Short description|Narrow body jet airliner}}{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}}<!-- This article is a part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft]]. Please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content]] for recommended layout, and guidelines. -->{{Infobox aircraft| name = Boeing 727| logo = B727.svg| image = File:B-727 Iberia (cropped).jpg| imagecaption = A stretched 727-200 of [[Iberia (airline)|Iberia]]| aircrafttype = [[Narrow-body aircraft|Narrow-body jet airliner]]| nationalorigin = United States| manufacturer = [[Boeing Commercial Airplanes]]| designer = | firstflight = February 9, 1963<ref name=boeing-history>{{cite web |url= http://www.boeing.com/history/products/727.page |title= 727 Commerciat transport : Historical Snapshot |publisher= Boeing}}</ref>| introduction = February 1, 1964, with [[Eastern Air Lines]]| status = In limited cargo and executive service{{efn|Retired from airline passenger use in January 2019<ref name="lastcom"/>}}| produced = 1962–1984| retired = | primaryuser = [[Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas]] <!--Limit one (1) primary user. Top 4 users listed in 'primary user' and 'more users' fields based on number of their fleets. -->| moreusers = [[Total Linhas Aereas]]| numberbuilt = 1,832<ref name=727family>{{cite web |title=727 Family |publisher=Boeing Commercial Airplanes |url=http://www.boeing.com/commercial/727family/ |access-date=May 14, 2012 |quote=By January 1983, orders reached 1,831. One Boeing-owned test airplane brought the grand total to 1,832. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503130042/http://www.boeing.com/commercial/727family/ |archive-date=May 3, 2012 }}</ref>| variants = }}The '''Boeing 727''' is an American [[Narrow-body aircraft|narrow-body airliner]] that was developed and produced by [[Boeing Commercial Airplanes]].<!--development-->After the heavier [[Boeing 707|707]] quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter [[flight length]]s from smaller airports.On