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The Airline Leg Room Guide

Airlines measure legroom as seat pitch - the distance from the front of the seat to the back of the seat in front.
The minimum distance required between seats by the UK Civil Aviation Authority's Airworthiness Notice No.64, issue 2 of the 29th October 2001 is 26 inches. This is equivalent to a seat pitch of about 28 inches.

The information should be used as a guide only as the pitch may vary according to the type of aircraft operated by the airline and is subject to change by the airline without notice.

Airlines are listed in alphabetical order. Please click on a link below.

All measurements are to the nearest inch.


Ada Air - Aeromar Airlines
Aeromexico - Air Berlin
Aircalin - Air Macau
Air Madagascar - Air Transat
Air Wales - Atlantic Coast Airlines
Atlantic Southeast Airlines - BMI Baby
Boston-Maine Airways - BWIA
Caribbean Star - Corsair
Croatia Airlines - Dragon Air
Eastern Airways - Excel Airways
Finnair - Gulf Air
Harmony Airways - Horizon Air
Iberia - Israir Airlines
Japan Airlines - Kuwait Airways
La Costena - Luxor Air
Mahan Air - MyTravel Airways
Nationwide Airlines - Onur Air
Pacific Blue - Qatar Airways
Régional - Ryanair
SansaSkyWest Airlines
SN Brussels Airlines - Syrian Airlines
TACA - Tyrolean Airways
Ukraine International Airlines - Uzbekistan Airways
Varig Brazilian - Zoom Airlines




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Ada Air
Albania




Adam Air
Indonesia




ADC Airlines
Nigeria




Adria Airways
Slovenia
30-32
-
36
-
Aegean Air
Greece
33
-
33
-
Aer Arann
Ireland




Aer Lingus
Ireland
29-32
-
31-52
-
Aero Airlines
Estonia




Aero Asia
Pakistan




Aerocaribbean
Cuba




Aero Flight
Germany




Aeroflot
Russia
32
-
38
38-55
Aerolineas Argentinas
Argentina
31-34
49
50
80
Aero Condor
Peru




AeroLitoral
Mexico




Aeromar
Mexico




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Aeromexico
Mexico
31
-
60
-
Aeroperlas
Panama




AeroSur
Bolivia




African Safari Airways ASA
United Kingdom
31
33
36
-
Afriqiyah Airways
Libya




Air Adriatic
Croatia




Air Algerie
Algeria
32
-
36
-
Air Arabia
UAE
32
-
-
-
Air Asia
Malaysia
29
-
-
-
Air Astana
Kazakhstan
31-32
-
39-50
-
Air Atlanta Icelandic
Iceland




Air Austral
Reunion
32
38
56
-
Air Baltic
Latvia




Air Berlin
Germany














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Aircalin
New Caledonia
32

50

Air Canada
Canada
31-34
38-40
55-61

Air Canada Jazz
Canada




Air Caraibes
Guadeloupe
31
38


Air China
China
34

42
62
Air Creebec
Canada




Air Dolomiti
Italy




Air Europa
Spain
29-30



Air Europe
Italy




Air France
France
31
37
48
82
Air Greenland
Greenland




Air India
India
31-36

47-50
60
Air Iraq
Iraq




Air Jamaica
Jamaica
33

40
60
Air Macau
Macau









All measurements are to the nearest inch.


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Air Madagascar
Madagascar


60

Air Madrid
Spain
32

47

Air Malta
Malta
30-32

30-32

Air Mauritius
Mauritius
30-33

39-43
73
Air Namibia
Namibia
31-32
-
55-60
-
Air New Zealand
New Zealand
30-34
38-40
42-79 flat bed
-
Air One
Italy
28-31
-
50
-
Air Pacific
Fiji
32
-
50-57
-
Air Portugal TAP
Portugal
33

43-47

Air Sahara
India
30-34
-
38-54
-
Air Scotland
Unted Kingdom




Air Seychelles
Seychelles
32
-
50
-
Air Tahiti Nui
Tahiti
32
-
55
80
Air Tanzania
Tanzania




AirTran Airways
USA
31

36

Air Transat
Canada
28-33



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Air Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
32
-
40-43
-
Aircalin
New Caledonia




Ajet
Cyprus




Alaska Airlines
USA
32

36-37

Alitalia
Italy
32-34

33-55

All Nippon Airways ANA
Japan
34
38
50-65
76-80
Aloha Airlines
USA
32

36-38

America West
USA
31



American Airlines
USA
33-35

49-60
38-58
American Eagle
USA

29-31



Arkia
Israel




Armenian Airlines
Arnenia




Asiana Airlines
South Korea
33

50
83
Astraeus
United Kingdom
29-31



ATA Airlines
USA
30-32



Atlantic Coast Airlines
USA
31



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Atlantic Southeast Airlines
USA

31



Atlas Blue
Morocco





Aurigny Air Services
United Kingdom
29

30

Austrian Airlines
Austria
31-32

50

Avianca
Colombia
34

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