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Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 seat map — 178 seats, 30 Premium Class

737-9 MAX (178 seats: 16 First / 30 Premium Class / 132 Main Cabin — post-2025/26 Premium expansion)
178 seats16F/30N/132Y80 aircraftLast verified Jul 14, 2026
Layout reconstructed from airline-published counts — exact seat geometry is approximate.
This cabin is being replaced by the 737 MAX 9 (178 seats: 16 First / 42 Premium Class / 120 Main Cabin) configuration →
This is the new cabin replacing 737-9 MAX (178 seats: 16 First / 24 Premium Class / 138 Main Cabin — pre-2025/26 Premium expansion) ←

Seat map

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Rating
GreatGoodStandardBe awareAvoid
Seat shape
SuiteLie-flatReclinerStandard
Flags & windows
Has a noteWindow mismatch flaggedNo window (structural blank)
Provenance
PUBLISHED MAPDERIVED LAYOUTMIXED SOURCES
First ClassFirst ClassFirst · 2-2Premium ClassPremium ClassExtra-Legroom Economy · 3-3Main CabinMain CabinEconomy · 3-3LAVATORY (left) — Forward lavatory left side in the cited aircraft-page context; historical per-tail positioning is not certified.🚻 LAVAT…curtain1234678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334ACDFACDFACDFACDFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFBCDEBCDEBCDEBCDEBCDEBCDEEXIT — Forward overwing exit pair.EXIT — Forward overwing exit pair.EXITEXIT — Forward overwing exit pair.EXIT — Forward overwing exit pair.EXITEXIT — Aft overwing exit pair.EXIT — Aft overwing exit pair.EXITEXIT — Aft overwing exit pair.EXIT — Aft overwing exit pair.EXIT

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At a glance
178 seats
Rating mix
6Great36Good120Standard16Be aware
Best seats
  • — Exit row: significantly more legroom; occupants must be willing and able to assist in an evacuation (no infants).
Seats to avoid
  • — Row directly ahead of the exit row: recline is limited to keep the exit path clear.
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 16 and 17
  • 42 extra-legroom seats
  • 10 seats without under-seat storage

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How we rate seats →

Best & worst seats

Our rating engine's picks for this cabin layout — see any seat's full reasoning in the map above.

Best seats

  • 17A, 17B, 17C, 17D, 17E, 17F — Exit row: significantly more legroom; occupants must be willing and able to assist in an evacuation (no infants).

Worth knowing

  • 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D, 15E, 15F — Row directly ahead of the exit row: recline is limited to keep the exit path clear.

Seat guide

Cabin-by-cabin guidance generated from the verified layout records behind this map — which seats the ratings favor, which to think twice about, and the rows worth knowing about before you pick.

First Class

2-2Rows 1–416 seats

Best seats

  • 1A, 1C, 1D, 1F — Bulkhead row: extra legroom in front, but no under-seat storage and tray table stows in the armrest (slightly narrower).
  • 2A, 2F, 3A, 3F, 4A, 4F — First Class Modeled First recliner; leg-rest hardware unverified; window seat.
  • 2C, 2D — First Class Modeled First recliner; leg-rest hardware unverified; aisle seat for easy access.
Worth knowing
  • 4 seats without under-seat storage

Premium Class

3-3Rows 6–1030 seats

Best seats

  • 6A, 6C, 6D, 6F, 7A, 7C, 7D, 7F, 8A, 8C, 8D, 8F — Premium Class: up to 4 inches more legroom than Main Cabin, complimentary drinks, priority boarding.
Worth knowing
  • 30 extra-legroom seats
  • 6 seats without under-seat storage

Main Cabin

3-3Rows 11–34132 seats

Best seats

  • 17A, 17B, 17C, 17D, 17E, 17F — Exit row: significantly more legroom; occupants must be willing and able to assist in an evacuation (no infants).

Seats to avoid

  • 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D, 15E, 15F — Row directly ahead of the exit row: recline is limited to keep the exit path clear.
  • 16A, 16B, 16C, 16D, 16E, 16F — Exit row: significantly more legroom; occupants must be willing and able to assist in an evacuation (no infants).
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 16 and 17
  • Rows next to a galley: 34
  • Rows next to a lavatory: 34
  • 12 extra-legroom seats

Frequently asked questions

How many seats does the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 have?
This configuration has 178 seats: 16 First Class, 30 Premium Class, 132 Main Cabin.
What are the best seats on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9?
Top-rated in our data: 17A, 17B, 17C, 17D, 17E, 17F — Exit row: significantly more legroom; occupants must be willing and able to assist in an evacuation (no infants); 1A, 1C — Bulkhead row: extra legroom in front, but no under-seat storage and tray table stows in the armrest (slightly narrower).
Which seats should I avoid?
Flagged in our data: 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D, 15E, 15F — Row directly ahead of the exit row: recline is limited to keep the exit path clear; 16A, 16B — Exit row: significantly more legroom; occupants must be willing and able to assist in an evacuation (no infants).
Which rows are the exit rows?
Rows 16 and 17 are exit rows.
Does the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 have lie-flat seats?
No — this configuration has no lie-flat seats.

