How we verify seat maps
Every seat map on FlightQ is our own — drawn from scratch and checked against authoritative data. We don't hotlink or copy seat-map images from other sites. As of today we publish 901 verified layouts across 91 airlines.
1. Built from coordinate data, not guesswork
Each layout is reconstructed from per-seat coordinate data for the exact aircraft and cabin configuration — every row, every seat letter, every partial row, and the position of lavatories, galleys, exits and bulkheads. We don't approximate a cabin from a seat count.
2. An arithmetic gate that fails closed
Before any map is shown, an automated check recomputes the seat count from the drawn layout and compares it, cabin by cabin, to the airline's published configuration. If a single seat is off, the map is withheld rather than shown. A wrong map never reaches the page.
3. Two verification tiers, labelled honestly
Tier A (757 of 901) is coordinate-verified: every seat confirmed against per-seat position data. Tier B is config-verified: cabin counts, classes and monuments are confirmed, but exact positions in partial rows are approximate — and we say so on the page.
4. Per-seat detail
Where the data supports it, individual seats carry their own notes — extra legroom, limited recline, no window, proximity to a lavatory or galley, bassinet positions — so you can pick a seat on facts, not folklore.
5. Kept current
Airlines refit cabins constantly, which is exactly what made older seat-map sites unreliable. Each layout carries the date it was last verified, and configurations that are retired or not yet flying are labelled rather than passed off as current.