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United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 seat map

737 MAX 8 (166 seats: 16 United First / 54 Economy Plus / 96 Economy)
166 seats16F/54N/96Y123 aircraft (as of Dec 31, 2025)Last verified Jul 14, 2026
Layout reconstructed from airline-published counts — exact seat geometry is 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
No window at seat 16A — 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 WDWUnited FirstFirst · 2-2Economy PlusExtra-Legroom Economy · 3-3United EconomyEconomy · 3-3GALLEY (full_width) — Forward galley / class divider between United First and the main cabin (rows 5-6 unnumbered). · position derived🍽 GALLEYLAVATORY (right) — Forward lavatory behind United First. · position derived🚻 LAVATORYLAVATORY (both_sides) — Rear lavatories behind the last row. · position derived🚻 LAVATORYGALLEY (center) — Aft galley behind the last row. · position derived🍽 GALLEYLAVATORY (both_sides) — Rear lavatories behind the last row. · position derived🚻 LAVATORY123478910111213202114151617181922232425262728293031ACDFACDFACDFACDFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFEXIT — Forward entry/service doors (1L/1R).EXITEXIT — Forward entry/service doors (1L/1R).EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Forward overwing emergency exit.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Forward overwing emergency exit.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Aft overwing emergency exit.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Aft overwing emergency exit.EXIT

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At a glance
166 seats
Rating mix
6Great44Good98Standard18Be aware
Best seats
  • — United Economy Plus exit-row seat: extra legroom with full recline, at the overwing exit.
Seats to avoid
  • — Exit row: extra legroom, but occupants must be willing and able to assist in an evacuation (no infants).
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 20 and 21
  • 54 extra-legroom seats
  • 10 seats without under-seat storage

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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.

Best seats

  • 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D, 21E, 21F — United Economy Plus exit-row seat: extra legroom with full recline, at the overwing exit.

Worth knowing

  • 20A, 20B, 20C, 20D, 20E, 20F — Exit row: extra legroom, but occupants must be willing and able to assist in an evacuation (no infants).

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.

United First

2-2Rows 1–416 seats

Best seats

  • 1A, 1C, 1D, 1F, 2A, 2C, 2D, 2F, 3A, 3C, 3D, 3F — United First: wider 2-2 recliner with extra legroom, more recline and priority service.
Worth knowing
  • 4 seats without under-seat storage

Economy Plus

3-3Rows 7–2154 seats

Best seats

  • 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D, 21E, 21F — United Economy Plus exit-row seat: extra legroom with full recline, at the overwing exit.
  • 7A, 7C, 7D, 7F, 8A, 8C — United Economy Plus: extra legroom versus standard Economy, in a preferred forward location.

Seats to avoid

  • 20A, 20B, 20C, 20D, 20E, 20F — Exit row: extra legroom, but occupants must be willing and able to assist in an evacuation (no infants).
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 20 and 21
  • 54 extra-legroom seats
  • 6 seats without under-seat storage

United Economy

3-3Rows 14–3196 seats

Seats to avoid

  • 19A, 19B, 19C, 19D, 19E, 19F — Row directly ahead of the exit row: the seat back has limited recline to keep the exit path clear.
  • 31A, 31B, 31C, 31D, 31E, 31F — Last row: limited recline and backs onto the rear galley and lavatories — noise and queueing.
Worth knowing
  • Rows next to a lavatory: 31

Frequently asked questions

How many seats does the United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 have?
This configuration has 166 seats: 16 United First, 54 Economy Plus, 96 United Economy.
What are the best seats on the United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8?
Top-rated in our data: 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D, 21E, 21F — United Economy Plus exit-row seat: extra legroom with full recline, at the overwing exit; 1A, 1C — United First: wider 2-2 recliner with extra legroom, more recline and priority service.
Which seats should I avoid?
Flagged in our data: 20A, 20B, 20C, 20D, 20E, 20F — Exit row: extra legroom, but occupants must be willing and able to assist in an evacuation (no infants); 19A, 19B — Row directly ahead of the exit row: the seat back has limited recline to keep the exit path clear.
Which rows are the exit rows?
Rows 20 and 21 are exit rows.
Does the United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 have lie-flat seats?
No — this configuration has no lie-flat seats.

Cabins

United First

16 seats · 2-2
Pitch
37"estimated
Width
20"estimated
Seat
Recliner
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A · USB-C

United does not publish 737 MAX 8 United First pitch/width; ~37 in pitch is an estimate pending a citable United figure.

Economy Plus

54 seats · 3-3
Pitch
34"estimated
Width
17"estimated
Seat
Extra-legroom seat
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A · USB-C

United markets Economy Plus as up to 6 inches more legroom than standard Economy; exact 737 MAX 8 pitch not published — approximate/unsourced.

United Economy

96 seats · 3-3
Pitch
30"estimated
Width
17"estimated
Seat
Standard seat
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A · USB-C

United does not publish 737 MAX 8 Economy pitch/width; ~30-31 in pitch is typical for the type — unsourced.

