The Shanghai Airlines Boeing 737-800 seats 164 passengers across 2 cabins. Every row below is rated on legroom, location and distance from galleys and lavatories.
Verified by John McKeanLast verified 7 July 2026Single source
Avoid 36A (No window at this seat position — wall only); 39A, 39B, 39K, 39L, 40A, 40B, 40K, 40L (Seat may not fully recline — exit row behind requires clear path); 54B, 54K (Near lavatory (behind) — some queuing traffic and noise); 55A, 55B, 55C, 55J, 55K, 55L, 56A, 56B, 56C, 56J, 56K, 56L (Immediately adjacent to lavatory (behind) — expect noise, odors, and queuing traffic)
The Shanghai Airlines Boeing 737-800 carries 164 passengers across Business + Economy. Power is available on this aircraft. 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.
No seats are individually rated best on this configuration yet, but 6 extra-legroom seats give the most legroom. The front rows of each cabin board and clear quickest.
Seats rated avoid on this map are 36A, 39A, 39B, 39K, 39L, 40A. Another 17 seats are rated avoid. These are usually the back rows near the galley and lavatories, or middle seats with no window or aisle.
A real two-by-two recliner cabin, and on this fit it runs the most generous spacing of the airline's 737 layouts. For the domestic trunk sectors this jet flies, it is a comfortable step up rather than a token one.
The bulkhead row behind business carries the marked space, with the usual bulkhead conditions and a wall that sits closer than most. The over-wing exit rows are the alternative, with reduced recline in the seats directly ahead of them.
No, and it matters: the airline flies the 737-800 in four fits, with different business cabin sizes, different densities and differently placed exit rows. Check the map for your flight to see which one you have.
The last rows by the rear galley and lavatories, the recline-restricted seats ahead of the exits, and, if the view is the point, the window seat with no pane and the one with a window set behind the seat. All are flagged on the map.
8Business156Economy164Total
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