Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales of products	$ 19,885	$ 19,485
Sales of services	2,747	2,664
Total revenues	22,632	22,149
Cost of products	(16,945)	(16,380)
Cost of services	(2,136)	(2,100)
Boeing Capital interest expense	(16)	(16)
Total costs and expenses	(19,097)	(18,496)
Gross profit	3,535	3,653
Income from operating investments, net	54	79
General and administrative expense	(888)	(945)
Research and development expense, net	(917)	(769)
Gain on dispositions, net	4	1
Earnings from operations	1,788	2,019
Other income/(loss), net	26	(12)
Interest and debt expense	(73)	(61)
Earnings before income taxes	1,741	1,946
Income tax expense	(522)	(610)
Net earnings	$ 1,219	$ 1,336
Basic earnings per share	$ 1.85	$ 1.89
Diluted earnings per share	1.83	1.87
Cash dividends paid per share	$ 1.09	$ 0.91
Weighted average diluted shares (millions)	665.8	714.2