SeatRecon

The Legroom League Table

Seat pitch and width across 494 cabin configurations and 1,115 cabins, measured in inches — every figure taken from the airline’s own published specification, not from passenger reports.

494

configs with pitch

1,115

cabins measured

394

configs with width

97

airlines in economy

Pitch is the front-to-back distance between a point on one seat and the same point on the seat in front — the industry’s proxy for legroom. Where an airline publishes a range (a cabin whose rows are not all set to the same pitch), both ends are shown; the ranking uses the tighter end. All figures are presented exactly as published — SeatRecon adds no estimates. Coverage is partial by design: 494 of 1,192 configurations carry a published pitch, so the absence of a row means no figure was published, not a missing seat. Method and units on the methodology page.

Tightest economy

The 10 tightest economy cabins by minimum published pitch, ranked only within the plausible band (28″ floor). Figures below 28″ are shown separately as reported range minimums.

#AirlineAircraft familyPitchWidth
1AirAsiaA32028″16–17
2AirAsiaA32028″16–17
3AirAsiaA320neo28″16–17
4AirAsiaA320neo28″16–17
5AirAsiaA321neo28″16–17
6AirAsiaA321neo28″16–17
7Austrian AirlinesA320 family28″—
8China Southern AirlinesA320 family28″17.3
9Citilink IndonesiaA32028″17.5
10Citilink IndonesiaA320neo28″17.5

Roomiest economy

The 10 roomiest economy cabins by maximum published pitch. A † marks a figure above 38″, typically an extra-legroom or exit-row maximum within an economy range.

#AirlineAircraft familyPitchWidth
1Royal Air Maroc78738″19
2Jin Air77736″17
3Air Premia78735″18
4Royal Air Maroc78735″17
5Royal JordanianA32030–35″—
6Asiana Airlines77733–34″18
7Asiana Airlines77732–34″18.6
8IberiaA35031–34″—
9Delta Air LinesCRJ30–34″17.3
10Endeavor AirCRJ Series30–34″17.3

Reported range minimums (below 28″)

These figures are the low end of a published range, not a whole cabin set to that pitch. They are held out of the tightest-economy ranking so a range floor is never presented as “the tightest seat in the sky.” Shown here verbatim, with the full range intact.

AirlineAircraftPublished pitch rangeWidth
Air IndiaBoeing 777-300ER24–33″18

Economy league table

Every airline with a published economy pitch, ranked by their tightest cabin (ascending). One row per airline × aircraft family × published spec — 380 rows across 97 airlines. The full range is always shown; the ranking uses the minimum. A † flags an extreme figure (below 28″ or above 38″) — presented as published by the airline and, on the low side, possibly a range minimum.

