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Singapore Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 seat map

Boeing 737-8 (154 seats: 10 Regional Business / 144 Economy)
154 seats10J/6N/138Y21 aircraft (as of Mar 31, 2026)Last 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 44A — 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: Forward Zone (preferred)FORWARD ZONEZone: Extra Legroom (premium)EXTRA LEGROOMBusiness ClassBusiness · 3-3Economy ClassEconomy · 3-3LAVATORY (left) — Forward-left lavatory shown ahead of Door 1.LAVATORYGALLEY (both_sides) — Galley blocks immediately behind Door 1 and ahead of Business row 11.GALLEYBASSINET (left) — Bassinet ahead of 11C.BASSINETGALLEY (right) — Forward-right galley shown ahead of Door 1.GALLEYGALLEY (both_sides) — Galley blocks immediately behind Door 1 and ahead of Business row 11.GALLEYBASSINET (right) — Bassinet ahead of 11H.BASSINETBASSINET (left) — Bassinet ahead of 41B.🍼 BASSINETBASSINET (right) — Bassinet ahead of 41J.🍼 BASSINETLAVATORY (both_sides) — Rear lavatories shown behind the final row.🚻 LAVATORYGALLEY (full_width) — Rear galley blocks shown behind the final row.🍽 GALLEYLAVATORY (both_sides) — Rear lavatories shown behind the final row.🚻 LAVATORY111214414243444546474849505152535455565758596061626364ACHKBJACHKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKABCHJKEXIT — Door 1 pair.EXITEXIT — Door 1 pair.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Forward over-wing exit pair between rows 47 and 48.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Forward over-wing exit pair between rows 47 and 48.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Aft over-wing exit pair between rows 48 and 49.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Aft over-wing exit pair between rows 48 and 49.EXIT

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At a glance
154 seats
Rating mix
8Good119Standard27Be aware
Best seats
  • — Standalone Vantage seat with additional tabletop and stowage space, extra privacy and direct aisle access.
  • — Singapore Airlines sells this aft over-wing exit-row position as an Extra Legroom seat.
Seats to avoid
  • — First Business row directly behind the forward galley bank — service light and noise are possible.
  • — Window member of a paired Vantage row — aisle access requires passing the aisle-side neighbour.
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 48 and 49
  • Bassinet rows: 11 and 41
  • 6 extra-legroom seats
  • 3 window seats with a missing or misaligned window
  • 6 seats without under-seat storage

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Best & worst seats

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Worth knowing

  • 11A, 11C, 11H, 11K — First Business row directly behind the forward galley bank — service light and noise are possible.
  • 14A, 14K — Window member of a paired Vantage row — aisle access requires passing the aisle-side neighbour.

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

3-3Rows 11–1410 seats

Best seats

  • 12B, 12J — Standalone Vantage seat with additional tabletop and stowage space, extra privacy and direct aisle access.

Seats to avoid

  • 11A, 11C, 11H, 11K — First Business row directly behind the forward galley bank — service light and noise are possible.
  • 14A, 14K — Window member of a paired Vantage row — aisle access requires passing the aisle-side neighbour.
Worth knowing
  • Bassinet rows: 11
  • Rows next to a galley: 11

Economy Class

3-3Rows 41–64144 seats

Best seats

  • 49A, 49B, 49C, 49H, 49J, 49K — Singapore Airlines sells this aft over-wing exit-row position as an Extra Legroom seat.

Seats to avoid

  • 44A, 45A, 45K — Singapore Airlines marks this window-position Economy seat as windowless on its official seat map.
  • 47A, 47B, 47C, 47H, 47J, 47K, 48A, 48B, 48C — Singapore Airlines marks this entire over-wing-area row as non-reclining on its official seat map.
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 48 and 49
  • Bassinet rows: 41
  • Rows next to a galley: 64
  • 6 extra-legroom seats
  • 3 window seats with a missing or misaligned window: 44A, 45A, and 45K
  • 6 seats without under-seat storage

Frequently asked questions

How many seats does the Singapore Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 have?
This configuration has 154 seats: 10 Business Class, 144 Economy Class.
What are the best seats on the Singapore Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8?
Top-rated in our data: 12B, 12J — Standalone Vantage seat with additional tabletop and stowage space, extra privacy and direct aisle access; 49A, 49B, 49C, 49H, 49J, 49K — Singapore Airlines sells this aft over-wing exit-row position as an Extra Legroom seat.
Which seats should I avoid?
Flagged in our data: 11A, 11C, 11H, 11K — First Business row directly behind the forward galley bank — service light and noise are possible; 14A, 14K — Window member of a paired Vantage row — aisle access requires passing the aisle-side neighbour; 44A, 45A — Singapore Airlines marks this window-position Economy seat as windowless on its official seat map.
Which rows are the exit rows?
Rows 48 and 49 are exit rows.
Which rows have bassinet positions?
Bassinet positions serve rows 11 and 41.
Does the Singapore Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 have lie-flat seats?
Yes — Business Class has 10 seats that convert to a fully flat bed.

