Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales of products	$ 22,184	$ 21,923	$ 42,069	$ 41,408
Sales of services	2,571	2,620	5,318	5,284
Total revenues	24,755	24,543	47,387	46,692
Cost of products	(20,265)	(19,247)	(37,210)	(35,627)
Cost of services	(2,044)	(2,086)	(4,180)	(4,186)
Boeing Capital interest expense	(16)	(17)	(32)	(33)
Total costs and expenses	(22,325)	(21,350)	(41,422)	(39,846)
Gross profit	2,430	3,193	5,965	6,846
Income from operating investments, net	97	50	151	129
General and administrative expense	(806)	(760)	(1,694)	(1,705)
Research and development expense, net	(2,127)	(800)	(3,044)	(1,569)
(Loss)/gain on dispositions, net	(13)		(9)	1
Earnings/(loss) from operations	(419)	1,683	1,369	3,702
Other income, net	13	15	39	3
Interest and debt expense	(73)	(75)	(146)	(136)
Earnings/(loss) before income taxes	(479)	1,623	1,262	3,569
Income tax (expense)/benefit	245	(513)	(277)	(1,123)
Net earnings/(loss)	$ (234)	$ 1,110	$ 985	$ 2,446
Basic earnings/(loss) per share	$ (0.37)	$ 1.61	$ 1.52	$ 3.50
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share	(0.37)	1.59	1.51	3.46
Cash dividends paid per share	$ 1.09	$ 0.91	$ 2.18	$ 1.82
Weighted average diluted shares (millions)	636.3	698.9	654.9	706.6