#AirlineFamilyPitchWidthReclineApplies to
1Air India77724–33″†186″Boeing 777-300ER
2AirAsiaA32028″16–1725°Airbus A320ceo,Airbus A320ceo
3AirAsiaA32028″16–17FixedAirbus A320ceo,Airbus A320ceo
4AirAsiaA320neo28″16–1725°Airbus A320neo
5AirAsiaA320neo28″16–17FixedAirbus A320neo
6AirAsiaA321neo28″16–1725°Airbus A321neo
7AirAsiaA321neo28″16–17FixedAirbus A321neo
8Austrian AirlinesA320 family28″——Airbus A320ceo,Airbus A320neo,Airbus A321ceo
9China Southern AirlinesA320 family28″17.35″Airbus A321ceo
10Citilink IndonesiaA32028″17.5—Airbus A320ceo
11Citilink IndonesiaA320neo28″17.5—Airbus A320neo
12Jetstar AirwaysA320 family28″18—Airbus A321ceo
13Jetstar AirwaysA320neo family28″18.23″Airbus A320neo
14Jetstar JapanA320neo family28″18.2—Airbus A321LR
15Philippines AirAsiaA32028″16–17—Airbus A320ceo,Airbus A320ceo
16Philippines AirAsiaA32028″16–17FixedAirbus A320ceo,Airbus A320ceo
17ScootA320 family28″17.84.5″Airbus A320ceo
18ScootA320neo family28″17.64″Airbus A320neo,Airbus A321neo
19Thai AirAsiaA32028″16–17—Airbus A320ceo
20Thai AirAsiaA32028″16–17FixedAirbus A320ceo
21Thai AirAsiaA320neo28″16–17—Airbus A320neo
22Thai AirAsiaA320neo28″16–17FixedAirbus A320neo
23Thai AirAsiaA321neo28″16–17—Airbus A321neo
24Thai AirAsiaA321neo28″16–17FixedAirbus A321neo
25VuelingA32028″17.5—Airbus A319
26Air BusanA32028–29″——Airbus A320ceo
27Air BusanA32028–29″—FixedAirbus A320ceo
28Air BusanA32128–29″——Airbus A321ceo,Airbus A321ceo
29Air BusanA321neo28–29″18.3—Airbus A321neo
30Air BusanA321neo28–29″18.3FixedAirbus A321neo
31Air IndiaA320neo family28–29″——Airbus A320neo
32Bamboo AirwaysA320neo family28–29″——Airbus A320neo
33China AirlinesA320neo family28–29″17.5–18.5FixedAirbus A321neo
34Jazeera AirwaysA32028–30″——Airbus A320ceo,Airbus A320neo
35QantasA32028–30″183″Airbus A320ceo,Airbus A320ceo
36WestJet73728–30″16.6–17.8Pre-reclinedBoeing 737-800
37WestJet73728–30″16.6–17.8FixedBoeing 737-800
38WestJet737 MAX28–30″16.6–17.8Pre-reclinedBoeing 737 MAX 8
39WestJet737 MAX28–30″16.6–17.8FixedBoeing 737 MAX 8
40WestJet737 MAX28–33″16.8–17.23″Boeing 737 MAX 8
41WestJet737 MAX28–33″16.8–17.2—Boeing 737 MAX 8
42Austrian AirlinesE-Jets29″——Embraer E195
43Breeze AirwaysE-Jets29″17.6—Embraer E190
44China Southern AirlinesA320neo family29″18–194″Airbus A321neo,Airbus A321neo
45FinnairA320 family29″18—Airbus A319,Airbus A320ceo
46FinnairA320 family29″17—Airbus A319,Airbus A320ceo
47Flair Airlines73729″—Pre-reclinedBoeing 737-800
48Flair Airlines737 MAX29″—Pre-reclinedBoeing 737 MAX 8
49Jeju Air737 MAX29″17–17.5—Boeing 737 MAX 8
50Jetstar AirwaysA320 family29″17.88—Airbus A320ceo,Airbus A320ceo
51Jetstar AirwaysA320neo family29″18—Airbus A321LR
52Jetstar JapanA320 family29″17.88—Airbus A320ceo
53RwandAir73729″——Boeing 737-800
54ScootA320 family29″17.84.5″Airbus A320ceo
55ScootA320neo family29″17.64″Airbus A320neo,Airbus A321neo
56ScootE-Jet E229″18.3–19.34″Embraer E190-E2
57Thai Lion Air73729″17—Boeing 737-900ER,Boeing 737-900ER
58Air BusanA321neo29–30″18.3—Airbus A321LR
59Air BusanA321neo29–30″18.3FixedAirbus A321LR
60Air New ZealandA320neo family29–30″—2″Airbus A321neo
61Air New ZealandA320neo family29–30″——Airbus A321neo
62Bamboo AirwaysA320 family29–30″——Airbus A321ceo
63flydubai73729–30″173″Boeing 737-800
64flydubai737 MAX29–30″173″Boeing 737 MAX 8,Boeing 737 MAX 8,Boeing 737 MAX 9
65Jeju Air73729–30″17.5—Boeing 737-800
66Jin Air73729–30″17.2—Boeing 737-800
67Jin Air73729–30″17.8—Boeing 737 MAX 8
68Philippine AirlinesA320ceo family29–30″17.845″Airbus A320ceo
69T'way Air73729–30″17–17.5113°Boeing 737-800
70T'way Air737 MAX29–30″16.8–17.296.44°Boeing 737 MAX 8
71WestJet73729–30″16.2–17.31″Boeing 737-800,Boeing 737-800
72WestJet73729–30″16.2–17.3FixedBoeing 737-800,Boeing 737-800
73XiamenAirA321neo29–30″——Airbus A321neo
74Air New ZealandA320neo family29–31″—2″Airbus A320neo
75China Southern Airlines73729–31″17.334″Boeing 737-800
76Hawaiian Airlines71729–31″18—Boeing 717-200
77Air New ZealandA320neo family29–32″—2″Airbus A321neo
