Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales of products	$ 21,494	$ 23,000	$ 63,563	$ 64,408
Sales of services	2,404	2,849	7,722	8,133
Total revenues	23,898	25,849	71,285	72,541
Cost of products	(17,907)	(19,393)	(55,117)	(55,020)
Cost of services	(1,983)	(2,191)	(6,163)	(6,377)
Boeing Capital interest expense	(14)	(16)	(46)	(49)
Total costs and expenses	(19,904)	(21,600)	(61,326)	(61,446)
Gross profit	3,994	4,249	9,959	11,095
Income from operating investments, net	69	78	220	207
General and administrative expense	(923)	(889)	(2,617)	(2,594)
Research and development expense, net	(857)	(857)	(3,901)	(2,426)
Loss on dispositions, net	(1)	(1)	(10)
Earnings from operations	2,282	2,580	3,651	6,282
Other income/(loss), net	2	(26)	41	(23)
Interest and debt expense	(81)	(67)	(227)	(203)
Earnings before income taxes	2,203	2,487	3,465	6,056
Income tax (expense)/benefit	76	(783)	(201)	(1,906)
Net earnings	$ 2,279	$ 1,704	$ 3,264	$ 4,150
Basic earnings per share	$ 3.64	$ 2.50	$ 5.09	$ 5.99
Diluted earnings per share	3.60	2.47	5.04	5.92
Cash dividends paid per share	$ 1.09	$ 0.91	$ 3.27	$ 2.73
Weighted average diluted shares (millions)	632.7	689.0	647.9	700.9