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American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 seat map

737 MAX 8 (172 seats: 16 First / 24 Main Cabin Extra / 132 Main Cabin)
172 seats16F/24N/132Y89 aircraft (as of Dec 31, 2025)Last verified Jul 14, 2026
Layout reconstructed from airline-published counts — exact seat geometry is approximate.

Seat map

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Rating
GreatGoodStandardBe awareAvoid
Seat shape
SuiteLie-flatReclinerStandard
Flags & windows
Has a noteWindow mismatch flaggedNo window (structural blank)
No window at seat 12A — Boeing routes the air-conditioning riser ducts up the left sidewall from the belly A/C packs to the ceiling distribution ducts, forward of the wing. The duct behind the sidewall panel displaces one left-side cabin window. Per Alaska fleet engineering this is standard on all 737 aircraft. (structural blank, confidence medium)NO WDWWINGFirstFirst · 2-2Main Cabin ExtraExtra-Legroom Economy · 3-3Main CabinEconomy · 3-3GALLEY (full_width) — Forward galley / class divider between First and the Main Cabin (rows 5-6 unnumbered). · position derived🍽 GALLEYWC (right) — Forward lavatory behind First. · position derived🚻 WCWC (both_sides) — Rear lavatories behind the last row. · position derived🚻 WCGALLEY (center) — Aft galley behind the last row. · position derived🍽 GALLEYWC (both_sides) — Rear lavatories behind the last row. · position derived🚻 WC12348916177101112131415181920212223242526272829303132ACDFACDFACDFACDFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFEXIT — Forward entry/service doors (1L/1R).EXITEXIT — Forward entry/service doors (1L/1R).EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Forward overwing emergency exit.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Forward overwing emergency exit.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Aft overwing emergency exit.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Aft overwing emergency exit.EXITEXIT — Aft entry/service doors (2L/2R).EXITEXIT — Aft entry/service doors (2L/2R).EXIT

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Best & worst seats

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

Pick these
  • 17A, 17B, 17C, 17D, 17E, 17FMain Cabin Extra exit-row seat: extra legroom with full recline, at the overwing exit.
Worth knowing
  • 16A, 16B, 16C, 16D, 16E, 16FExit row: extra legroom, but occupants must be willing and able to assist in an evacuation (no infants).

Cabins

First

16 seats · 2-2
Pitch
37"estimated
Width
21"estimated
Seat
Recliner
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A · USB-C

American does not publish 737 MAX 8 First pitch/width in a fetchable primary source (aa.com is bot-blocked); ~37 in pitch is an estimate pending a citable American figure.

Main Cabin Extra

24 seats · 3-3
Pitch
34"estimated
Width
17"estimated
Seat
Extra-legroom seat
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A · USB-C

American markets Main Cabin Extra as 3-6 inches more legroom than Main Cabin; exact 737 MAX 8 pitch not published in a fetchable primary source — approximate/unsourced.

Main Cabin

132 seats · 3-3
Pitch
30"estimated
Width
17"estimated
Seat
Standard seat
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A · USB-C

American does not publish 737 MAX 8 Main Cabin pitch/width in a fetchable primary source; ~30-31 in pitch is typical for the type — unsourced.

Onboard facilities

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

2 lavatories · 2 galleys · 4 door pairs

🚪 EXIT × 4🍽 GALLEY × 2🚻 WC × 2

Amenities

Wi-Fi
Available
paid · Satellite Wi-Fi available for purchase on the 737 MAX 8; provider/coverage not confirmed for this type in the cited primary sources.
Entertainment
Stream to your device
American streams movies and TV to personal devices on its 737 MAX 8 (no seatback screens on this narrowbody type per American's product description); per-airframe coverage not confirmed in cited primary sources.
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A · USB-C
AC power plus USB at the seats on the 737 MAX 8; exact USB-A/USB-C coverage varies by airframe and is not published per-cabin.
Food & drink
First: complimentary meals/snacks depending on route and time. Main Cabin Extra: complimentary beer, wine and spirits plus snacks and soft drinks. Main Cabin: complimentary soft drinks and snacks; buy-on-board on many routes.
Provenance

Sources

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

  • SEC EDGAR — American Airlines Group Inc. FY2025 Form 10-KPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026

    Mainline fleet table: Boeing 737-8 MAX — 172 average seats, 3.7 years average age, 56 owned / 33 leased / 89 total, as of 2025-12-31.