78China Southern Airlines73729–32″17.146″Boeing 737-800
79China Southern Airlines73729–32″17.174″Boeing 737-800
80Pakistan International AirlinesATR 4229–33″——ATR 42-500
81KLM Royal Dutch AirlinesE-Jets29.1″——Embraer E175
82KLM Royal Dutch AirlinesE-Jet E229.1–29.9″——Embraer E195-E2,Embraer E195-E2
83Swiss International Air LinesA32029.1–29.9″16.5–18.1—Airbus A320ceo,Airbus A321ceo
84Swiss International Air LinesA320neo family29.1–29.9″16.5–18.1—Airbus A320neo,Airbus A321neo
85Edelweiss AirA32029.1–31.9″——Airbus A320ceo
86Edelweiss AirA320neo family29.1–31.9″——Airbus A320neo
87Shenzhen AirlinesA32029.5″——Airbus A320ceo
88Edelweiss AirA34029.9″——Airbus A340-300
89Juneyao AirA32029.9″20.5110°Airbus A320ceo
90Juneyao AirA320neo family29.9″20.5110°Airbus A320neo,Airbus A321neo
91KLM Royal Dutch AirlinesE-Jets29.9″——Embraer E190
92Edelweiss AirA35029.9–31.9″——Airbus A350-900
93Swiss International Air LinesA32029.9–32.3″16.5–18.1—Airbus A320ceo,Airbus A321ceo
94Swiss International Air LinesA320neo family29.9–32.3″16.5–18.1—Airbus A320neo,Airbus A321neo
95Air Europa73730″17—Boeing 737-800,Boeing 737-800
96Air New ZealandA320 family30″—FixedAirbus A320ceo
97Air New ZealandA320neo family30″—FixedAirbus A321neo
98AirAsia XA33030″16—Airbus A330-300
99AirAsia XA33030″16FixedAirbus A330-300
100AircalinA320neo30″—12°Airbus A320neo
101American Airlines73730″16.6–17.8—Boeing 737-800
102American Airlines737 MAX30″16.6–17.8—Boeing 737 MAX 8
103American AirlinesA320 family30″17.3–17.7—Airbus A319
104American AirlinesA320 family30″17.3–18—Airbus A319
105American AirlinesA320 family30″17.2–18.7—Airbus A319
106American AirlinesA320 family30″16.3–18.7—Airbus A321ceo
107American AirlinesA320neo family30″16.3–18.7—Airbus A321neo
108Austrian Airlines77730″——Boeing 777-200ER
109Breeze AirwaysA22030″18—Airbus A220-300
110Caribbean Airlines737 MAX30″16.5—Boeing 737 MAX 8
111China Southern AirlinesA320 family30″17.84″Airbus A321ceo
112Citilink IndonesiaATR 7230″17.7—ATR 72-600
113Envoy AirE-Jets30″18.2–19.3—Embraer E170,Embraer E175
114Etihad AirwaysA320neo30″——Airbus A321LR
115Firefly73730″—4°Boeing 737-800
116GoJet AirlinesCRJ30″172.5″Bombardier CRJ550
117Gulf AirA320neo family30″—6″Airbus A320neo
118Hawaiian AirlinesA320neo family30″16.3–18—Airbus A321neo
119Jazz AviationDash 830″17—De Havilland Canada Q400
120Jetstar Airways78730″—5″Boeing 787-8
121Jetstar Airways78730″17—Boeing 787-8
122Loong AirA32030″——Airbus A320ceo
123Loong AirA320neo family30″——Airbus A320neo
124LuxairE-Jet E230″——Embraer E195-E2
125Malaysia Airlines73730″——Boeing 737-800
126Malaysia Airlines737 MAX30″17.55″Boeing 737 MAX 8
127Oman Air737 MAX30″—5″Boeing 737 MAX 8
128Philippine AirlinesA320ceo family30″18.15″Airbus A321ceo
129Porter AirlinesDash 830″17Pre-reclinedDe Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited Q400
130Porter AirlinesE-Jet E230″18.3—Embraer E195-E2
131Qantas73730″—5″Boeing 737-800,Boeing 737-800
132QantasA22030″18—Airbus A220-300
133QantasA32130″17.6—Airbus A321XLR,Airbus A321XLR
134Republic AirwaysE-Jets30″182″Embraer E170
135Republic AirwaysE-Jets30″18.2–19.3—Embraer E175
136Royal Brunei AirlinesA320neo30″——Airbus A320neo
137Singapore Airlines737 MAX30″185″Boeing 737 MAX 8
138SkyWest AirlinesE-Jets30″18—Embraer E175
139TunisairA320neo30″18—Airbus A320neo
140United Airlines73730″16.1–17.12″Boeing 737-700
141United Airlines73730″16.3–17.32″Boeing 737-800,Boeing 737-800,Boeing 737-800
142United Airlines737 MAX30″16.6–17.82″Boeing 737 MAX 8,Boeing 737 MAX 8
143United AirlinesA32030″17.72″Airbus A319
144United AirlinesA32030″173″Airbus A320ceo
145United AirlinesA320neo family30″18.42″Airbus A321neo
146United AirlinesCRJ30″172.5″Bombardier CRJ-550
147United AirlinesE-Jet30″182″Embraer E170
148WestJet73730″15.7–17.62″Boeing 737-700
149WestJet73730″15.7–17.6FixedBoeing 737-700
150WestJet73730″16.2–17.32″Boeing 737-800
151WestJet73730″16.2–17.3FixedBoeing 737-800
152WestJet73730″16.6–17.8Pre-reclinedBoeing 737-800
153WestJet73730″16.6–17.8FixedBoeing 737-800
