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American Airlines Boeing 787-8 seat map

787-8 (234 seats; 20 Flagship Business / 28 Premium Economy / 48 Main Cabin Extra / 138 Main Cabin)
234 seats20J/28W/48N/138Y37 aircraft (as of Dec 31, 2025)Last verified Jul 14, 2026

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
Zone: Main Cabin ExtraZone: Main Cabin ExtraMain Cabin ExtraMAIN CABIN EXTRAFlagship BusinessFlagship BusinessBusiness · 1-2-1Premium EconomyPremium EconomyPremium Economy · 2-3-2Main Cabin / Main Cabin ExtraMain Cabin / Main Cabin ExtraEconomy · 3-3-312345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031ADHLADHLADHLADHLADHLACDEHJLACDEHJLACDEHJLACDEHJLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLACJLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLABCDEHJKLACDEHJLACJL

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At a glance
234 seats
Rating mix
232Standard2Be aware
Seats to avoid
  • — American view-only map explicitly labels this seat No window view.
Worth knowing
  • 6 extra-legroom seats
  • 2 window seats with a missing or misaligned window

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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.

Worth knowing

  • 20A, 20L — American view-only map explicitly labels this seat No window view.

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.

Flagship Business

1-2-1Rows 1–520 seats

Ratings are even across this cabin — no standout or problem seats in our records.

Premium Economy

2-3-2Rows 6–928 seats

Ratings are even across this cabin — no standout or problem seats in our records.

Main Cabin / Main Cabin Extra

3-3-3Rows 10–31186 seats

Seats to avoid

  • 20A, 20L — American view-only map explicitly labels this seat No window view.
Worth knowing
  • 6 extra-legroom seats
  • 2 window seats with a missing or misaligned window: 20A and 20L

Frequently asked questions

How many seats does the American Airlines Boeing 787-8 have?
This configuration has 234 seats: 20 Flagship Business, 28 Premium Economy, 186 Main Cabin / Main Cabin Extra.
What are the best seats on the American Airlines Boeing 787-8?
No standout seat is established by the available evidence for this layout. Unresolved comfort details remain unverified.
Which seats should I avoid?
Flagged in our data: 20A, 20L — American view-only map explicitly labels this seat No window view.
Does the American Airlines Boeing 787-8 have lie-flat seats?
Yes — Flagship Business has 20 seats that convert to a fully flat bed.

Cabins

Flagship Business

20 seats · 1-2-1 · lie-flat
Width
21"published
Seat
Lie-flat bed
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A

Pitch and width from American Airlines fleet table, retrieved 2026-09-30. Ranges describe the published product; individual seat values are not specified. Other dimensions remain unverified when marked unsourced.

Premium Economy

28 seats · 2-3-2
Pitch
38"published
Width
19"published
Seat
Recliner
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A

Pitch and width from American Airlines fleet table, retrieved 2026-09-30. Ranges describe the published product; individual seat values are not specified. Other dimensions remain unverified when marked unsourced.

Main Cabin / Main Cabin Extra

186 seats · 3-3-3
Pitch
31–35.5"published
Width
17.2–17.4"published
Seat
Standard seat, Extra-legroom seat
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A

Pitch and width from American Airlines fleet table, retrieved 2026-09-30. Ranges describe the published product; individual seat values are not specified. Other dimensions remain unverified when marked unsourced.

Main Cabin Extra

Amenities

Wi-Fi
Available
paid · Wi-Fi available for purchase on the international 787-8; provider/pricing not stated in the cited primary/neutral sources.
Entertainment
Seatback screens
Panasonic seatback in-flight entertainment in all three cabins on the legacy 787-8; screen sizes not published in the cited sources.
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A
AC power and USB-A at the seats. Legacy interior (no USB-C / wireless charging — those arrive with the new Flagship Suite aircraft).
Food & drink
Complimentary multi-course dining in Flagship Business; complimentary meal service on long-haul international in all cabins.

Seat map image

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American Airlines Boeing 787-8 seat map diagram — Flagship Business, Premium Economy, Main Cabin / Main Cabin Extra (234 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.

  • SEC EDGAR (American Airlines Group FY2025 Form 10-K)PRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026

    Mainline fleet table: Boeing 787-8 at 234 seats (a single figure, not a range) across 37 aircraft (20 owned + 17 leased); 2025 premium reconfiguration is described for the 787-9/A321XLR (Flagship Suite) and 777, not the 787-8.

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

    American Airlines fleet table: Boeing 787-8 as a single row (no rowspan config split) — 20 Flagship Business / 28 Premium Economy / 48 Main Cabin Extra / 138 Main Cabin = 234 seats across 37 airframes, "Largest operator."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_fleet ↗
  • American AirlinesPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Sep 30, 2026

    Current published cabin counts and product pitch/width for aa-788-234.

    Snapshot is a saved web-tool text extraction, not raw HTML. Product counts and specifications only; no numbered seat map. Does not establish row numbers, MCE seat assignments, monuments, ratings or window alignment.

    https://www.aa.com/web/i18n/travel-info/experience/planes/planes.html ↗
  • American AirlinesPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Sep 30, 2026

    Complete numbered seat presence and published MCE/exit/wing/no-window labels for 78B sample AA132 DFW–DUB 2026-11-05.

    Normalized rendered DOM extraction; session URLs may expire. No claim of all-tail uniformity or monument coordinates; booking availability excluded.

    https://www.aa.com/seats/app/view-only/f51fc1d3-53ad-46f2-b437-2aaf228c3c02 ↗
How this map was built

Numbered seat grid, MCE allocation, wing rows, exit-seat and no-window labels verified against American view-only sample AA132 DFW–DUB on 2026-11-05, retrieved 2026-09-30. Equipment CSS 78B. Total/product counts and pitch/width checked against American fleet table. Temporary availability is not structural and does not affect bookability. Monument coordinates, recline/bed length, amenity details, fleet counts, individual window alignment beyond explicitly labelled blanks and retrofit dates remain unverified. Historical unsourced monuments and seat ratings removed when grid replaced. This proves the sampled variant, not every aircraft tail.

What changed

  1. Oct 1, 2026Source-supported factual/provenance corrections and explicit source limits; preserve numbered seat topology and counts. Reconcile new source-completion findings against already corrected live data; preserve conditional program and type-versus-variant scope.
  2. Sep 30, 2026Replace inferred row grid with observed American 78B numbered map; correct MCE/exit/no-window locations, remove unsupported monument and per-seat rating assumptions. Sample AA132 2026-11-05.
  3. Sep 30, 2026Partial primary-source audit: replace estimated pitch/width with American published measurements; retain historical verification date and derived layout.
  4. Jul 14, 2026Initial American Airlines 787-8 standard 234-seat config (20J/28W/48N/138Y). Seat total sourced as a single figure (10-K); per-cabin counts sourced (Wikipedia fleet table, single row); row grid derived from counts + abreast layouts.