6,845 routes 1076 airports

Boeing 737-800 (738)

Single-aisle Boeing narrowbody. 6,845 routes across 167 airlines. One of the most-operated narrowbodies in the world. 3-3 seating, no lie-flat. Fine for flights under 4 hours.

Southwest Airlines operates the most routes with 665. Shenzhen Airlines and Xiamen Air follow. 2,569 individual aircraft tracked across all operators.

Type
Boeing 737-800
IATA / ICAO
738 / –
Manufacturer
Boeing
Category
Narrowbody
Cabin
Range

Flying the Boeing 737-800

3-3 seating, single aisle. The bins are smaller than the MAX variants. Board early if you have a full-size carry-on. Exit row has the most legroom in economy. Avoid the last 5 rows if you want to recline.

The Boeing 737-800 cabin changes by operator. These configurations are ordered by the minimum standard-economy pitch currently recorded in the seat-map library. Pitch is the space between your seat and the one in front; a missing number means the measurement is unavailable.

Airline and cabin Economy pitch
AA American Airlines 1 configuration · 172 seats First · Main Cabin Extra · Main Cabin 30in seat map →
AS Alaska Airlines 2 configurations · 159-161 seats First Class · Main Cabin seat map →
DL Delta Air Lines 1 configuration · 160 seats DELTA MAIN · DELTA FIRST · DELTA COMFORT seat map →
WN Southwest Airlines 1 configuration · 175 seats Main cabin seat map →
SY Sun Country Airlines 1 configuration · 186 seats Economy seat map →

Boeing Family

Same manufacturer, similar cabin. Variants differ in range and engines.

73H Boeing 737-800 (Winglets) 8,508 7M8 Boeing 737 MAX 8 7,146 738 Boeing 737-800 Current 6,845 737 Boeing 737-700 2,173 B38M Boeing 737 MAX 8 1,789 789 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner 1,461 739 Boeing 737-900 982 77W Boeing 777-300ER 929 7S7 Boeing 737 MAX 7 927 788 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner 903 7M9 Boeing 737 MAX 9 636 7S8 Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 450 73G Boeing 737-700 445 B39M Boeing 737 MAX 9 425 77X Boeing 777-200ER 387 73W Boeing 737-700 (Winglets) 342 73J Boeing 737-900ER 332 772 Boeing 777-200 298 763 Boeing 767-300 257 733 Boeing 737-300 248 77L Boeing 777-200LR 217 787 Boeing 787 203 777 Boeing 777 202 781 Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner 196 773 Boeing 777-300 183 752 Boeing 757-200 154 717 Boeing 717 142 712 Boeing 717-200 126 74Y Boeing 747-400F 126 735 Boeing 737-500 123 744 Boeing 747-400 104 73M Boeing 737-200 Combi 82 77F Boeing 777F 82 76W Boeing 767-300ER 81 734 Boeing 737-400 75 757 Boeing 757 72 73F Boeing 737 Freighter 69 74N Boeing 747-8F 63 767 Boeing 767 60 753 Boeing 757-300 59 76Y Boeing 767-300 Freighter 58 73E Boeing 737-500 (Winglets) 57 764 Boeing 767-400ER 57 78X Boeing 787-10 53 748 Boeing 747-8 44 73C Boeing 737-300 (Winglets) 43 75W Boeing 757-200 Winglets 40 76F Boeing 767 Freighter 39 736 Boeing 737-600 31 73L Boeing 737-200C 24 74H Boeing 747-8 23 732 Boeing 737-200 17 73S Boeing 737-600 14 73Q Boeing 737-400 Freighter 11 75V Boeing 757-200 (Winglets) 11 762 Boeing 767-200 9 747 Boeing 747 8 75F Boeing 757 Freighter 3 75T Boeing 757-300 (Winglets) 2 76V Boeing 767-300 (Winglets) 2 75C Boeing 757 Combi 1

Boeing 737-800 FAQ

The Boeing 737-800 (IATA code 738) is a Narrowbody aircraft operated by 167 airlines on 6,845 routes.

Depends whose Boeing 737-800 you board. American Airlines fits 172 seats, Alaska Airlines 159 to 161, Delta Air Lines 160, Southwest Airlines 175, Sun Country Airlines 186. Each airline picks its own layout.

167 airlines. Southwest Airlines operates the most routes.

Standard narrowbody cabin. Fine for flights under 4 hours.