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SeatGuru has shut down. FlightQ's seat database is the replacement that travellers actually need: 810 searchable seat maps across 129 airlines, with plain-language advice on the best seats and the seats to avoid, plus cabin, pitch, width, and seat-count details where available.
With SeatGuru offline, AeroLOPA, SeatMaps, and ExpertFlyer are the tools travellers reach for. Here is where each fits — and where FlightQ adds searchable configuration data and best/avoid advice.
| Tool | What it's known for | Free | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| AeroLOPA | Detailed hand-drawn cabin diagrams | Yes | Precise cabin detail |
| SeatMaps | Broad airline and aircraft coverage | Yes | Wide coverage |
| ExpertFlyer | Seat availability and alerts | Paid | Watching for open seats |
| SeatGuru | Legacy colour seat ratings (shut down) | Was free | Historical reference only |
| FlightQ | Searchable maps with best/avoid advice | Yes | Airline-aircraft lookup and plain-language advice |
SeatGuru is offline and historically combined editorial maps with traveler-contributed ratings. FlightQ requires every map to reproduce its stored cabin totals and discloses public sources separately when available.
AeroLOPA focuses on detailed diagrams. We complement that approach with disclosed validation tiers and plain-language best/avoid reasoning.
Generic seat sites template one layout per aircraft type. We hold the real per-airline configuration, and show the same aircraft compared across every carrier we track.
No. SeatGuru (owned by Tripadvisor) was shut down, leaving travellers without its seat maps and the familiar green/yellow/red seat ratings. This seat database is built to replace it.
FlightQ's seat database includes 810 maps across 129 airlines, organized by aircraft and cabin configuration with seat counts, pitch, width, and best/avoid notes where available.
AeroLOPA specializes in detailed cabin diagrams, while SeatMaps and the former SeatGuru use different combinations of editorial and community data. FlightQ adds searchable airline-aircraft pages, cross-carrier views, and plain-language reasons such as no-window, galley proximity, and limited recline.
Maps can include cabin boundaries, row numbers, seat letters, published seat counts, pitch, width, best rows, and watch-out notes. FlightQ currently annotates 34,049 individual seat positions with specific notes.