1997年8月6日， 大韩航空801号班机 为一架 波音747-300型客机，在 关岛 的 安东尼奥·汪帕特国际机场 （Antonio B Won Pat International Airport）进场时，坠毁在尼米兹山山腰201米处。

It was shortened for the longer-range 747SP in 1976, and the 747-300 followed in 1983 with a stretched upper deck for up to 400 seats in three classes. The heavier 747-400 with improved RB211 and CF6 engines or the new PW4000 engine (the JT9D successor), and a two-crew glass cockpit, was introduced in 1989 and is the most common variant.

Long range high capacity widebody airliner. Boeing's 747-300 model introduced the distinctive stretched upper deck which can seat up to 69 economy class passengers. The 747-300 was the end result of a number of Boeing studies which looked at increasing the aircraft's seating capacity.

Boeing delivered 81 747-300s in passenger, combi and short-range configurations, the last in 1990. The most visible difference between the -300 and previous models was a stretched upper deck with two new emergency exit doors and an optional flight-crew rest area immediately aft of the flight deck as standard.

發動機方面，747-300是747系列中首个采用jt9d-7r4g2的型号，三款發動機中有兩款與747-200型的一樣，通用電氣公司提供的初期仍是ge cf6-50e2，到1987年以後出廠的才改為與波音747-400同款的ge cf6-80c2b1 [72] ，且建造数量仅有7架。且值得注意的是，使用cf6-80c2b1的747-300已經 ...

1997年8月6日， 大韩航空801号班机 为一架波音747-300型客机，在关岛的 安东尼奥·汪帕特国际机场 （Antonio B Won Pat International Airport） 进场 时，坠毁在 尼米兹山 山腰201米处。机上237名乘客和17名机组人员中，228人罹难。

波音B747-300 开始将 螺旋楼梯 改装为 直梯 到上层甲板而闻名（直梯 允许在楼上放置更多座位）。 新一代的 波音747-400 使驾驶舱人员从3人减少到2人，航程更远，有效载荷更大，对航空公司和整个行业都发生了重大变化。 波音B747-400包括7个子型号： 波音B747-400 是客运版。 波音B747-400F 是货轮版本。 波音B747-400M 是载货和载客混合版。 波音B747-400D 是美国国内版本，它具有更大的座位容量，是为美国国内市场制造的。 波音B747-400ER 是增程乘客版 …

The Boeing 747-300 is a four-engined long-range widebody airliner with a capacity of maximum 608 passengers in a partial double deck configuration produced by the American manufacturer Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The Boeing 747-300 is a development of the Boeing 747-200 with a stretched upper passenger deck and more powerful engines.

The 747-300 had thrust ranging from 46300 to 56900 lbf depending on the type of engine used. Speed numbers for Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7Q3. Economy cruise speed: 490 knots / 564 mph / 907 km/h.

The Boeing 747-300 is a double-deck wide-body long-haul airliner developed by Boeing in the early 1980's, a subtype of the Boeing 747. The 747-300 was the third variant of the 747 family, featuring a stretched upper deck in comparison to prior models.