154WestJet737 MAX30″16.3–17.32″Boeing 737 MAX 8
155WestJet737 MAX30″16.3–17.3FixedBoeing 737 MAX 8
156WestJet737 MAX30″16.6–17.8Pre-reclinedBoeing 737 MAX 8
157WestJet737 MAX30″16.6–17.8FixedBoeing 737 MAX 8
158WestJetDash 830″174″De Havilland Canada Q400
159XiamenAir73730″——Boeing 737-800
160XiamenAir737 MAX30″——Boeing 737 MAX 8
161Aer LingusA320neo family30–31″——Airbus A321XLR
162Air New ZealandA320 family30–31″—3.9″Airbus A320ceo
163China AirlinesA35030–31″17116°Airbus A350-900
164Copa Airlines737 MAX30–31″17—Boeing 737 MAX 8
165Copa Airlines737 MAX30–31″174″Boeing 737 MAX 9,Boeing 737 MAX 9
166Delta Air Lines71730–31″18.1—Boeing 717-200
167Delta Air Lines73730–31″17.3—Boeing 737-900ER
168Delta Air Lines75730–31″17.3ReclinesBoeing 757-300
169Delta Air LinesA32030–31″18—Airbus A319,Airbus A320ceo
170Delta Air LinesA320 family30–31″18—Airbus A321ceo
171Delta Air LinesCRJ30–31″17.3—Bombardier CRJ-700,Bombardier CRJ-700,Bombardier CRJ-700
172Delta Air LinesE-Jet30–31″18.3—Embraer E170,Embraer E175,Embraer E175
173FinnairA33030–31″18—Airbus A330-300
174FinnairA33030–31″16–17—Airbus A330-300
175flynasA32030–31″——Airbus A320ceo,Airbus A320neo
176Garuda IndonesiaA330neo30–31″17.6—Airbus A330-900
177Gulf AirA320neo family30–31″—6″Airbus A320neo
178Jin Air77730–31″17—Boeing 777-200ER
179Philippine AirlinesA320ceo family30–31″18.15″Airbus A321ceo
180Philippine AirlinesA320neo family30–31″18.15″Airbus A321neo
181Republic AirwaysE-Jets30–31″18.3—Embraer E170,Embraer E175
182SaudiaA320 family30–31″16.3–18—Airbus A320ceo
183Scoot78730–31″16.2–17.26″Boeing 787-8,Boeing 787-8,Boeing 787-9
184SkyWest AirlinesCRJ30–31″17.3—Bombardier CRJ700,Bombardier CRJ700
185STARLUX AirlinesA320neo family30–31″——Airbus A321neo
186United Airlines73730–31″16.3–17.32″Boeing 737-900ER,Boeing 737-900ER
187United Airlines73730–31″172″Boeing 737-900ER
188United Airlines737 MAX30–31″17–17.52″Boeing 737 MAX 9
189United Airlines737 MAX30–31″17.82″Boeing 737 MAX 9
190United Airlines75730–31″16.55–17.83″Boeing 757-200
191United Airlines75730–31″16.3–17.32″Boeing 757-300
192China Southern Airlines73730–32″17.174″Boeing 737-800
193Delta Air Lines75730–32″17.2ReclinesBoeing 757-200
194Delta Air LinesA22030–32″18.6—Airbus A220-100
195IberiaA33030–32″17.4–18.75″Airbus A330-200
196IberiaA35030–32″17.4–18.75″Airbus A350-900,Airbus A350-900
197Peach AviationA320neo family30–32″——Airbus A321LR
198South African AirwaysA33030–32″16.98—Airbus A330-300
199Air New ZealandA320neo family30–33″——Airbus A320neo
200Delta Air LinesCRJ30–34″17.3—Bombardier CRJ-900
201Endeavor AirCRJ Series30–34″17.3—Bombardier CRJ900
202SkyWest AirlinesCRJ30–34″17.3—Bombardier CRJ900
203Royal JordanianA32030–35″——Airbus A320ceo
204Air New ZealandATR 7230.7″——ATR 72-600
205Turkish Airlines78730.7″17.3—Boeing 787-9
206Air New ZealandDash 830.7–33.9″——De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300
207Aer LingusA33031″——Airbus A330-300
208Air China77731″——Boeing 777-300ER,Boeing 777-300ER
209Air China78731″17–18—Boeing 787-9
210Air ChinaA35031″18—Airbus A350-900
211Air Europa78731″17—Boeing 787-8,Boeing 787-8,Boeing 787-8,Boeing 787-9,Boeing 787-9
212Air IndiaA35031″17.526″Airbus A350-900
213Air Premia78731″18—Boeing 787-9
214Air Tahiti Nui78731″—5.9″Boeing 787-9
215Air TransatA321neo31″184″Airbus A321LR
216AircalinA330neo31″—21°Airbus A330-900
217American Airlines77731″17.1–18.1ReclinesBoeing 777-200ER
218American Airlines77731″16.2–18.1ReclinesBoeing 777-300ER
219American Airlines78731″16.2–18.1ReclinesBoeing 787-8
220American Airlines78731″17.2ReclinesBoeing 787-9
221American Airlines78731″16.5–17.6ReclinesBoeing 787-9
222American AirlinesA320 family31″17.3–17.7—Airbus A321ceo
223Asiana AirlinesA320neo family31″18.3116°Airbus A321neo
224Austrian Airlines78731″——Boeing 787-9
225Caribbean AirlinesATR 7231″16.5—ATR 72-600
226China Airlines73731″17—Boeing 737-800,Boeing 737-800
227China AirlinesA320neo family31″18120°Airbus A321neo
228China Southern AirlinesA320 family31″17.84.5″Airbus A321ceo
