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Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 seat map

737 MAX 8 (175 seats, assigned seating: Extra Legroom / Preferred / Standard)
175 seats46N/129YLast verified Jul 13, 2026
Parts of this layout are reconstructed from airline-published seat counts — some seat positions are approximate.

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
EconomyEconomyEconomy · 3-3123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFBCDEABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFEXIT — Exit labels adjacent to this row in the illustrative diagram; exact physical coordinates are unresolved.EXIT — Exit labels adjacent to this row in the illustrative diagram; exact physical coordinates are unresolved.EXITEXIT — Exit labels adjacent to this row in the illustrative diagram; exact physical coordinates are unresolved.EXIT — Exit labels adjacent to this row in the illustrative diagram; exact physical coordinates are unresolved.EXITEXIT — Exit labels adjacent to this row in the illustrative diagram; exact physical coordinates are unresolved.EXIT — Exit labels adjacent to this row in the illustrative diagram; exact physical coordinates are unresolved.EXITEXIT — Exit labels adjacent to this row in the illustrative diagram; exact physical coordinates are unresolved.EXIT — Exit labels adjacent to this row in the illustrative diagram; exact physical coordinates are unresolved.EXIT

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At a glance
175 seats
Rating mix
175Standard
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 14 and 15
  • 46 extra-legroom seats
  • 6 seats without under-seat storage

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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

3-3Rows 1–30175 seats
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 14 and 15
  • 46 extra-legroom seats
  • 6 seats without under-seat storage

Frequently asked questions

How many seats does the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 have?
This configuration has 175 seats: 175 Economy.
What are the best seats on the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8?
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.
Which rows are the exit rows?
Rows 14 and 15 are exit rows.
Does the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 have lie-flat seats?
No — this configuration has no lie-flat seats.

Cabins

Economy

175 seats · 3-3
Pitch
31.5–34"published
Width
16.7"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. The shared 175-seat diagram is illustrative; its exact assignment to this aircraft and subfleet remains unverified.

Onboard facilities

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

2 door pairs

🚪 EXIT × 2

Amenities

Wi-Fi
Available
varies by airframe; unresolved · free for Rapid Rewards members; paid for others · Available only on WiFi-enabled designated aircraft. WiFi is free for Rapid Rewards members; $8 per device from takeoff to landing for non-members on select aircraft, subject to change and availability. Provider and rollout state for a particular airframe remain unresolved; the current portal announces Starlink without mapping every airframe.
Entertainment
Stream to your device
Bring-your-own-device streaming to phone/tablet/laptop. No seatback screens on any Southwest aircraft; no rental devices or headphones sold. Free movies/TV where WiFi-enabled and licensing allows.
Food & drink
Complimentary snacks and non-alcoholic drinks. Extra Legroom customers receive a complimentary premium snack on select flights traveling 301 miles or more and complimentary premium drinks on select flights traveling 251 miles or more, subject to service availability.

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.

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 seat map diagram — Economy (175 seats)

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Provenance

Sources

Every measurement and claim on this page traces back to one of these. Last verified Jul 13, 2026.

How this map was built

2026-09-30: Current primary support table confirms 175 seats, Extra Legroom pitch 34 inches, Standard/Preferred pitch 31–32, aircraft-wide width 15.5–17.8, and one forward/two rear lavatories. Corrected the shared illustrative grid: row 1 has the right three positions (DEF convention), row 15 four middle positions (BCDE); other rows are complete. Gold tops identify 46 Extra Legroom positions: 1DEF, rows 2–5, 6ABC, rows 14–16. Preferred 6DEF and rows 7–13 =45; Standard rows 17–30 =84. Southwest explicitly labels this illustration for 737-800/MAX 8; it is representative, not a per-tail certified layout. Seat letters follow existing model convention rather than labels printed on the image. Exact monument coordinates, individual windows, recline, hardware, power and fleet counts remain unresolved. Unsupported inferred furniture/wing/rating assumptions were removed. The original configuration ID is retained; no new physical variant or retrofit date inferred.

What changed

  1. 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. Follow-up removes absent field hints only; existing supported corrections are preserved.
  2. Sep 30, 2026Correct representative numbered illustration, partial rows and 46/45/84 product assignment; update primary measurements and remove unsupported geometry/ratings.
  3. Jul 13, 2026Round-2 integrity pass: window-alignment evidence reset, ratings coherence, v1.2 migration
  4. Jul 13, 2026Normalized to AUTHORING.md rubric: ratings coverage, flag semantics, v1.1 fields, id alignment
  5. Jul 13, 2026Initial mapping of Southwest's new assigned-seating 737 MAX 8 cabin (live 2026-01-27): single Economy class with Extra Legroom / Preferred / Standard location tiers.