Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales of products	$ 18,512	$ 19,885
Sales of services	2,464	2,747
Total revenues	20,976	22,632
Cost of products	(15,363)	(16,945)
Cost of services	(1,888)	(2,136)
Boeing Capital interest expense	(13)	(16)
Total costs and expenses	(17,264)	(19,097)
Gross profit	3,712	3,535
Income from operating investments, net	81	54
General and administrative expense	(933)	(888)
Research and development expense, net	(838)	(917)
Gain on dispositions, net	2	4
Earnings from operations	2,024	1,788
Other income, net	22	26
Interest and debt expense	(87)	(73)
Earnings before income taxes	1,959	1,741
Income tax expense	(508)	(522)
Net earnings	$ 1,451	$ 1,219
Basic earnings per share	$ 2.36	$ 1.85
Diluted earnings per share	2.34	1.83
Cash dividends paid per share	$ 1.42	$ 1.09
Weighted average diluted shares (millions)	621.2	665.8