SeatInside

About SeatInside

SeatInside draws airline seat maps from each aircraft's cabin layout, one map per layout, so you can see what sits around a seat before you pick it.

What's here

Airlines often fly one aircraft type in two or three layouts, so every layout gets its own map. Airline pages group those layouts by aircraft type, and aircraft pages compare one type across the airlines that fly it.

The Wi-Fi directory shows which provider each airline has fitted, type by type. Flight lookup finds the aircraft scheduled on a flight number, and the guides compare cabins in more depth.

How the seat maps are built

Each map starts from the layout's published configuration: seats per cabin, row numbers, seat letters, and exit rows.

Where a reference drawing of the cabin exists, its seats, galleys, lavatories, closets, doors, and windows are traced and the map is drawn at those positions. Layouts without one are drawn from the row-and-column configuration: the seats and rows are exact, but spacing and galley positions are approximate.

Seat pitch and width

Pitch and width come from airline cabin specifications, recorded per cabin for each layout. Many layouts are still missing them. Where a source fills the gap with a generic 31-32" pitch and 17-18" width, SeatInside treats the figure as not yet measured and keeps it out of summaries and comparisons. The same fill appears on every First cabin in the source data, so no First-class dimensions are quoted.

Economy pitch figures are for the standard seat. A range such as 31-34" usually spans the extra-legroom rows sold as a separate product.

Wi-Fi and flight data

Wi-Fi records combine several public fleet trackers, matched to aircraft types. An aircraft counts as having Wi-Fi when a provider is on record for it, and installation still varies from one aircraft to the next within a type.

Flight lookups use schedule data from AeroDataBox.

How often it changes

Wi-Fi records sync every day. Seat maps are rebuilt in batches when an airline is added or a layout changes, and guides show the date they were last updated.

Who runs it

SeatInside is independent and not affiliated with any airline or aircraft manufacturer. Airline names and logos belong to their owners.