Boeing 737-500 Classic Short-Body Airliner Variant

The Boeing 737-500 was the short-body member of the 737 Classic series, sized for lower-capacity short- to medium-range markets while retaining the Classic generation’s systems and CFM56-powered architecture. Its compact fuselage extended the original 737 concept into the late-production Classic era. Boeing's planning dimensions are 31.01 m overall length and 28.88 m span for the illustrated airframe without winglets. The listed 61,689 kg MTOW is the 136,000 lb takeoff-weight option with CFM56-3B1 engines rated at 20,000 lb sea-level static thrust; lower weight options also exist. Passenger capacity here is the manual's 108-seat two-class layout, rather than the exit limit or a particular airline cabin.