Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales of products	$ 23,000	$ 21,378	$ 64,408	$ 58,920
Sales of services	2,849	2,406	8,133	7,374
Total revenues	25,849	23,784	72,541	66,294
Cost of products	(19,393)	(18,091)	(55,020)	(50,023)
Cost of services	(2,191)	(1,966)	(6,377)	(5,965)
Boeing Capital interest expense	(16)	(18)	(49)	(53)
Total costs and expenses	(21,600)	(20,075)	(61,446)	(56,041)
Gross profit	4,249	3,709	11,095	10,253
Income from operating investments, net	78	92	207	212
General and administrative expense	(889)	(932)	(2,594)	(2,727)
Research and development expense, net	(857)	$ (750)	$ (2,426)	(2,292)
Gain/(loss) on dispositions, net	(1)			2
Earnings from operations	2,580	$ 2,119	$ 6,282	5,448
Other (loss)/income, net	(26)	(9)	(23)	11
Interest and debt expense	(67)	(79)	(203)	(252)
Earnings before income taxes	2,487	2,031	6,056	5,207
Income tax expense	(783)	(669)	(1,906)	(1,227)
Net earnings	$ 1,704	$ 1,362	$ 4,150	$ 3,980
Basic earnings per share	$ 2.50	$ 1.88	$ 5.99	$ 5.43
Diluted earnings per share	2.47	1.86	5.92	5.36
Cash dividends paid per share	$ 0.91	$ 0.73	$ 2.73	$ 2.19
Weighted average diluted shares (millions)	689.0	731.9	700.9	742.3