Delta Embraer 170 Seat Selection Guide (2026)

The trap: the extra-legroom rows are where the windows fail

Delta’s E170 has a five-row extra-legroom band at the front of Main Cabin — rows 4 through 8, twenty seats, which is exactly the Comfort+ block on this aircraft. Row 4 has extra legroom at the bulkhead, and rows 5 to 8 sit at around 33 inches of pitch, three inches more than the rest of the cabin.

Ten of those twenty seats are window seats. Eight of the ten have something wrong with them.

8A and 8D are the best seats in Main Cabin, and it is not close. They are the last row of the extra-legroom band, so they get the full three inches, and they are the only window seats in it that line up with the glass.

If you cannot get them, the aisle and inboard seats in the band are unaffected by the window problem: 5B, 5C, 6B, 6C, 7B, 7C, 8B and 8C are all rated green with the extra pitch and nothing recorded against them.

Row 4 is the bulkhead. Its two inboard seats, 4B and 4C, lose their underseat storage and take the tray table in the armrest, which narrows the seat. Its two window seats are misaligned. It is the row in the band with the most legroom and the most compromises.

And immediately behind it, two seats with no window at all

9A and 9D have no usable window — the glass sits well behind the seat, and both are rated red. They are the first row behind the extra-legroom band, which on a booking map makes them look like a sensible way to save a few dollars while staying near the front.

10A and 10D are misaligned as well. The first properly aligned window seats behind the Comfort+ band are 11A and 11D, and from there back to row 17 the window seats are clean.

First Class: rows 1 to 3

Nine seats in a 1-2 — a solo A seat on the left of the aisle and a C/D pair on the right. 1A, 2A and 3A all have direct aisle access with nobody to climb over, which makes the A column the best solo seat on the aircraft three times over.

Take 2A or 3A. Row 1 sits against the forward galley: 1C and 1D carry a galley note for noise and bright light during meal preparation, and 1C has a partial bulkhead across 70% of the seat frontage. 1D has the best window rating in the cabin if that is the trade you want.

For two travelling together, 2C/2D or 3C/3D is the pair to take — the same seats without the galley.

Standard Main Cabin: rows 11 to 17

Rows 11 through 16 are the clean part of the aircraft: nothing recorded against any seat, aligned windows, full recline. Row 17 is fine at 17A but 17B, 17C and 17D carry a galley note.

The cabin is 2-2 throughout, so there is no middle seat anywhere on the aircraft. Two people travelling together get a row to themselves on either side of the aisle — the reason a lot of regular Delta Connection passengers prefer the E170 and E175 to a mainline A319 or 737 on the same route.

The back: row 18

Row 18 is the last row and the worst. None of the four seats reclines, all four carry a galley note, and the lavatory is behind: 18B is rated red for sitting immediately adjacent to the lavatory door, and 18A, 18C and 18D are amber for lavatory traffic.

Quick picks by traveller

Delta’s E170 against its E175

Delta flies both, and the E175 is much more common. The E175 is the stretch: same cabin cross-section, same 2-2 seating and same absence of middle seats, with more rows and a larger First Class.

The practical difference on the E170 is proportion. It is a short aircraft, so the compromised rows — the misaligned window band from row 4 to row 10, and the last row — account for a larger share of the cabin. The clean stretch is rows 11 to 16, six rows out of fifteen.

Frequently asked questions

Which is the best seat on Delta’s E170?

2A or 3A in First Class — solo seats with their own aisle and no galley behind them. In Main Cabin, 8A and 8D: the extra Comfort+ pitch with a properly aligned window, which no other seat in the band has.

Which rows are Comfort+?

Rows 4 to 8 — twenty seats. Row 4 is an extra-legroom bulkhead and rows 5 to 8 sit at around 33 inches of pitch, three inches more than the rest of Main Cabin.

Which seats have no window?

9A and 9D. Both have no usable window, with the glass well behind the seat. A further eight seats — 4A, 4D, 5A, 5D, 6A, 6D, 7A, 7D — plus 10A and 10D have the window misaligned, so you can see out only by leaning back.

Are there middle seats on Delta’s E170?

No. Main Cabin is 2-2 and First is 1-2, so every seat on the aircraft is a window or an aisle.

Who operates Delta’s E170s?

Republic Airways, flying as Delta Connection. The cabin, the Comfort+ product and the seat map are Delta’s.

Is there Wi-Fi and entertainment?

Entertainment streams to your own device — no seatback screens. Wi-Fi is an air-to-ground system rated at up to around 10 Mbps, which is enough for messaging and light browsing rather than video.

How many seats does the Delta E170 have?

69 — nine First Class and 60 Main Cabin, of which 20 are Comfort+ in rows 4 to 8.