Percent, (excluding tax collected from customer), of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

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Segment and Revenue Information Segment and Revenue Information (Schedule of Revenue Disaggregation) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 15,751	$ 24,258	$ 38,668	$ 47,640
Unallocated items, eliminations and other [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	(201)	37	(402)	(22)
Global Services [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	4,543	4,097	9,162	8,047
Global Services [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Commercial Customers [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	2,526	2,173	5,111	4,252
Global Services [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Government Customers [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	1,977	1,890	3,974	3,702
Global Services [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| External Customers [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	$ 4,503	$ 4,063	$ 9,085	$ 7,954
Global Services [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| U S Government Contracts [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, excluding assessed tax, Percentage	32.00%	26.00%	32.00%	31.00%
Global Services [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Fixed-price Contract [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, excluding assessed tax, Percentage	90.00%	90.00%	89.00%	89.00%
Global Services [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Transferred at Point in Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, excluding assessed tax, Percentage	57.00%	52.00%	57.00%	53.00%
Global Services [Member] \| Unallocated items, eliminations and other [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 40	$ 34	$ 77	$ 93
Commercial Airplanes Segment [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	4,722	13,952	16,544	26,897
Commercial Airplanes Segment [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| External Customers [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	$ 4,714	$ 13,946	$ 16,367	$ 26,878
Commercial Airplanes Segment [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Fixed-price Contract [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, excluding assessed tax, Percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Commercial Airplanes Segment [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Transferred at Point in Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, excluding assessed tax, Percentage	99.00%	100.00%	99.00%	100.00%
Commercial Airplanes Segment [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Non-US [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	$ 6,907	$ 10,044	$ 14,390	$ 18,976
Commercial Airplanes Segment [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Europe
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	1,023	2,108	2,684	5,307
Commercial Airplanes Segment [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| China
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	1,610	2,709	3,156	4,756
Commercial Airplanes Segment [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Asia Other Than China
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	2,750	2,349	4,378	4,080
Commercial Airplanes Segment [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Middle East
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	695	1,872	1,805	2,333
Commercial Airplanes Segment [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	829	1,006	2,367	2,500
Commercial Airplanes Segment [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| United States
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	3,417	3,902	7,587	7,902
Commercial Airplanes Segment [Member] \| Unallocated items, eliminations and other [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	8	6	177	19
Defense, Space & Security [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 6,612	$ 6,100	$ 13,223	$ 12,581
Defense, Space & Security [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| U S Government Contracts [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, excluding assessed tax, Percentage	89.00%	86.00%	88.00%	88.00%
Defense, Space & Security [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Fixed-price Contract [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, excluding assessed tax, Percentage	69.00%	66.00%	69.00%	68.00%
Defense, Space & Security [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Transferred over Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, excluding assessed tax, Percentage	99.00%	99.00%	99.00%	98.00%
Defense, Space & Security [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Non-US [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	$ 1,744	$ 1,840	$ 3,448	$ 3,376
Defense, Space & Security [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| United States
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	4,868	$ 4,260	9,775	$ 9,205
B-737-Max [Member] \| Commercial Airplanes Segment [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	(5,610)
B-737-Max [Member] \| Customer Concessions [Member] \| Commercial Airplanes Segment [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	$ (5,610)		$ (5,610)