242–290 passengers in a typical two-class configuration, have a range of {{convert|7355|-|7635|nmi|mi km|abbr=on}} and a cruising speed of Mach 0.85 (562&nbsp;mph, 902&nbsp;km/h, 487&nbsp;kn). Production of this plane began in 2006.

In February 2011, Boeing announced that some 787 work was being moved to a plant in North Charleston, South Carolina in order to relieve overcrowding of 787s at Everett caused by large volumes of 787 orders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/02/25/353638/boeing-looks-to-ease-overcrowding-at-paine-field.html|access-date=February 27, 2011|title=Boeing looks to ease overcrowding at Paine Field}}</ref> In July 2014, Boeing announced that the 787-10 variant, the longest variant of the 787, would be produced exclusively in South Carolina as the fuselage pieces for that variant are too large for the Dreamlifter to fit for transport to Everett.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boeing.com/company/about-bca/south-carolina-production-facility.page|title=Boeing: Boeing in South Carolina|website=www.boeing.com|access-date=February 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-to-assemble-787-10-in-south-carolina-402207/|title=Boeing to assemble 787-10 in South Carolina|last=Yeo|first=Ghim-Lay|date=July 30, 2014|website=Flightglobal.com|language=en-GB|access-date=February 23, 2019}}</ref>

Undertaking drastic cost-cutting measures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting impact on aviation, Boeing announced in July 2020 that it would consider consolidating all of its 787 assembly in a single location; the company chose to move all production to South Carolina on October 1, causing backlash from the Washington state government.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Tangel|first1=Andrew|last2=Cameron|first2=Doug|date=September 30, 2020|title=Boeing to Move All 787 Dreamliner Production to South Carolina|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/boeing-to-move-all-787-dreamliner-production-to-south-carolina-11601425533|access-date=September 30, 2020|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Dominic |author-link=Dominic Gates |date=October 1, 2020 |title=Boeing makes it official: Washington state will lose 787 production next year |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-makes-it-official-washington-state-will-lose-787-production/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=October 1, 2020}}</ref> The move was completed in February 2021; it was cemented with Boeing's agreement to transfer its lease of the Dreamlifter Operations Center to package courier FedEx in April 2021. FedEx, which takes over the lease on November 1, plans to use it for its cargo airline operations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gates |first1=Dominic |title=FedEx close to a deal to operate out of Paine Field as Boeing abandons its 787 Dreamlifter center |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/fedex-close-to-a-deal-to-operate-out-of-paine-field-as-boeing-abandons-its-787-dreamlifter-center/ |access-date=April 21, 2021 |work=The Seattle Times |date=April 19, 2021}}</ref>

The two 787 variants formerly produced in Everett were the 787-8 and the 787-9.

==Tours==

Following several months of unofficial visits, Boeing began offering factory tours with the first rollout of the 747 in 1968.<ref name="BoeingPR-1998">{{cite press release |date=August 4, 1998 |title=Two Millionth Visitor Tours Everett Factory With Boeing CEO |url=https://boeing.mediaroom.com/1998-08-04-Two-Millionth-Visitor-Tours-Everett-Factory-With-Boeing-CEO |publisher=Boeing |accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boeing.com/commercial/tours/gw.html |title=Boeing: Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour -- Fact Sheet |access-date=June 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519030427/http://www.boeing.com/commercial/tours/gw.html |archive-date=May 19, 2012 }}</ref> The first year of tours had over 39,000 visitors, which later grew to 55,000 annually by the 1980s; a dedicated tour building was constructed in 1984 and later replaced by the Future of Flight Aviation Center in 2005.<ref name="BoeingPR-1998"/><ref name="Herald-Tours2014"/> The new center has a theater, exhibits, a Boeing Store gift shop, and café.{{cn|date=March 2024}} As of 2020 over 150,000 people come each year to visit the factory. The Boeing factory tour was suspended from 2020 to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="Boeing-Tours2023">{{cite news |last=Podsada |first=Janice |date=October 1, 2023 |title=Boeing's iconic Everett factory tour to resume |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/travel/boeings-iconic-everett-factory-tour-to-resume/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|www.boeing.com/company/about-bca/everett-production-facility.page}}

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