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China Airlines Boeing 737-800 seat map — 161 seats

Boeing 737-800 (161 seats: 8 Business / 153 Economy)
161 seats8J/18N/135YLast verified Jul 16, 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
No window at seat 11A — 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 WDWZone: Extra Comfort Seat (premium)EXTRA COMFORT SEATZone: Preferred Seat (preferred)PREFERRED SEATBusiness ClassBusiness · 2-2Economy ClassEconomy · 3-3LAVATORY ♿ (left) — Forward accessible lavatory shown on the published map.LAVATORY ♿CLOSET (left) — Forward coat closet shown on the published map.CLOSETGALLEY (right) — Forward galley shown on the published map.🍽 GALLEYBASSINET (left) — Forward Economy bassinet position.🍼 BASSINETBASSINET (right) — Forward Economy bassinet position.🍼 BASSINETcurtainLAVATORY (left) — Aft left lavatory area shown on the published map.🚻 LAVATORY12678910111214151617181920212223242526272829303132ABJKABJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCEXIT (door) — Forward entry and service doors.EXITEXIT (door) — Forward entry and service doors.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Forward over-wing exits.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Forward over-wing exits.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Aft over-wing exits.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Aft over-wing exits.EXITGALLEY — Aft right galley shown on the published map.GALLEYEXIT (door) — Aft entry and service doors.EXITEXIT (door) — Aft entry and service doors.EXIT

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At a glance
161 seats
Rating mix
12Good140Standard9Be aware
Best seats
  • — China Airlines marks this as an Extra Comfort seat with more legroom than standard Economy.
Seats to avoid
  • — China Airlines' published chart marks the side wall at 11A as without a window.
  • — Extra Comfort exit seat, but the published chart marks it as non-reclining.
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 16 and 17
  • Bassinet rows: 6
  • 18 extra-legroom seats
  • 1 window seat 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

  • 11A — China Airlines' published chart marks the side wall at 11A as without a window.
  • 16A, 16B, 16C, 16H, 16J — Extra Comfort exit seat, but the published chart marks it as non-reclining.

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.

Business Class

2-2Rows 1–28 seats

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

Economy Class

3-3Rows 6–32153 seats

Best seats

  • 6A, 6B, 6C, 6H, 6J, 6K, 17A, 17B, 17C, 17H, 17J, 17K — China Airlines marks this as an Extra Comfort seat with more legroom than standard Economy.

Seats to avoid

  • 11A — China Airlines' published chart marks the side wall at 11A as without a window.
  • 16A, 16B, 16C, 16H, 16J, 16K — Extra Comfort exit seat, but the published chart marks it as non-reclining.
  • 31H — Aisle seat immediately ahead of the right-side aft galley, where service noise and light are possible.
  • 32C — Partial last-row aisle seat immediately ahead of the aft lavatory area, where noise and queueing are possible.
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 16 and 17
  • Bassinet rows: 6
  • Rows next to a galley: 31
  • Rows next to a lavatory: 32
  • 18 extra-legroom seats
  • 1 window seat with a missing or misaligned window: 11A

Frequently asked questions

How many seats does the China Airlines Boeing 737-800 have?
This configuration has 161 seats: 8 Business Class, 153 Economy Class.
What are the best seats on the China Airlines Boeing 737-800?
Top-rated in our data: 6A, 6B, 6C, 6H, 6J, 6K, 17A, 17B — China Airlines marks this as an Extra Comfort seat with more legroom than standard Economy.
Which seats should I avoid?
Flagged in our data: 11A — China Airlines' published chart marks the side wall at 11A as without a window; 16A, 16B, 16C, 16H, 16J, 16K — Extra Comfort exit seat, but the published chart marks it as non-reclining; 31H — Aisle seat immediately ahead of the right-side aft galley, where service noise and light are possible.
Which rows are the exit rows?
Rows 16 and 17 are exit rows.
Which rows have bassinet positions?
Bassinet positions serve row 6.
Does the China Airlines Boeing 737-800 have lie-flat seats?
No — this configuration has no lie-flat seats.

Cabins

Business Class

8 seats · 2-2
Pitch
40"published
Width
20"published
Seat
Recliner

Economy Class

153 seats · 3-3
Pitch
31"published
Width
17"published
Seat
Standard seat, Extra-legroom seat

More legroom than standard Economy; exact pitch is unpublished.