229CommuteAirERJ31″17–203″Embraer ERJ-145
230Copa Airlines73731″174″Boeing 737-800,Boeing 737-800
231Delta Air Lines73731″17.3—Boeing 737-800
232Delta Air Lines75731″17.3ReclinesBoeing 757-200
233Delta Air LinesA320neo family31″18ReclinesAirbus A321neo
234Delta Air LinesCRJ31″17.3—Bombardier CRJ-550,Bombardier CRJ-900
235EgyptAir78731″186″Boeing 787-9
236Endeavor AirCRJ Series31″17.3—Bombardier CRJ700,Bombardier CRJ900
237FinnairA35031″18—Airbus A350-900,Airbus A350-900
238FinnairA35031″16.5—Airbus A350-900,Airbus A350-900
239Garuda Indonesia73731″17—Boeing 737-800
240Hainan AirlinesA33031″——Airbus A330-300
241Hawaiian AirlinesA33031″16.5–18—Airbus A330-200
242Jazeera AirwaysA32031″——Airbus A320ceo,Airbus A320neo
243Jazz AviationCRJ Series31″17—Bombardier CRJ900
244Jazz AviationE-Jets31″186″Embraer E175
245Kenya Airways78731″——Boeing 787-8
246Kenya AirwaysE-Jets31″——Embraer E190
247Mesa AirlinesE-Jets31″18.22″Embraer E175
248Mesa AirlinesE-Jets31″182″Embraer E175
249Norse Atlantic Airways78731″17—Boeing 787-9
250Piedmont AirlinesERJ31″17—Embraer ERJ-145
251PSA AirlinesCRJ Series31″16.8–17.3—Bombardier CRJ700
252PSA AirlinesCRJ Series31″16.6–17.3—Bombardier CRJ900
253QantasA33031″17.5—Airbus A330-200,Airbus A330-200,Airbus A330-200,Airbus A330-200,Airbus A330-200,Airbus A330-200
254QantasA33031″17.5ReclinesAirbus A330-300,Airbus A330-300,Airbus A330-300
255QantasFokker 10031″17—Fokker 100,Fokker 100,Fokker 100
256Republic AirwaysE-Jets31″182″Embraer E175
257Royal Air Maroc78731″174″Boeing 787-9
258RwandAir73731″——Boeing 737-800
259SaudiaA320 family31″16.3–18—Airbus A320ceo
260Shenzhen AirlinesA33031″——Airbus A330-300
261SkyWest AirlinesCRJ31″17.3—Bombardier CRJ550,Bombardier CRJ900
262SkyWest AirlinesCRJ31″17.25—Bombardier CRJ700
263South African AirwaysA32031″17.5—Airbus A320ceo
264Swiss International Air Lines77731″17.1—Boeing 777-300ER
265Swiss International Air LinesA34031″17.1—Airbus A340-300
266TAP Air PortugalA330neo family31″17.7210°Airbus A330-900
267Thai Lion Air73731″17—Boeing 737-800
268Turkish Airlines77731″——Boeing 777-300ER,Boeing 777-300ER
269United Airlines76731″18.54″Boeing 767-300ER
270United Airlines76731″18–18.53″Boeing 767-300ER,Boeing 767-400ER
271United Airlines77731″17.053″Boeing 777-200ER,Boeing 777-300ER
272United Airlines77731″17.13″Boeing 777-200,Boeing 777-200ER
273United Airlines78731″17.33″Boeing 787-10,Boeing 787-8,Boeing 787-9
274United Airlines78731″16.55–17.63″Boeing 787-9
275United AirlinesCRJ31″17.33″Bombardier CRJ-200
276United AirlinesE-Jet31″18.22″Embraer E175
277United AirlinesE-Jet31″182″Embraer E175
278United AirlinesERJ31″17–203″Embraer ERJ-145
279Virgin AtlanticA330neo31″17.9—Airbus A330-900
280WestJet78731″174″Boeing 787-9
281WestJetDash 831″174″De Havilland Canada Q400
282XiamenAir73731″——Boeing 737-800,Boeing 737-800
283Air New Zealand77731–32″——Boeing 777-300ER,Boeing 777-300ER
284American AirlinesA320 family31–32″16.5–18—Airbus A320ceo
285Asiana AirlinesA320neo family31–32″18.3116°Airbus A321neo
286China Airlines77731–32″17116°Boeing 777-300ER
287China AirlinesA33031–32″18—Airbus A330-300,Airbus A330-300
288China AirlinesA35031–32″18116°Airbus A350-900
289China AirlinesA35031–32″—116°Airbus A350-900
290China Southern AirlinesA35031–32″17.56″Airbus A350-900
291Delta Air Lines73731–32″17.3—Boeing 737-800,Boeing 737-900ER,Boeing 737-900ER
292Delta Air Lines75731–32″17.3ReclinesBoeing 757-200
293Delta Air Lines76731–32″18.1ReclinesBoeing 767-300ER,Boeing 767-300ER,Boeing 767-400ER
294Delta Air LinesA22031–32″18.6—Airbus A220-300
295Delta Air LinesA320neo family31–32″18ReclinesAirbus A321neo
296Delta Air LinesA33031–32″18ReclinesAirbus A330-300
297Delta Air LinesA35031–32″17.4ReclinesAirbus A350-900,Airbus A350-900
298EVA Air77731–32″——Boeing 777-300ER,Boeing 777-300ER
299EVA Air78731–32″——Boeing 787-10
300EVA AirA320 family31–32″——Airbus A321ceo
301EVA AirA33031–32″——Airbus A330-300,Airbus A330-300
302Fiji AirwaysA33031–32″—6″Airbus A330-200,Airbus A330-300
