Schedule Of Intersegment Revenues (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Intersegment Revenues	$ 20,976	$ 22,632
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Intersegment Revenues	602	433
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Commercial Airplanes [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Intersegment Revenues	597	428
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Boeing Capital [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Intersegment Revenues	$ 5	$ 5

Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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