Extra Comfort SeatPreferred Seat

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 ♿ × 1🧥 CLOSET × 1〰 curtain × 1🍼 BASSINET × 2🚻 WC × 1

Amenities

Entertainment
Stream to your device
China Airlines reports that certification and installation of portable in-flight wireless streaming video was completed for the 737-800 fleet.

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.

China Airlines Boeing 737-800 seat map diagram — Business Class, Economy Class (161 seats)

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Provenance

Sources

Every measurement and claim on this page traces back to one of these. Last verified Jul 16, 2026.

  • China AirlinesPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026

    Current English seat-map index continues to publish a Boeing 737-800 seating chart.

    Direct raw access returned HTTP 403. The snapshot is the complete official Next.js HTML captured through Google Translate relay and preserves the official 737-800 entry and map URL.

    https://www.china-airlines.com/at/en/prepare-for-the-fly/cabin/seat-map.html ↗
  • China AirlinesPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 16, 2026

    Official Boeing 737-800 seating chart publishes side-by-side 8 Business / 150 Economy and 8 Business / 153 Economy layouts, exact row grids, cabin dimensions, Extra Comfort and Preferred seat lists, exits, a row-16 no-recline marker, an explicit side-wall-without-window marker at 11A, bassinets and cabin monuments.

    The top-down schematic proves the published row grid and explicit 11A no-window marker, but not ordinary window alignment. Ordinary window positions therefore remain unknown.

    https://prd-api.china-airlines.com/sea/en/Images/B737-800_tcm532-67244.jpg ↗
  • China AirlinesPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 16, 2026

    Official in-service fleet overview lists seven Boeing 737-800s and 19 Airbus A321neos as of 31 May 2026, proving that the 737-800 type has not yet been fully retired.

    https://www.china-airlines.com/us/en/about-china-airlines/about-us/operations.html ↗
  • China AirlinesPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 16, 2026

    Official 2021 Sustainability Report states that China Airlines introduced the A321neo for regional routes to replace Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft.

    This source establishes the replacement plan, not a final 737-800 retirement date; the current fleet overview shows the phase-out remains incomplete.

    https://calec.china-airlines.com/csr/en/download/2021/2021-en-CSR.pdf ↗
  • Planespotters.netINDEPENDENT SOURCERetrieved Jul 16, 2026

    B-18663 is listed active in C8Y153 configuration, updated 22 June 2026; this confirms that the 161-seat layout remains in service.

    The current per-airframe record was available through the live search index; direct raw-byte retrieval returned a Cloudflare challenge, so no local snapshot is attached.

    https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/boeing-737-800-b-18663-china-airlines/e2wknq ↗
How this map was built

CURRENT CONFIGURATION. China Airlines' official chart publishes 8 Business / 153 Economy = 161 installed seats. Business is 2-2 AB/JK in rows 1-2 (8). Economy is 3-3 ABC/HJK in rows 6-12 and 14-31 (25 full rows x 6 = 150), with partial last row 32ABC (3), totaling 153; row 13 is omitted. The map marks full rows 6 and 16-17 as 18 Extra Comfort seats, and full rows 7-10 as 24 Preferred seats. Extra Comfort is modeled as an N-tier seat type inside the Economy cabin, so SeatRecon's computed summary is 8J/18N/135Y while China Airlines' published cabin total remains 153 Economy. Row 16 alone carries the map's no-recline icons; row 17 is not assigned a recline restriction. The orange side-wall-without-window bar aligns with 11A, which is the only manually asserted no-window seat; all other window positions remain unknown. Planespotters lists B-18663 active in C8Y153 configuration, updated 22 June 2026; this current per-tail evidence is why the 161-seat layout is included in addition to the assignment's 158-seat hint. The map outlines row 6 with its non-removable-armrest symbol; SeatRecon has no exact fixed-armrest flag, so this is not coerced into tray_in_armrest or narrow. RETIREMENT: China Airlines' official in-service fleet overview still lists seven 737-800s as of 31 May 2026, so the type is not fully retired. The airline's 2021 Sustainability Report says A321neos were introduced to replace the 737-800 fleet; no final retirement date is asserted.

What changed

  1. Jul 16, 2026Initial China Airlines 161-seat Boeing 737-800 configuration, transcribed from the current official published map.