Onboard facilities

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

2 lavatories · 2 galleys · 3 door pairs

🚪 EXIT × 3🍽 GALLEY × 2🚻 WC × 2

Amenities

Wi-Fi
Available
paid · Wi-Fi available for purchase; provider not confirmed for this type in cited primary sources. United is equipping its fleet with Starlink connectivity through 2026-2027.
Entertainment
Stream to your device
United Private Screening streams movies and TV to personal devices. The MAX 8 is United's newest narrowbody (fleet average age ~2.4 years) and carries United's 'signature interior'; seatback screens are fitted on newer deliveries, but per-airframe seatback-screen coverage is not confirmed in the cited primary sources for this type.
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A · USB-C
AC power plus USB-A and USB-C at the seats on the signature-interior MAX 8; exact coverage varies by airframe and is not published per-cabin.
Food & drink
United First: complimentary meals on longer flights. Economy Plus / Economy: complimentary snacks and non-alcoholic drinks; buy-on-board and premium snacks on many routes.

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.

United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 seat map diagram — United First, Economy Plus, United Economy (166 seats)

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Provenance

Sources

Every measurement and claim on this page traces back to one of these. Last verified Jul 14, 2026.

  • SEC EDGAR — United Airlines Holdings, Inc. FY2025 Form 10-KPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026

    Mainline fleet table: Boeing 737 MAX 8 — 123 aircraft (107 owned, 16 leased), 166 seats each, average age 2.4 years, as of 2025-12-31.

    Gives total seats and fleet count only; no per-cabin split or row positions.

    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100517/000010051726000023/ual-20251231.htm ↗
  • United Airlines NewsroomPRIMARY SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026

    Economy Plus is United's branded extra-legroom economy product, available on most of the airline's mainline aircraft.

    Confirms the product and its fleet-wide availability; does not state 737 MAX 8 pitch or per-cabin counts.

    https://united.mediaroom.com/news-releases?item=123943 ↗
  • WikipediaINDEPENDENT SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026

    United 737 MAX 8 fleet: 123 in service; passenger configuration 16 United First / 54 Economy Plus / 96 Economy = 166 (plus a niche Guam-based configuration, total 164).

    Community-maintained; used for the per-cabin split, which reconciles with the SEC 166 total. The MAX 8 Economy Plus/Economy split (54/96) differs from United's 737-800 (48/102).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_fleet ↗
How this map was built

United's standard 737 MAX 8 domestic three-cabin layout (United 'signature interior'). TOTAL 166 seats and the 123-aircraft fleet count are published in United's FY2025 SEC Form 10-K (as of 2025-12-31: 123 aircraft, 107 owned / 16 leased, 166 seats each, average age 2.4 years). The per-cabin split 16 United First / 54 Economy Plus / 96 Economy = 166 is from Wikipedia's United fleet table (neutral), whose row for the 737 MAX 8 reads 16 First / — / 54 Economy Plus / 96 Economy / 166. NOTE ON THE ASSIGNMENT HINT: the dispatch hint guessed 16F/48E+/102Y (identical to United's 737-800) 'but verify independently'; independent verification against the cited Wikipedia table instead gives 54 Economy Plus / 96 Economy for the MAX 8 (same 166 total and same 16 First, but a larger Economy Plus zone than the -800's 48/102). The 48/102 figure belongs to the 737-800, not the MAX 8. Economy Plus is United's branded extra-legroom economy product (canonicalTier extra_legroom_economy), confirmed fleet-wide by United's newsroom. Wikipedia also lists a niche 'Guam-based configuration' (total 164) for the MAX 8; that regional sub-fleet variant is not the mainline config modeled here and its full per-cabin split is not cleanly published, so it is out of scope for this single mainline config. The ROW GRID IS DERIVED, not a placard scan: united.com is bot-blocked and competitor seat-map sites are prohibited sources. Derivation: United First 2-2 (columns A/C/D/F) rows 1-4 = 16; forward galley/class divider occupies unnumbered rows 5-6; Economy Plus 3-3 forward block rows 7-13 = 42 plus the two overwing exit rows 20-21 = 12 (United sells overwing exit rows as Economy Plus) = 54; standard Economy 3-3 fills rows 14-19 (36) and rows 22-31 (60) = 96. Overwing exits placed at rows 20-21 and the wing spanned rows 15-22 per typical 737 MAX 8 geometry (door/exit stations in data/window-grids/737-max8.json come from the Boeing MAX ACAP table); the forward exit row (20) is modeled as non-reclining and the aft exit row (21) with full recline. Actual row numbers, exit-row placement, over-wing range and rear-monument positions may differ from the physical aircraft. All pitch/width/recline values are unpublished by United for this type and are flagged unsourced.

What changed

  1. Jul 14, 2026Initial United 737 MAX 8 config (166 seats: 16F United First / 54N Economy Plus / 96Y Economy). Layout derived from SEC 10-K total + Wikipedia cabin split; united.com bot-blocked. Corrected the assignment hint's 48/102 guess (that is the 737-800 split) to the MAX 8's 54/96 per the cited Wikipedia fleet table. Sources archived under data/sources/objects/ (reused existing 10-K/newsroom/Wikipedia snapshots).