Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales of products	$ 21,825	$ 21,494	$ 60,484	$ 63,563
Sales of services	2,484	2,404	7,540	7,722
Total revenues	24,309	23,898	68,024	71,285
Cost of products	(18,050)	(17,907)	(49,856)	(55,117)
Cost of services	(1,910)	(1,983)	(5,730)	(6,163)
Boeing Capital interest expense	(27)	(14)	(53)	(46)
Total costs and expenses	(19,987)	(19,904)	(55,639)	(61,326)
Gross profit	4,322	3,994	12,385	9,959
Income from operating investments, net	49	69	169	220
General and administrative expense	(915)	(923)	(2,888)	(2,617)
Research and development expense, net	(767)	(857)	(2,418)	(3,901)
Loss on dispositions, net		(1)		(10)
Earnings from operations	2,689	2,282	7,248	3,651
Other income, net	45	2	94	41
Interest and debt expense	(87)	(81)	(267)	(227)
Earnings before income taxes	2,647	2,203	7,075	3,465
Income tax (expense)/benefit	(794)	76	(2,010)	(201)
Net earnings	$ 1,853	$ 2,279	$ 5,065	$ 3,264
Basic earnings per share	$ 3.10	$ 3.64	$ 8.37	$ 5.09
Diluted earnings per share	3.06	3.60	8.27	5.04
Cash dividends paid per share	$ 1.42	$ 1.09	$ 4.26	$ 3.27
Weighted average diluted shares (millions)	606.3	632.7	612.8	647.9