Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 seat map
Seat map
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- 36 extra-legroom seats
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How we rate seats →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.
Economy
- 36 extra-legroom seats
Frequently asked questions
- How many seats does the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 have?
- This configuration has 137 seats: 137 Economy.
- What are the best seats on the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700?
- No standout seat is established by the available evidence for this layout. Unresolved comfort details remain unverified.
- Which seats should I avoid?
- No seats on this layout are flagged as ones to avoid.
- Does the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 have lie-flat seats?
- No — this configuration has no lie-flat seats.
Cabins
Economy
- Pitch
- 32–35.5"published
- Width
- 16.3"published
- Seat
- Standard seat, Extra-legroom seat
Pitch and aircraft-wide narrowest/widest seat width published in the current Southwest support table. Widths are a range, not an exact individual seat width. Numerical recline remains an unpublished estimate. Product location on the 737-700 remains inferred; the shared 175-seat diagram is illustrative.
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.
- Southwest AirlinesPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026
Definitions of Extra Legroom / Preferred / Standard seat tiers; Extra Legroom located at the front of the cabin and near the exit rows with 'up to five additional inches' of legroom vs Standard/Preferred; 'Five extra inches of seat pitch is available on the 737-700 aircraft' and 'Seat pitch will vary by aircraft type'; assigned seating bookable for travel January 27, 2026 and beyond; Extra Legroom extra snacks/premium beverages on 251+ mile flights; WiFi and inflight entertainment on select aircraft.
https://www.southwest.com/customer-enhancements/assigned-seating/ ↗ - Southwest Airlines Co. (Investor Relations)PRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026
'Seatisfaction' announcement introducing assigned seating and the three seat types (Extra Legroom, Preferred, Standard) with the ability to purchase a seat upgrade; new group-based boarding.
https://www.southwestairlinesinvestorrelations.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1882/the-choice-is-yours-seatisfaction-is-coming-to-southwest-airlines ↗ - WikipediaINDEPENDENT SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026
Southwest Boeing 737-700 currently configured with 137 seats; 294 in service; launch customer and largest operator of the 737-700; to be retired by 2031 and replaced by the 737 MAX.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_fleet ↗ - Southwest AirlinesPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Sep 30, 2026
Current operated types, capacities, product pitch ranges, aircraft-wide width envelope, movable aisle armrests and lavatory inventory.
Widths are the aircraft-wide narrowest/widest envelope; no individual seat width assignment. Absolute row pitch varies within product ranges.
https://support.southwest.com/helpcenter/article/airplane-specifications ↗ - Southwest AirlinesPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Sep 30, 2026
Assigned seating in effect January 27, 2026; Extra Legroom, Preferred and Standard product definitions.
Product availability and benefits do not establish per-tail row geometry.
https://www.southwest.com/customer-enhancements/assigned-seating/ ↗
2026-09-30: Current primary Southwest support table independently confirms operated 737-700 capacity 137, three seats per side, Extra Legroom pitch 35–36 inches, Standard/Preferred pitch 31–33, aircraft-wide width 15.5–17.0, movable aisle armrests in all rows, and one forward/one rear lavatory. No current numbered 737-700 diagram was recovered. The existing derived 23-row model and 36 Extra Legroom assignments are retained as unverified inference, not current airline-published geometry. Row numbers, missing-seat position, exit/product boundaries, windows, monuments, actual row pitch, numerical recline, hardware, power, fleet counts and retirement dates remain unresolved. Unsupported inferred furniture/wing positions and per-seat ratings were removed. Assigned seating has been in effect since January 27, 2026; no new historical variant or conversion date inferred.
What changed
- Oct 1, 2026Primary-source Claude follow-up: distinguish premium snack301-mile and drink251-mile thresholds; correct WiFi membership and designated-aircraft terms; qualify unresolved airframe/provider and derived position wording.
- Sep 30, 2026Verify current primary capacity and product measurements; retain explicit derived row uncertainty and neutralize unsupported physical claims.
- Jul 14, 2026Initial mapping of Southwest's assigned-seating 737-700 cabin (live 2026-01-27): single Economy class with Extra Legroom / Preferred / Standard location tiers; 137 seats (per current Wikipedia fleet table), reduced from the 143-seat open-seating config by the row removal that funds the -700's five extra Extra-Legroom inches. Layout derived_from_counts.