303Fiji AirwaysA35031–32″—6°Airbus A350-900
304Garuda Indonesia73731–32″17—Boeing 737-800
305Gulf AirA320 family31–32″—4″Airbus A321ceo
306Gulf AirA320neo family31–32″—5″Airbus A321neo
307Gulf AirA320neo family31–32″——Airbus A321neo
308Icelandair737 MAX31–32″17.2—Boeing 737 MAX 8,Boeing 737 MAX 9
309Philippine AirlinesA320neo family31–32″185″Airbus A321neo
310Qatar Airways77731–32″16.9–17.45″Boeing 777-300ER
311Qatar AirwaysA35031–32″—6°Airbus A350-900
312Qatar AirwaysA35031–32″16.9–17.45″Airbus A350-1000,Airbus A350-900
313Qatar AirwaysA35031–32″16.9–17.45°Airbus A350-1000
314Scandinavian AirlinesA33031–32″——Airbus A330-300
315Southwest Airlines73731–32″15.5–17.8—Boeing 737-800
316Southwest Airlines737 MAX31–32″15.5–17.8—Boeing 737 MAX 8
317SriLankan AirlinesA32031–32″——Airbus A320ceo
318SriLankan AirlinesA33031–32″——Airbus A330-200,Airbus A330-200,Airbus A330-200,Airbus A330-300
319STARLUX AirlinesA330neo31–32″——Airbus A330-900
320STARLUX AirlinesA35031–32″——Airbus A350-1000,Airbus A350-900
321TunisairA33031–32″18—Airbus A330-200
322Air BusanA32131–33″——Airbus A321ceo
323Air New Zealand77731–33″—4.7″Boeing 777-300ER
324Air New Zealand78731–33″—3.9″Boeing 787-9,Boeing 787-9,Boeing 787-9
325China Southern Airlines77731–33″16.3–18.56″Boeing 777-300ER
326Delta Air Lines75731–33″17.3ReclinesBoeing 757-200
327Delta Air LinesA33031–33″18ReclinesAirbus A330-200,Airbus A330-900
328EVA Air77731–33″——Boeing 777-300ER
329EVA Air78731–33″——Boeing 787-9
330Icelandair76731–33″17.6—Boeing 767-300ER
331Qatar Airways77731–33″16.6–17.37—Boeing 777-300ER,Boeing 777-300ER
332Southwest Airlines73731–33″15.5–17—Boeing 737-700
333IberiaA35031–34″——Airbus A350-900
334Juneyao Air78731.1″20.5115°Boeing 787-9
335KLM Royal Dutch AirlinesE-Jets31.1″——Embraer E190
336Garuda Indonesia77731.9″——Boeing 777-300ER
337KLM Royal Dutch AirlinesE-Jets31.9″——Embraer E175
338Vietnam AirlinesA320 family31.9″—4.5″Airbus A321ceo,Airbus A321ceo,Airbus A321neo
339China Southern Airlines77732″18.56″Boeing 777-300ER
340China Southern Airlines78732″16–176″Boeing 787-9,Boeing 787-9
341China Southern AirlinesA35032″17.56″Airbus A350-900
342Delta Air LinesE-Jet32″18.3—Embraer E175
343Fiji Airways73732″—6″Boeing 737 MAX 8,Boeing 737-800
344Gulf Air78732″——Boeing 787-9
345Gulf AirA320 family32″—4″Airbus A320ceo
346Hainan Airlines78732″——Boeing 787-9
347Icelandair75732″17—Boeing 757-200,Boeing 757-200
348Qantas78732″17.26″Boeing 787-9
349QantasA38032″—6″Airbus A380-800
350Saudia77732″16.8–18.5—Boeing 777-300ER,Boeing 777-300ER,Boeing 777-300ER
351Saudia77732″16.3–16.8—Boeing 777-300ER
352Saudia78732″16.3–17.3—Boeing 787-10,Boeing 787-9
353SaudiaA33032″16.9–17.29—Airbus A330-300,Airbus A330-300,Airbus A330-300
354Sichuan AirlinesA33032″17.4—Airbus A330-300
355Singapore AirlinesA38032″18.56″Airbus A380-800,Airbus A380-800
356SkyWest AirlinesE-Jets32″18.3—Embraer E175,Embraer E175
357T'way AirA33032″17100°Airbus A330-200
358T'way AirA33032″18113°Airbus A330-300
359XiamenAir78732″——Boeing 787-8
360Asiana Airlines77732–33″18.1—Boeing 777-200ER,Boeing 777-200ER
361Asiana AirlinesA35032–33″18122°Airbus A350-900
362SaudiaA320 family32–33″16.34–18.33—Airbus A321ceo
363T'way AirA33032–33″18118°Airbus A330-200
364XiamenAir78732–33″——Boeing 787-9
365Asiana Airlines77732–34″18.6—Boeing 777-200ER
366Air India77733″186″Boeing 777-300ER
367Air Premia78733″18—Boeing 787-9,Boeing 787-9
368Asiana AirlinesA38033″18.9119°Airbus A380-800
369Korean Air78733″17.2—Boeing 787-9
370Philippine Airlines77733″17.05–19.766″Boeing 777-300ER
371Royal Brunei Airlines78733″17.26″Boeing 787-8
372Asiana Airlines77733–34″18—Boeing 777-200ER
373KLM Royal Dutch AirlinesE-Jet E233.1″——Embraer E195-E2,Embraer E195-E2
374KLM Royal Dutch AirlinesE-Jets33.1″——Embraer E190
375Garuda IndonesiaA33033.9″——Airbus A330-300
376Garuda IndonesiaA33033.9″—4″Airbus A330-300
377Air Premia78735″18—Boeing 787-9
378Royal Air Maroc78735″176″Boeing 787-9
379Jin Air77736″17—Boeing 777-200ER
380Royal Air Maroc78738″197″Boeing 787-9

