What do the letters on plane seats mean?

The letters on airplane seats tell you where to find your seat in the row. When you travel by airplane you usually receive a seat assignment that includes and a letter. The number tells you which row you were assigned while the letter indicates your specific seat within the row.



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Airline seats are often discontinuously lettered and numbered to allow for consistency across different classes of cabin, and different aircraft types. For example, United letters their economy cabin (6 seats across) as ABC on the port (left) side of the plane, and DEF on the starboard (right) side.

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Occasionally, aircraft with a seating structure of 2+2 may letter the seats as ACDF to keep with the standard of A/F being window and C/D being aisle on short-haul aircraft (which generally have 3+3 seats).

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Occasionally, aircraft with a seating structure of 2+2 may letter the seats as ACDF to keep with the standard of A/F being window and C/D being aisle on short-haul aircraft (which generally have 3+3 seats).

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Window seat on planes are in lanes of A and F only. Any no of A and F line you will get window seat. If you want to have wings view then 9 to 20 is the no. And if you wish to have some part of wings and clear view then 21 to 29 is best.

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Occasionally, aircraft with a seating structure of 2+2 may letter the seats as ACDF to keep with the standard of A/F being window and C/D being aisle on short-haul aircraft (which generally have 3+3 seats).

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If half-cans of soda, 30 inches of legroom and rewards points get you excited, then you'll like it here. Why 17A? It's a great window seat in most planes and every blog deserves a name, right?

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Airline Class of Service Codes A - First Class Discounted. B - Economy/Coach – Usually an upgradable fare to Business. C - Business Class.

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Premium seats are located in the middle of the aircraft, with row numbers from 18 to 25. Seats A and C are on the left hand side, with A next to the window and C next to the aisle, seats D, F and G are located in the centre with seat D having access to the left hand aisle and G has access to the right hand aisle.

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Generally, normal aircrafts have ABC and DEF for each side of the aisle. If you want an aisle seat, avoid A seats, since those are located next to the window on most airlines. In jets with three-seat wide rows, C seats and D seats will usually be located closest to the aisle.

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Thus seat “A” is always next to the right window. There are other variations though that do depend on the airline. For example, one airline with 2 seats on the right and three on the left may label them as A and B, and then D, E, and F, while another airline may use A and C, and then D, E, and F.

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In economy: A and F are window seats. B and E are middle seats. C and D are aisle seats.

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We used to skip 33 on certain maps to make the [final] row standardized, but the end row is no longer standardized, a United Airlines spokesperson told Travel + Leisure. In short, the reasoning behind having a unanimous seating map is a math equation of sorts.

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Unless otherwise authorized or required by ATC, no person may operate an aircraft at or below 2,500 feet above the surface within 4 nautical miles of the primary airport of a Class C airspace area at an indicated airspeed of more than 200 knots (230 mph).

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This means that an 'A' seat is always a port-side window, and 'F' is always a starboard-side window. If they labelled first class seats with AB, CD, then 'C' seats would be a port-side aisle in economy, but a starboard-side aisle in first. Airline seats do not skip letters for rows since rows are always numbers.

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Armrests are non-movable for all seats in rows 20 and 25. Seats 25A, 25K, 32A, and 32K do not have a window.

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There is a long-held belief in many cultures that the number 13 is unlucky. And many airlines have responded to this by simply missing row 13 in their seat numbering. The rows jump straight from 12 to 14. This may seem strange to make such a change in the cabin based on a superstitious belief.

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