The Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 seats 178 passengers across 2 cabins. Every row below is rated on legroom, location and distance from galleys and lavatories.
Verified by John McKeanLast verified 2 July 2026Cross-referenced
The Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 carries 178 passengers across First + Economy. Every seat is rated below, so you can see which have the legroom, the window alignment and the quiet — and which sit next to a galley or lavatory.
The seats rated best on this map are 1C, 2A, 2F, 3A, 3F, 4A. Another 28 seats are rated best or good. Look for exit rows 15, 16 and 12 extra-legroom seats for the most room.
Seats rated avoid on this map are 11A, 12A, 12F, 30B, 31A, 31B. Another 13 seats are rated avoid. These are usually the back rows near the galley and lavatories, or middle seats with no window or aisle.
The MAX 9 is a longer version of the same aircraft type — it carries more Economy rows behind the same First cabin. The seat products are identical; the MAX 9 just has a deeper cabin. Exit rows and extra-legroom rows are the seats worth checking on both variants.
The exit rows in the middle of the cabin carry the most legroom in Economy. Note that exit-row seats come with safety responsibilities, and some have restricted recline or a different seat-back structure due to the emergency exit. The cabin map marks which rows they are.
Alaska First is a domestic recliner product — not lie-flat, but meaningfully wider and with more pitch than Economy. On a longer sector the comfort difference is real. Solo travellers can choose window or aisle in the two-two layout without a middle seat.
16First162Economy178Total
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