† Extreme figure presented as published by the airline; a low value may be the minimum of a published range rather than a whole-cabin pitch. Pitch and width are in inches. Where an airline sets the same pitch across a family, the configs collapse to one row; a genuinely different published spec earns its own.

Premium economy

Minimum, median and maximum published pitch per airline across 109 premium-economy cabins from 31 airlines, ordered by median.

AirlineCabinsMinMedianMax
China Southern Airlines1333″33″38″
Aircalin230″34″38″
Shenzhen Airlines234″34.5″35″
Iberia237″37″37″
Air China236″37.5″39″
Austrian Airlines237″37.5″38″
WestJet931″38″38″
Air India432″38″38″
Air Tahiti Nui138″38″38″
American Airlines538″38″38″
Brussels Airlines138″38″38″
Delta Air Lines738″38″38″
EL AL Israel Airlines238″38″38″
EVA Air438″38″42″
Finnair338″38″38″
Garuda Indonesia138″38″38″
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines338″38″38″
Qantas438″38″38″
RwandAir238″38″38″
Scandinavian Airlines138″38″38″
Singapore Airlines638″38″38″
TUI Airways238″38″38″
United Airlines938″38″38″
Virgin Atlantic138″38″38″
China Airlines435″38.5″39″
Swiss International Air Lines239″39″39″
Cathay Pacific240″40″40″
STARLUX Airlines240″40″40″
Air New Zealand639″41″41″
Air Premia442″44.5″46″
AirAsia X159″59″59″

Business

Pitch per airline across 208 business cabins from 57 airlines, ordered by median. Note: 337 cabins in the corpus are lie-flat, where the seat converts to a bed — so a business “pitch” figure describes seat spacing, not the length you actually sleep on, and is not comparable to an upright economy pitch.

