Air Travel Airlines Seat Pitches and Widths on the Top 6 U.S. Carriers Written by Benet Wilson Twitter Benét has been in the aviation industry more than 20 years and has written hundreds of articles about air travel. Tripsavvy's Editorial Guidelines Benet Wilson Updated 06/26/19 Share Pin Email Rafal Rodzoch / Getty Images As the airlines continue to try and squeeze out every penny of profit, one of the ways they do it is by putting as many seats in an aircraft as possible. As a result, we’ve seen less legroom—the space between a point on one seat and the same point on the seat in front of it—seat width in a steady decline in the past 10 years. The average seat pitch in coach class on U.S. carriers is between 30 and 33 inches, and seat width is 17 inches to 18 inches, which isn’t very comfortable, even for shorter people. Below is a list outlining seat pitch and width in economy class for the top North American airlines. 01 of 06 American Airlines American Airlines Airbus A319 - pitch, 31 inches; recline, 4 inches; width, 17.7 inches Airbus A321 - pitch, 31 inches; recline, 4 inches; width, 17.7 inches Boeing 777-300ER - pitch, 31/32 inches; recline, 6 inches; width, 17 inches Boeing 777-223ER - pitch, 31/32 inches; recline, 18 inches; width, 18.5 inches Boeing 767-223ER - pitch, 31/32 inches; recline, 18 inches; width, 17.8 inches Boeing 767-323ER - pitch, 31 inches; recline, 4 inches; width, 17.8 inches Boeing 757 - pitch, 31/32 inches; recline, 6 inches; width, 17.2 inches Boeing 737-800 - pitch, 31/32 inches; recline, 6 inches; width, 17.2 inches McDonnell Douglas MD-80 - pitch, 31 inches; recline, 4 inches; width, 17.8 inches 02 of 06 Delta Benet J. Wilson Airbus A19 - 30/31 inches; width, 17.2 inches Airbus A320 - 30/31 inches; width, 17.2 inches Airbus A330-200 - 30/31 inches; width, 18 inches Boeing 717 - 31 inches; width, 18 inches Boeing 737-700 - 30/31 inches; width, 17.2 inches Boeing 737-800 - 30/31 inches; width, 17.2 inches Boeing 737-900ER - 30/31 inches; width, 17.2 inches Boeing 747-400 - 30/31 inches; width, 17.2 inches Boeing 757-200 - 30/31 inches; width, 17.2 inches Boeing 767-300 - 30/31 inches; width, 17.9 inches Boeing 767-400ER - 30/31 inches; width, 17.9 inches Boeing 777200LR - 30/31 inches; width, 18.5 inches Boeing 777200ER - 30/31 inches; width, 18.5 inches 03 of 06 United Airlines United Airlines Airbus A319 - pitch, 31 inches; recline, 4 inches; width, 18 inches Airbus A320 - pitch, 31 inches; recline, 4 inches; width, 18 inches Boeing 787-8 - 32 inches; recline, 5 inches; width, 17.3 inches Boeing 787-9 - 32 inches; recline, 5 inches; width, 17.3 inches Boeing 777-200 - 31 inches; recline, 4 inches; width, 18 inches Boeing 767-300 - 31 inches; recline, 4 inches; width, 18 inches Boeing 767-400 - 31 inches; recline, 4 inches; width, 17.3 inches Boeing 757-200 - 31 inches; recline, 4 inches; width, 17 inches Boeing 747-400 - 31 inches; recline, 4 inches; width, 17 inches Boeing 737-700 - pitch, 31 inches; recline, 3 inches; width, 17.2 inches Boeing 737-800 - pitch, 31 inches; recline, 3 inches; width, 17.2 inches Boeing 737-900 - pitch, 31 inches; recline, 3 inches; width, 17.2 inches 04 of 06 Southwest Airlines fStop Images - Halfdark/Brand X Pictures/Getty Images Boeing 737-300 - pitch, 32/33 inches; width, 17.2 inches Boeing 737-500 - pitch, 32/33 inches; width, 17.2 inches Boeing 737-700 - pitch, 31 inches; width, 17 inches Boeing 737-800 - pitch, 32/33 inches; width, 17 inches Continue to 5 of 6 below. 05 of 06 JetBlue Benet J. Wilson Airbus A321 - pitch, 33 inches Airbus A320 - pitch, 34 inches; width, 17.8 Embraer 190 - pitch, 32 inches; width, 18.5 06 of 06 Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-700 first class - pitch, 36 inches; width, 21 inches; economy class, pitch, 32 inches; width, 17 inches Boeing 737-800 first class - pitch, 36 inches; width, 21 inches; economy class, pitch, 31-32 inches; width, 17 inches Boeing 737-900 first class - pitch, 36 inches; width, 21 inches; economy class, pitch, 32 inches; width, 17 inches Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Share Pin Email Tell us why! Submit