19Economy19Total
The Sharp Airlines Fairchild Metro 23 seats 19 passengers across 1 cabin. Every row below is rated on legroom, location and distance from galleys and lavatories.
Verified by John McKeanLast verified 4 June 2026Single source
No standout or problem seats in this cabin.
Sharp flies the Metro 23 on Bass Strait island services to Flinders Island and King Island, plus Victorian regional routes, in a one-one layout. It's the updated Metroliner with improved engines; sectors run 30 to 60 minutes across Bass Strait, where the weather can be real and a pressurised cabin earns its keep.
Every seat is a window with aisle access in the one-one layout. The front rows are quietest, ahead of the propellers — and if you're prone to motion sickness, sit forward, where there's less pitch and yaw in the bumpy Bass Strait air.
The mid-cabin rows by the propeller disc are the loudest; it's a small, loud aircraft, so earplugs help. You're off in under two minutes from anywhere, so the advice is simply to sit as far forward as you can for the quietest ride.
Yes, the Metro 23 is a pressurised turboprop, which matters on longer regional hops. It cruises at a lower altitude than a jet, so cabin pressure may feel slightly different to passengers used to mainline aircraft.
Weight limits on regional turboprops like the Metro 23 are strict — the aircraft's payload is limited. Sharp Airlines specifies carry-on and checked baggage allowances; check them carefully as overage fees or offloading of bags at check-in is possible on a full flight.
Every seat is a window-aisle position, so the usual trade-offs do not apply here. Forward seats exit more quickly; rear seats may be slightly louder from the engines. On a 19-seat aircraft the differences are small.