AirlineCabinsMinMedianMax
Bamboo Airways234″34.5″35″
Qantas537″37″38″
Jazz Aviation237″37.5″38″
Air Transat1138″38″38″
IndiGo138″38″38″
Jetstar Airways238″38″38″
Scoot338″38″38″
Virgin Australia438″38″38″
Juneyao Air438.2″38.2″40.2″
Malaysia Airlines239″39″39″
China Eastern Airlines139.4″39.4″39.4″
Jeju Air239″39.5″40″
Icelandair540″40″40″
Sichuan Airlines142″42″42″
TAP Air Portugal142″42″42″
Vietnam Airlines242″42″42″
Garuda Indonesia440″42.5″74″
RwandAir539″44″51″
EVA Air843″44″62″
Austrian Airlines344″44″46″
STARLUX Airlines444″44″63″
Virgin Atlantic344″44″44″
Philippine Airlines537″45″78″
South African Airways339″45″45″
Hainan Airlines342″45″74″
Caribbean Airlines145″45″45″
Hawaiian Airlines145″45″45″
Gulf Air741″46″80″
XiamenAir541″46″74″
Oman Air146″46″46″
Royal Air Maroc146″46″46″
WestJet146″46″46″
EgyptAir546″48″60″
Copa Airlines538″49″60″
Aircalin249″49″49″
Royal Jordanian246″49.5″53″
China Southern Airlines1542″50″63″
Singapore Airlines744″50″50″
Fiji Airways544″51″60″
Air Peace151″51″51″
Tunisair241″51.5″62″
China Airlines538″52″62″
flydubai153″53″53″
Kenya Airways238″56.5″75″
Saudia1243″57″63″
Shenzhen Airlines256″58″60″
Air Tahiti Nui160″60″60″
Royal Brunei Airlines243″61″79″
Air India440″62″76″
Air Europa546″65″65″
T'way Air359″74″75″
Asiana Airlines942″74.5″83″
Korean Air175″75″75″
Turkish Airlines344″78″78″
Qatar Airways750″78″103″
SriLankan Airlines349″79″79″
Air China179″79″79″

First

Pitch per airline across 87 first-class cabins from 19 airlines, ordered by median. As with business, most first cabins are lie-flat suites, so pitch describes spacing rather than bed length.

AirlineCabinsMinMedianMax
Endeavor Air335″36″37″
Delta Air Lines2735″37″45″
SkyWest Airlines835″37″37″
American Airlines836″37″38″
Republic Airways436″37″37″
Envoy Air237″37″37″
Mesa Airlines237″37″37″
PSA Airlines237″37″37″
United Airlines1937″37″57″
Hawaiian Airlines237″38″39″
Breeze Airways139″39″39″
GoJet Airlines142″42″42″
Sun Country Airlines152″52″52″
Qantas179″79″79″
Air India280″80″80″
Air China182″82″82″
Garuda Indonesia182″82″82″
Saudia182″82″82″
China Southern Airlines184″84″84″

Extra-legroom economy

The corpus tags extra-legroom economy (exit rows, “more legroom” and front-of-cabin products) as its own tier, kept out of the standard-economy table above. Pitch per airline across 199 such cabins from 40 airlines, ordered by median.

AirlineCabinsMinMedianMax
Finnair231″31″31″
Avelo Airlines432″32″32″
Royal Brunei Airlines232″33″34″
Breeze Airways233″33″33″
EL AL Israel Airlines433″33″33″
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines431.9″33.1″33.1″
Citilink Indonesia429″33.5″38″
Swiss International Air Lines433.9″33.9″33.9″
flyadeal430″34″38″
Republic Airways530″34″34″
United Airlines3130″34″36″
Delta Air Lines3631″34″35″
Porter Airlines332″34″36″
Jazeera Airways433″34″35″
Scoot333″34″39″
WestJet1733″34″36″
American Airlines1334″34″35″
Copa Airlines534″34″34″
Endeavor Air334″34″34″
Envoy Air234″34″34″
Etihad Airways134″34″34″
Fiji Airways134″34″34″
GoJet Airlines134″34″34″
Kenya Airways134″34″34″
Mesa Airlines234″34″34″
Philippine Airlines134″34″34″
PSA Airlines134″34″34″
SkyWest Airlines834″34″34″
Southwest Airlines334″34″35″
Sun Country Airlines134″34″34″
TAP Air Portugal134″34″34″
Virgin Atlantic134″34″34″
Virgin Australia434″34″34″
Air New Zealand932″35″39″
Edelweiss Air135″35″35″
Hawaiian Airlines235″35.5″36″
Asiana Airlines136″36″36″
Hainan Airlines136″36″36″
IndiGo532.3″36.2″36.2″
Caribbean Airlines235″36.5″38″

Methodology

  • Airline-published specifications. Pitch and width are collected per configuration with documented sources and verification dates. Measurements explicitly marked as unsourced or approximate are excluded from this index. Published ranges remain ranges; individual seats may vary.
  • Inches. Pitch and width are in inches; where an airline published metric, the inch figure is the converted original.
  • Ranges. A cabin whose rows are not all one pitch is shown as a min–max range. Ranking always uses the minimum, but the full range is always displayed.
  • Coverage. 494 of 1,192 configurations carry a published pitch and 394 carry a width. Absence of a row means no published figure, not a missing seat.
  • Cabin tier. Cabins are grouped by the corpus’s canonical tier (economy, premium economy, business, first, extra-legroom economy), not by an airline’s marketing name.

Full method and units on the methodology page.

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Pitch, width and recline are shown exactly as recorded in the corpus. Generated 2026-10-06 from 1,192 configurations. Corrections: contact the editor.