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United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 seat map

737 MAX 9 (179 seats: 20 United First / 45 Economy Plus / 114 Economy)
179 seats20F/45N/114Y120 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)
WINGUnited FirstFirst · 2-2Economy PlusExtra-Legroom Economy · 3-3United EconomyEconomy · 3-3GALLEY (full_width) — Forward galley / class divider between United First and the main cabin (row 6 unnumbered). · position derived🍽 GALLEYWC (right) — Forward lavatory behind United First. · position derived🚻 WCWC (both_sides) — Rear lavatories behind the last row. · position derived🚻 WCGALLEY (center) — Aft galley behind the last row. · position derived🍽 GALLEYWC (both_sides) — Rear lavatories behind the last row. · position derived🚻 WC12345789101112202113141516171819222324252627282930313233ACDFACDFACDFACDFACDFDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFEXIT — Forward entry/service doors (1L/1R).EXITEXIT — Forward entry/service doors (1L/1R).EXITCLOSET — Forward closet/galley monument on the left; reduces the first Economy Plus row (row 7) to its right-hand triple (partial row). Position inferred to absorb the odd Economy Plus seat count.CLOSETEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Forward overwing emergency exit (MAX 9 has two overwing exits per the 737 MAX ACAP).EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Forward overwing emergency exit (MAX 9 has two overwing exits per the 737 MAX ACAP).EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Aft overwing emergency exit.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Aft overwing emergency exit.EXIT

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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.

Pick these
  • 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D, 21E, 21FUnited Economy Plus exit-row seat: extra legroom with full recline, at the overwing exit.
Worth knowing
  • 20A, 20B, 20C, 20D, 20E, 20FExit row: extra legroom, but occupants must be willing and able to assist in an evacuation (no infants).

Cabins

United First

20 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 9 United First pitch/width; ~37 in pitch is an estimate pending a citable United figure.

Economy Plus

45 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 9 pitch not published — approximate/unsourced.

United Economy

114 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 9 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🧥 CLOSET × 1

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. United’s newer narrowbody interior on the MAX 9 also fits seatback screens on many airframes; exact seatback-screen coverage is not stated 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 seats on the MAX 9 (United’s current narrowbody interior); coverage may vary by airframe.
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.
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 9 — 120 aircraft (76 owned, 44 leased), 179 seats each, average age 2.9 years, as of 2025-12-31; United is the largest MAX 9 operator.

    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
  • WikipediaINDEPENDENT SOURCERetrieved Jul 14, 2026

    United 737 MAX 9 fleet: 160 in service, 64 on order; passenger configuration 20 First / 45 Economy Plus / 114 Economy = 179.

    Community-maintained; used for the per-cabin split, which reconciles with the SEC 179 total. In-service count differs from the SEC 10-K (120) as the two sources are dated differently; the SEC figure is used for fleetCount.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_fleet
  • 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 near-fleet-wide availability; does not state 737 MAX 9 pitch or per-cabin counts.

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

    737 MAX Airplane Characteristics for Airport Planning: 737-9/MAX 9 door and emergency-exit locations — forward entry/service doors, two overwing exits, and aft entry/service doors.

    Manufacturer exit geometry only (used to ground exit-row placement); not consulted for United’s seat layout. Cited from the repo’s 737-900ER window grid; the MAX ACAP PDF itself was not re-fetched in this session, so no new snapshot is stored.

    https://www.boeing.com/content/dam/boeing/boeingdotcom/commercial/airports/acaps/737MAX_RevH.pdf
How this map was built

United's standard 737 MAX 9 domestic three-cabin layout, and the only configuration United flies on the type. TOTAL 179 seats and the 120-aircraft fleet count are published in United Airlines Holdings’ FY2025 SEC Form 10-K (mainline fleet table, as of 2025-12-31: 737 MAX 9 — 120 aircraft, 76 owned / 44 leased, 179 seats each, average age 2.9 years; United is the largest MAX 9 operator). The per-cabin split 20 United First / 45 Economy Plus / 114 Economy = 179 is from Wikipedia's United fleet table (neutral) and reconciles exactly with the SEC 179 total. NOTE: this split (45 Economy Plus / 114 Economy) is the independently-verified figure; an earlier working estimate of 48 Economy Plus / 111 Economy was NOT confirmed by the cited sources and was discarded. Economy Plus is United’s branded extra-legroom economy product (canonicalTier extra_legroom_economy), confirmed as a near-fleet-wide product by United’s newsroom. THE ROW GRID IS DERIVED, not a placard scan: united.com is bot-blocked and competitor seat-map sites are prohibited sources. Exit geometry is grounded in Boeing’s 737 MAX ACAP (via the repo’s 737-900ER window grid, which shares the MAX 9 42.1 m fuselage): forward entry/service doors, TWO overwing emergency exits, and aft entry/service doors — no extra mid-cabin door. Derivation of seat rows: United First 2-2 (columns A/C/D/F) rows 1-5 = 20; forward galley/class divider occupies unnumbered row 6; Economy Plus 3-3 = 45, made of a forward block (row 7 through row 12) plus the two overwing exit rows (20-21 = 12). 45 Economy Plus seats cannot tile a pure 3-3 grid (45 = 7×6 + 3), so exactly one Economy Plus row is modeled as a 3-seat partial: row 7, the bulkhead row behind the class divider, is reduced to its right-hand triple (D/E/F) with the left triple (A/B/C) displaced by a forward closet/galley monument. The precise location of that de-configured triple is a structural INFERENCE, not a United-published fact. Standard Economy 3-3 fills rows 13-19 (42) and rows 22-33 (72) = 114. Overwing exits placed at rows 20-21 and the wing spanned rows 15-22 per typical 737 MAX 9 geometry; the forward overwing exit row (20) is modeled as non-reclining and the aft overwing exit row (21) with full recline, and economy row 19 (directly ahead of the exit) as limited-recline. United sells the overwing exit rows as Economy Plus. Actual row numbers, exit-row placement, over-wing range, the partial-row position 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 9 config (179 seats: 20F United First / 45N Economy Plus / 114Y Economy). Total + fleet count from SEC FY2025 10-K; cabin split from Wikipedia (independently verified as 45/114, correcting a 48/111 working estimate). Row grid derived; exit geometry grounded in the 737 MAX ACAP via the 737-900ER window grid. No MAX 9 window grid exists, so windowGridType is omitted and all windowAlignment is unknown/no_window_seat.