Where to Find Accurate Airline Seat Maps

SeatGuru was once the go-to resource for finding detailed airline seat maps. Many people liked the reviews of individual seats, as well as the colour-coding where red means bad seat, green means good, and yellow raises questions.

Sadly, SeatGuru – which was owned by Tripadvisor – stopped updating its seat maps at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, in 2025, the SeatGuru website shut down completely.

Luckily, there are some good alternatives for finding detailed airline seat maps. Whether you’ve already booked a flight or you’re deciding between airlines, a comparison of seat and cabin features can be very useful for choosing the best seat for your needs. Assuming the airline seat maps are accurate…

AeroLOPA has the most accurate airline seat maps

LOPA is an acronym for “Layout Of Passenger Accommodation” and that’s what AeroLOPA is all about. Each airline seat map is drawn to scale, showing details even down to the exact position of the windows!

AeroLOPA is easily the best modern alternative to SeatGuru. In fact, even the original founder of SeatGuru agrees – as he now works for AeroLOPA!

If you create a free AeroLOPA account and log in, you can also view more detailed information. This includes the best and worst seats, and specific cabin information such as seat pitch, in-flight entertainment options and even the existence of individual air nozzles.

The growing AeroLOPA database – now at 208 airlines – includes the big internationals and many smaller carriers as well. A new feature on AeroLOPA is the option to search for the seat map for your flight by flight number and date.

SeatMaps covers a wide range of airlines

Launched in 2020 by a German data company, Seatmaps.com boasts an impressive database of airlines.

Their seat maps use the same system of colour-coding as SeatGuru and you can click on a seat for details such as seat pitch and width, recline, in-flight entertainment systems and WiFi. Some aircraft feature 3D views for an extra level of detail.

The database is comprehensive and the website is clean and easy to navigate. But the information provided for some airlines and cabins is generic at best, and comedically inaccurate at worst.

SeatMaps does offer helpful photos and links to third-party reviews. Users can also submit a rating for a particular aircraft or seat.

ExpertFlyer offers real-time data

ExpertFlyer is a subscription-based service with a raft of useful tools for frequent flyers. Seat maps are available to view for free and you can see which seats are available on specific flights in real time.

If an airline operates more than one configuration on the same aircraft type, ExpertFlyer is also a way to check which one is scheduled to operate any given flight.

Subscribers can set up alerts for specific seats and ExpertFlyer will notify you if/when a seat becomes available.

If you’re using the free version of ExpertFlyer, you’ll just see a basic seat map that shows which seats are occupied – but not extra details about each seat.

If you have a Premium or Elite subscription, ExpertFlyer now overlays the seat availability information on top of the AeroLOPA seat map for that specific aircraft – but only for some plane types.

Other websites with airline seat maps

Other options out there include SeatMaestro, whose Qantas A380 seat map is the old layout, and Seatlink.com, which aims to show the best-rated seats according to flyers.