FAA Makes Airlines Reveal Seat Sizes for Kid Car Seats on Planes
Published Date: 6/17/2025
Notice
Summary
The FAA is renewing a rule that makes airlines share seat width info on their websites to help parents use child safety seats on planes. This affects airlines flying passengers and helps families pick the right seats for their little ones. The public can comment on this for 60 days, and there’s no extra cost for airlines to keep sharing this info.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Airlines must publish seat widths online
Airlines that carry passengers must post on their websites the width of the narrowest and widest passenger seat in each class of service for each make, model, and series of airplane, under 14 CFR Part 121.311. This information is intended to help parents and guardians choose seats that will fit child safety seats on airplanes.
FAA says airlines face no added cost
The notice states there is no extra cost for airlines to continue making seat-width information available on their websites as part of the renewed information collection. That means passenger-carrying air carriers are not expected to incur new expenses to keep sharing this seat-dimension data.
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