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Legroom Report

How much space will you have?

The emergence of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) or Economy Class Syndrome has raised awareness of legroom space on airplanes. Click here to read more about DVT.

Traditionally, seating space has been measured by "seat pitch", which is the distance between a point in the headrest on one seat and the same point on the seat in front of it. If an airline has a seat pitch of 32" in Economy Class, this means that there is a distance of 32" between the front of one seat and the front of the seat behind it.

While seat pitch is not the exact equivalent of "legroom", it gives a very good approximation of how much seat room you should expect.

Seat pitch varies from airplane to airplane; please treat this as a guide.

Scheduled Airlines:

AirlineEconomyPremium EconomyBusinessFirst Class
Aer Lingus32"*52"*
 
Aeroflot32"*38-58"*
 
Air Algerie32"*36"*
 
Air Baltic30-32"***
 
Air Canada31-34"38-40"58"60"
 
Air China34"*42"62"
 
Air France31-34"36"55-79"82"
 
Air India31-34"*47-76"80-82"
 
Air Jamaica31-32"*60-84"*
 
Air Malta30"*32"*
 
Air Mauritius31"*60"73"
 
Air New Zealand32-34"38-40"42-80"*
 
Air Seychelles32"*50"*
 
Alitalia32"*60"*
 
All Nippon Airways31"38"62-63"77"
 
American Airlines30-34"*49-60"188-92"
 
Austrian Airlines32"*57-59"*
 
bmi31-32"49"78-80"*
 
British Airways30-37"38"73"78"
 
Brussels Airlines31"*62"*
 
Caribbean Airlines32-34"*47-60"*
 
Cathay Pacific Airways32"*45-60" 179-81"
 
China Eastern32"*60"80"
 
Czech Airlines32"*47"*
 
Cyprus Airways31-32"*41-42"*
 
El Al Airlines32-34"*45-62"77"
 
Emirates32-34"*46-60"69-86"
 
Etihad Airlines31-33"*88"88"
 
Finnair28-32"*60"*
 
Gulf Air32-34"*47-73"74-83"
 
Iberia31"*60"*
 
Icelandair32-33"*39"*
 
Japan Airlines30-32"3862" 179"
 
JAT Yugoslav Airlines32"*36"*
 
Kenya Airways32"*76"*
 
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines30-34"33"60"*
 
Korean Air31-35"*50"82"
 
LOT Polish Airlines30-32"*37-57"*
 
Lufthansa30-33"*30-60"85-92"
 
Luxair32"*32"*
 
Malev32"*40"*
 
Malaysia Airlines32-34"*45-62"75"
 
MEA32"*42"-48"*
 
Olympic Airways32"*58"*
 
Pakistan International Airlines32"*60"*
 
Qantas31-32"38-42"50-80"79-83.5"
 
Qatar Airways32-34"*61"78-79"
 
Royal Air Maroc32"*36"*
 
Royal Brunei Airlines32"*57"*
 
Royal Jordanian34"*82"*
 
SAS32"38"61"*
 
Saudi Arabian Airlines34"*45"64"
 
Singapore Airlines32-34"37"50-60"60-81"
 
South African Airways31"-34"*73"*
 
Sri Lankan Airlines32"*48"*
 
Swiss International Airlines32"*60"83"
 
TAP Air Portugal33"*46"*
 
Thai Airways International34"42"60"70-78"
 
Turkish Airlines30-36"*34-61"83"
 
United Airlines31-33"34-36"50-77"78-88"
 
Varig Brazilian Airlines32"*45"65"
 
Virgin Atlantic Airways31-32"38"*79.5"
 

Low-cost airlines:
AirlineEconomyPremium EconomyBusinessFirst Class
Aer Arann30-31"***
 
Air Berlin30-33"*53-54"*
 
Air Southwest31"***
 
bmibaby29-31"***
 
easyJet29"***
 
Flybe31"***
 
Germanwings30"***
 
Jet230"34"**
 
Monarch Airlines28-29"34"**
 
Ryanair30"***
 
Thomson Airways28-33"36"**
 
Transavia29"***
 
Wizz Air30"***
 
1 depending on aircraft.
 

 

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Updated April 2009

 


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