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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>5</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2016-12-31</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <form3HoldingsReported>1</form3HoldingsReported>

    <form4TransactionsReported>0</form4TransactionsReported>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000012927</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BOEING CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BA</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001668346</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Caret Leanne G</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>100 N. RIVERSIDE PLAZA</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>M/C 5003-0001</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60606</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP, Pres. &amp; CEO, BDS</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>3</transactionFormType>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>45013.51</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">1,208 shares were omitted from the reporting person's Form 3 and two subsequent Forms 4.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 1,921.4 shares previously held indirectly by trust which were distributed to the reporting person on April 4, 2016 and are now owned directly, and adjustments for dividends accrued.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>lgcpoa.txt</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Gregory C. Vogelsperger, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-02-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