    Gives total/average seats and fleet count only; no per-cabin split or row positions.

    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6201/000000620126000014/aal-20251231.htm
  • WikipediaINDEPENDENT SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026

    American 737 MAX 8 fleet: 103 in service; passenger configuration (config row shared with the 737-800) 16 First / 24 Main Cabin Extra / 132 Main Cabin = 172.

    Community-maintained; used for the per-cabin split, which reconciles with the SEC 172 total. The 103 in-service figure is more current than the 10-K's 89 (as of 2025-12-31).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_fleet
How this map was built

American's standard 737 MAX 8 domestic three-cabin layout (Boeing Sky Interior / 'Oasis'-era narrowbody interior). TOTAL 172 seats and the 89-aircraft fleet count are published in American Airlines Group's FY2025 SEC Form 10-K mainline fleet table (Boeing 737-8 MAX: 172 average seats, 3.7 years average age, 56 owned / 33 leased / 89 total, as of 2025-12-31). The per-cabin split 16 First / 24 Main Cabin Extra / 132 Main Cabin = 172 is from Wikipedia's American Airlines fleet table (neutral), whose config row is shared (rowspan=2) between the 737-800 and the 737 MAX 8: 16 First / 24 Main Cabin Extra / 132 Main Cabin / 172 total. NOTE ON THE ASSIGNMENT HINT: the dispatch hint guessed 16F/30 Main-Cabin-Extra/126 Main Cabin; independent verification against Wikipedia (neutral) and consistent travel-press summaries instead gives 24 Main Cabin Extra / 132 Main Cabin (same 16 First and same 172 total). The 30/126 figure is not supported by any citable source found; 24/132 is used. Wikipedia lists 103 MAX 8 in service as of mid-2026 (continued deliveries since the 10-K snapshot); the 89 fleetCount reflects the 2025-12-31 10-K as-of date. Main Cabin Extra is American's branded extra-legroom economy product (canonicalTier extra_legroom_economy), marketed as 3-6 inches more legroom than Main Cabin; American sells the overwing exit rows as Main Cabin Extra. THE ROW GRID IS DERIVED, not a placard scan: aa.com is bot-blocked (hard 403), news.aa.com fact sheets are JS-rendered and unfetchable, and competitor seat-map sites are prohibited sources. Derivation: First 2-2 (columns A/C/D/F) rows 1-4 = 16; forward galley/class divider occupies unnumbered rows 5-6; Main Cabin 3-3 begins at bulkhead row 7; Main Cabin Extra 3-3 forward block rows 8-9 = 12 plus the two overwing exit rows 16-17 = 12 (sold as Main Cabin Extra) = 24; standard Main Cabin 3-3 fills rows 7, 10-15 and 18-32 = 132. Overwing exits placed at rows 16-17 and the wing spanned rows 13-20 per typical 737 MAX 8 geometry (door/exit stations in data/window-grids/737-max8.json come from the Boeing 737 MAX ACAP table); the forward exit row (16) is modeled as non-reclining and the aft exit row (17) with full recline, with row 15 (directly ahead of the forward exit) at limited recline. Actual row numbers, exit-row placement, over-wing range and rear-monument positions may differ from the physical aircraft. All pitch/width/recline values are unpublished by American for this type in a fetchable primary source and are flagged unsourced.

What changed

  1. Jul 14, 2026Initial American 737 MAX 8 config (172 seats: 16F First / 24N Main Cabin Extra / 132Y Main Cabin). Layout derived from SEC FY2025 10-K total (172 seats, 89 aircraft) + Wikipedia cabin split (16/24/132); aa.com bot-blocked, news.aa.com fact sheets unfetchable. Corrected the assignment hint's 30/126 Main Cabin Extra/Main Cabin guess to the cited 24/132. Sources archived under data/sources/objects/.