American Airlines Boeing 787-9 seat map — 285 seats
Seat map
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- — American view-only map explicitly labels this seat No window view.
- 6 extra-legroom seats
- 2 window seats with a missing or misaligned window
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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.
Worth knowing
- 24A, 24L — 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
Ratings are even across this cabin — no standout or problem seats in our records.
Premium Economy
Ratings are even across this cabin — no standout or problem seats in our records.
Main Cabin / Main Cabin Extra
Seats to avoid
- 24A, 24L — American view-only map explicitly labels this seat No window view.
- 6 extra-legroom seats
- 2 window seats with a missing or misaligned window: 24A and 24L
Frequently asked questions
- How many seats does the American Airlines Boeing 787-9 have?
- This configuration has 285 seats: 30 Flagship Business, 21 Premium Economy, 234 Main Cabin / Main Cabin Extra.
- What are the best seats on the American Airlines Boeing 787-9?
- 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: 24A, 24L — American view-only map explicitly labels this seat No window view.
- Does the American Airlines Boeing 787-9 have lie-flat seats?
- Yes — Flagship Business has 30 seats that convert to a fully flat bed.
Cabins
Flagship Business
- 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
- 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
- Pitch
- 31–35"published
- Width
- 17.2"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.
Amenities
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.
Sources
Every measurement and claim on this page traces back to one of these. Last verified Jul 14, 2026.
- SEC EDGARPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026
American Airlines Group FY2025 10-K aircraft table lists the Boeing 787-9 as an operated mainline type (blended average 271 seats across both 787-9 subfleets); confirms 2025 787-9 deliveries.
The 787-9 '271' seat figure is a fleet-wide AVERAGE across both 787-9 subfleets (this legacy 285-seat config plus the 244-seat 787-9P); it is not the legacy per-cabin split and is not used for the grid.
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6201/000000620126000014/aal-20251231.htm ↗ - WikipediaINDEPENDENT SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026
American Airlines fleet table: legacy Boeing 787-9 subfleet = 22 aircraft, 30 Business (Flagship Business) / 21 Premium Economy / 27 Main Cabin Extra / 207 Main Cabin = 285 seats; separate 244-seat 787-9P subfleet listed alongside it.
This neutral source contributes 30 Business / 21 Premium Economy / 27 Main Cabin Extra / 207 Main Cabin. Its 27/207 split differs from the sampled 79C primary map’s 36/198 and the current AA fleet table’s 34/200. The retained numbered grid comes from the sampled map, not counts or standard abreast assumptions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_fleet ↗ - American Airlines NewsroomPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026
Positions the 787-9P as American's 'new premium' / 'newest premium aircraft' (51 Flagship Suites, 32 Premium Economy) — establishing it as a new-delivery subfleet parallel to, not a conversion of, this legacy 787-9.
Rendered-text extract only: the page is Cloudflare-protected and returns HTTP 403 to direct byte fetch, so the snapshot is a text extraction of the rendered content rather than raw HTML. Does not state legacy per-cabin counts.
https://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2025/American-Airlines-new-premium-Boeing-787-9-takes-flight-MKG-OB-06/default.aspx ↗ - American AirlinesPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Sep 30, 2026
Current published cabin counts and product pitch/width for aa-789-285. Legacy 285-seat 787-9: 30 Business / 21 Premium Economy / 34 Main Cabin Extra / 200 Main Cabin.
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. The archived 79C structural sample labels 36 MCE/198 Main. A narrative reports the same split for domestic 79G, but no 79G structural seats are archived; current static fleet table lists34/200. Exact sampled geometry applied; discrepancy remains unresolved. No new physical variant or retrofit inferred.
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 79C sample AA281 DFW–ICN 2026-11-05.
Normalized rendered DOM extraction; session URLs may expire. No claim of all-tail uniformity or monument coordinates; booking availability excluded. The archived 79C structural sample labels 36 MCE/198 Main. A narrative reports the same split for domestic 79G, but no 79G structural seats are archived; current static fleet table lists34/200. Exact sampled geometry applied; discrepancy remains unresolved. No new physical variant or retrofit inferred.
https://www.aa.com/seats/app/view-only/2fe6c54e-ad8f-439b-952e-dfacecfbd1c3 ↗
Numbered seat grid, MCE allocation, wing rows, exit-seat and no-window labels verified against American view-only sample AA281 DFW–ICN on 2026-11-05, retrieved 2026-09-30. Equipment CSS 79C. Only total285,30Business and21Premium Economy counts agree with the static fleet table; MCE/Main classification remains disputed: both booking maps label36/198 while the fleet table lists34/200. Published product pitch/width were checked separately. Mixed provenance retains this unresolved classification caveat despite verified numbered geometry. 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. International79C and domestic79G independently label36 MCE/198 Main; current static fleet table lists34/200. Exact sampled geometry applied; discrepancy remains unresolved. No new physical variant or retrofit inferred.
What changed
- Oct 1, 2026Source-supported factual/provenance corrections and explicit source limits; preserve numbered seat topology and counts.
- Sep 30, 2026Replace inferred row grid with observed American 79C numbered map; correct MCE/exit/no-window locations, remove unsupported monument and per-seat rating assumptions. Sample AA281 2026-11-05. Mixed provenance preserves unresolved static34/200 versus booking36/198 product classification; exact numbered geometry verified.
- Sep 30, 2026Partial primary-source audit: replace estimated pitch/width with American published measurements; retain historical verification date and derived layout. Correct MCE/Main count to 34/200; explicitly inferred seat assignment.
- Jul 14, 2026Initial legacy AA 787-9 (285-seat, 30 Flagship Business / 21 Premium Economy / 27 Main Cabin Extra / 207 Main Cabin) config; derived_from_counts from the Wikipedia fleet table, with the 787-9P kept as a separate parallel subfleet (no retrofit link).