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China Airlines Boeing 737-800 seat map

Boeing 737-800 (161 seats: 8 Business / 153 Economy)
161 seats8J/18N/135YLast verified Jul 16, 2026

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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 WDWWINGZone: Extra Comfort Seat (premium)EXTRA COMFORT SEATZone: Preferred Seat (preferred)PREFERRED SEATBusiness ClassBusiness · 2-2Economy ClassEconomy · 3-3WC ♿ (left) — Forward accessible lavatory shown on the published map.WC ♿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.🍼 BASSINETcurtainWC (left) — Aft left lavatory area shown on the published map.🚻 WC12678910111214151617181920212223242526272829303132ABJKABJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCEXIT (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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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.

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
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China Airlines reports that certification and installation of portable in-flight wireless streaming video was completed for the 737-800 fleet.
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 SeatLink'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; SeatLink 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.