Cabins

Business Class

10 seats · 3-3 (staggered) · lie-flat
Thompson Aero Seating Vantage
Pitch
44"published
Seat
Lie-flat bed
Screen
16"
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A

SIA publishes 44 in pitch, a 76 in fully-flat bed and width up to 22 in. The maximum-only width is preserved here rather than encoded as a standard seat-width measurement.

Economy Class

144 seats · 3-3
Pitch
30"published
Width
18"published
Seat
Slimline seat, Extra-legroom seat
Screen
10"
Power
USB-A

Additional legroom over standard Economy; Singapore Airlines does not publish a numeric pitch for these seats and says the number of Extra Legroom seats may vary by flight.

Forward ZoneExtra Legroom

In this cabin: Wi-Fi available · Power: USB-A · Entertainment: seatback

Onboard facilities

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

2 lavatories · 3 galleys · 3 door pairs

🚻 WC × 2🍽 GALLEY × 3🚪 EXIT × 3🍼 BASSINET × 4

Amenities

Wi-Fi
Available
Panasonic · free · Panasonic in-flight Wi-Fi is installed; SIA states complimentary in-flight Wi-Fi is available across its network following retirement of the 737-800NG fleet.
Entertainment
Seatback screens
Panasonic X-Series KrisWorld: 16 in high-definition touchscreen in Business and 10 in high-definition touchscreen in Economy.
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A
Business has AC power and two USB charging ports; Economy has one integrated USB charging port and no published AC outlet.

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.

Singapore Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 seat map diagram — Business Class, Economy Class (154 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.

How this map was built

Singapore Airlines' current Boeing 737-8 fleet page lists 154 seats and links a single official map; SIA's 2021 product release says all of its 737-8 aircraft will have 10 Business / 144 Economy. The current configuration therefore also covers former SilkAir MAX 8 airframes: SIA's 2019 upgrade announcement said existing aircraft would be retrofitted with the staggered lie-flat product and future deliveries fitted before entry into service. No active legacy MAX configuration is evidenced. Business is the exact published 10-seat Thompson Vantage grid: paired rows 11 and 14 contain 11A/11C/11H/11K and 14A/14C/14H/14K, while standalone 12B and 12J each have two side consoles (4 + 2 + 4 = 10). The no_direct_aisle_access flags on A/K in the paired rows are a structural inference from the published single-aisle 2-2 geometry; the C/H seats are the map's aisle-side members. The schema requires layout to sum to the six declared possible columns, so layout is encoded as 3-3 with geometryHint staggered; every Business row is partial_row and these notes preserve SIA's published 2-2, 1-1, 2-2 arrangement. Economy is 24 full 3-3 rows numbered 41-64 (24 x 6 = 144). Rows 41-45 are Forward Zone; row 49's six seats are Extra Legroom, so SeatRecon's computed summary is 10J/6N/138Y while SIA's marketing count remains 10J/144Y. SIA cautions that Extra Legroom availability may vary by flight. The official map marks 44A, 45A and 45K windowless and rows 47-48 non-reclining; those facts are encoded exactly. Other window positions remain unknown because the plan is not to scale; windowGridType 737-max8 is bound for the structural classifier. The assignment's 12J/150Y = 162 recliner configuration is the former Boeing 737-800NG layout, not a currently flying 737-8 layout. SIA's 15 May 2026 FY2025/26 results list 21 operating 737-8s at 31 March 2026, omit the 737-800NG from the operating fleet, and explicitly refer to retirement of the 737-800NG fleet; no 162-seat or NG instance is generated. Ratings follow the house rubric: Forward Zone position alone remains standard, solo Vantage and Extra Legroom seats are good for concrete space/privacy advantages, and published no-window/no-recline or direct monument/aisle-access drawbacks are be_aware.

What changed

  1. Jul 16, 2026Initial Singapore Airlines Boeing 737-8 10J/144Y configuration transcribed from the current official map; confirmed the 737-800NG recliner fleet is retired and generated no legacy/NG instance.