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Seat pitch varies by airline, cabin, and aircraft variant. This guide summarizes the range FlightQ has observed in its seat-map data.
Seat pitch is not one fixed number for an airline. The same carrier can have different pitch ranges on narrowbodies, widebodies, premium economy, and business cabins, so the safest answer is a per-airline range tied to actual aircraft layouts.
Last reviewed 2026-08-27
| Airline | Economy pitch | Premium economy | Business or first | Maps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air France | 31-32" | 38-40" | 42-79" | 36 |
| American Airlines | 30-33" | 35-38" | 36-39" | 34 |
| United Airlines | 30-38" | Not listed | 37-77" | 33 |
| Delta Air Lines | 30-35" | 38" | 36-77" | 32 |
| Air Canada | 29-32" | 37-38" | 36-60" | 26 |
| Air China | 30-34" | 36-101" | 36-165" | 22 |
| All Nippon Airways | 30-34" | 38" | 50-76" | 22 |
| China Southern Airlines | 28-32" | 33-100" | 42-180" | 21 |
| Korean Air | 30-38" | Not listed | 52-83" | 21 |
| Asiana Airlines | 31-36" | Not listed | 39-83" | 19 |
| Lufthansa | 30-32" | 38" | 64-83" | 19 |
| Qatar Airways | 31-32" | Not listed | 45-103" | 18 |
| China Eastern Airlines | 30-32" | Not listed | 36-77" | 17 |
| Japan Airlines | 31-34" | 42" | 60-78.5" | 17 |
| LATAM Airlines | 30-32" | Not listed | 38-75" | 16 |
| Finnair | 31-35" | Not listed | 60-78" | 15 |
Airline seat pitch changes by aircraft and cabin configuration. A carrier may use one pitch on an A320, another on a 787, and another on a long-haul premium economy cabin, so a range is more honest than one headline value.
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Seat pitch is the distance from one point on a seat to the same point on the seat in front. It is commonly used as a rough legroom comparison.
It depends on cabin and aircraft. Use the table to compare ranges, then open the airline seat-map page for the specific aircraft.
Yes. FlightQ publishes a seat pitch CSV at /data/seat-pitch.csv for machine-readable comparison.