Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales of products	$ 20,147	$ 22,184	$ 38,659	$ 42,069
Sales of services	2,592	2,571	5,056	5,318
Total revenues	22,739	24,755	43,715	47,387
Cost of products	(16,443)	(20,265)	(31,806)	(37,210)
Cost of services	(1,932)	(2,044)	(3,820)	(4,180)
Boeing Capital interest expense	(13)	(16)	(26)	(32)
Total costs and expenses	(18,388)	(22,325)	(35,652)	(41,422)
Gross profit	4,351	2,430	8,063	5,965
Income from operating investments, net	39	97	120	151
General and administrative expense	(1,040)	(806)	(1,973)	(1,694)
Research and development expense, net	(813)	(2,127)	(1,651)	(3,044)
Loss on dispositions, net	(2)	(13)		(9)
Earnings/(loss) from operations	2,535	(419)	4,559	1,369
Other income, net	27	13	49	39
Interest and debt expense	(93)	(73)	(180)	(146)
Earnings/(loss) before income taxes	2,469	(479)	4,428	1,262
Income tax (expense)/benefit	(708)	245	(1,216)	(277)
Net earnings/(loss)	$ 1,761	$ (234)	$ 3,212	$ 985
Basic earnings/(loss) per share	$ 2.93	$ (0.37)	$ 5.28	$ 1.52
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share	2.89	(0.37)	5.22	1.51
Cash dividends paid per share	$ 1.42	$ 1.09	$ 2.84	$ 2.18
Weighted average diluted shares (millions)	609.6	636.3	615.3	654.9