Boeing Everett Factory
1967 - Operational
Overview
The largest building in the world by volume at roughly 13 million cubic meters, built to assemble the 747 jumbo jet. It has produced wide bodies ever since: 767, 777, 787, and the last 747 in 2023. Public tours run from the Future of Flight center.
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