About SeatMap.app

Choosing a seat should not feel like guesswork.

Airline maps are useful, but they rarely tell the whole story. A seat can look fine in a grid and still mean limited recline, no window, extra noise, or a long wait to get off the plane. Frequent flyers learn this over years. Everyone else finds out at 30,000 feet.

SeatMap.app was built to close that gap. We start every seat map from official airline sources — the airline's own seat map PDFs and fleet pages — and cross-check each layout by hand before publishing. Then we add the practical notes those maps leave out: legroom, recline, window alignment, galley noise, fast-exit rows, quiet zones. Short, specific notes per seat. The kind of detail that changes which row you book.

Every configuration is human-checked against multiple independent sources and stamped with a verification date. If the seat count doesn't match the airline's published spec, we don't publish it.

Who uses it

Frequent flyers use SeatMap to compare cabin refits and pick rows for long-haul. Everyone else uses it to avoid seat 31A next to the lav. Both audiences get the same data: checked, sourced, free.

How we cover the world

We started with Australian carriers because that is where the deepest documentation lives and where we know the most. Qantas, Virgin Australia, Jetstar and QantasLink coverage is industry-leading. From there we expanded into major international airlines — Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Cathay Pacific — and US carriers are next.

What it costs

Nothing. Every seat map is free. No account required, no paywall, no premium tier to see the good seats.

How to reach us

Found a seat note that is wrong, or an aircraft you want us to add? There is a “Request Configuration” link on every seat map page. We prioritise requests by how many people ask.