Cabins

First Class

16 seats · 2-2
Pitch
40.5"estimated
Width
21"estimated
Seat
Recliner

Retained 40–41-inch pitch is an unsourced approximate modeling value. The generic First Class page publishes most-legroom marketing without a numeric pitch or MAX9-era-specific hardware certification.

Premium Class

30 seats · 3-3
Pitch
35"approx
Width
17"estimated
Seat
Extra-legroom seat

Alaska states Premium Class has “up to 4 inches more legroom” than Main Cabin (31-32 in), giving ~35 in; exact pitch not published — approximate.

Main Cabin

132 seats · 3-3
Pitch
31.5"estimated
Width
17"estimated
Seat
Standard seat

Onboard facilities

Drawn on the interactive map above — hover a monument to confirm its position.

1 lavatory · 2 door pairs

🚻 WC × 1〰 curtain × 1🚪 EXIT × 2

Amenities

Wi-Fi
Available
The MAX9 page describes inflight internet but notes deliveries without Wi-Fi. The generic First Class page describes satellite Wi-Fi and a fleet-level Starlink rollout; historical per-tail availability, price, messaging and installation state remain unverified.
Entertainment
Stream to your device
No seatback screens. Alaska Beyond Entertainment streams free movies/TV to personal devices; every seat has an ergonomic device holder/shelf (Boeing Sky Interior cabin).
Power
Available
The MAX9 aircraft page publishes power outlets without connector specifications. AC/USB-A hardware and completed USB-C installation are unverified for this historical configuration; empty types does not assert absent power.
Food & drink
Generic product sources describe complimentary First Class meals and Premium beer/wine/cocktails. The modeled Main Cabin snack and buy-on-board details are not established by the mapped snapshots for this historical configuration.

Seat map image

A printable snapshot of this exact layout — save it for boarding-day reference. The interactive map above stays the source of truth.

Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 seat map diagram — First Class, Premium Class, Main Cabin (178 seats)

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Provenance

Sources

Every measurement and claim on this page traces back to one of these. Last verified Jul 14, 2026.

How this map was built

Historical MAX9 count-derived scaffold retained with original seat IDs, product allocation and totals. Exact historical row numbering, Premium/Main boundary and aft partial-row letters are unresolved; the current 42-Premium numbered map is not transplanted. The retained BCDE partial rows are an unverified scaffold, with unsupported fuselage-taper rationale and B/E window overrides withdrawn. Unsupported full-width galley and aft lavatory/accessibility anchors are withdrawn without guessed replacements; type-page context and refresh announcement describe four lavatories and three galleys but do not bind exact historical anchors. The forward-left source context is qualified. Day-level effective dates are unsupported and withdrawn: announcements give spring 2025 through summer 2026, not exact transition dates. February 2026 secondary 30-Premium tallies and July 2026 official 42-Premium totals may reflect reclassification; operation dates and physical change are unresolved. First 40–41 pitch, historical widths and recline retain uncertainty; footrests have type-page support but historical continuity remains unverified. USB-C completion, connector specifications and detailed Wi-Fi state are not certified. Retained wing span is derived and unverified.

What changed

  1. Oct 1, 2026Independent Alaska historical source completion: withdraw unsupported taper/window, monument, hardware and exact transition-day claims; preserve historical seats/counts/products and qualify source-era continuity.
  2. Sep 30, 2026Link historical 30-Premium classification to current official 42-Premium map; transition date unresolved.
  3. Jul 14, 2026Initial creation of the POST-refresh 178-seat 737-9 MAX config (16F/30N/132Y). Built by transforming the lineage anchor as-7m9-178: Premium/Main divider moved aft one row (forward Main row converted to a 5th Premium row 6-10), Main rows 11-34 preserved verbatim, USB-C/device-holder refresh applied. No variant-exact MAX 9 window grid, so windowGridType omitted and all window seats left unknown (matches as-7m9-178). Counts from Wikipedia (post-refresh 16/30/132) + Alaska newsroom (Premium 24→ 30). Retrofit target of as-7m9-178.