seat pocket

Airplane storage pouch

A seat pocket is the fabric pouch attached to the back of an airplane seat or the rear of a car seat, designed to hold magazines, safety cards, and other items within easy reach of the passenger behind it.

She tucked her phone into the seat pocket before takeoff.

The term appears most often in airline contexts, where flight attendants remind passengers to check seat pockets for belongings.

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tray table · tray · flight · safety · card · airsickness · barf bag · bag · storage · compartment · headphones · carry on · snacks · boarding · pass · cramped · legroom · recline

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storage location

seat pocketoverhead bin

Aircraft cabin storage space

overhead storage · cargo hold · trunk · luggage hold · luggage compartment

Family

seat, pocket, seats, seated, seating, seater, unseat, unseated, pockets

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G