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MacBook Air 13″ (M2–M5) viewport size

1470 × 956CSS px · 2× DPR · 2560×1664 physical

By default the MacBook Air 13″ (M2–M5) gives a full-screen web page a 1470 × 956 CSS pixel viewport, drawn on a 2560 × 1664 pixel panel (device pixel ratio 2). That’s the size your media queries see, and it changes if the owner picks a different scaling option (listed below).

CSS viewport (portrait)1470 × 956what web pages get

Aspect ratio16:10.4width : height

Device pixel ratio2×1 CSS px = 2 × 2 screen pixels

Physical resolution2560 × 166413.6″ screen

Visible in the browser1470 × 832Chrome (macOS), first load

Released2026macOS laptop

See your site on a MacBook Air 13″ (M2–M5)

Paste your address (or localhost:3000). doesitfit shows it at exactly 1470 × 956, with Chrome (macOS)’s bars if you want them, and tells you if anything spills.

Free, no sign-up. Or ask Claude, ChatGPT or Codex to check it.

What a web page actually sees

The full viewport is 1470 × 956, but the browser’s own bars take some of it. In Chrome (macOS) a page gets about 1470 × 832 on first load (37px menu bar and Chrome’s 87px tab strip + toolbar, maximized window, Dock hidden). That’s your real “above the fold”.

Setting	Width	Height
Full viewport	1470px	956px
Visible on first load (Chrome (macOS))	1470px	832px

What it means for your CSS

Breakpoints

At 1470px: Tailwind uses xl (sm: md: lg: xl: styles apply); Bootstrap uses xxl.

Tailwind breakpoints on real devices

Content width

With 16px of padding on each side your text column is 1438px; with 24px it’s 1422px. Text closer than 8px to the edge looks cramped (more).

Sharp images

A full-width image needs about 2940px of real pixels (1470 × 2).

<img src="hero-2940.jpg"
  srcset="hero-800.jpg 800w, hero-2940.jpg 2940w"
  sizes="100vw" alt="…">

Styles for this width

Content-first breakpoints beat device lists, but if something breaks at this width:

@media (max-width: 1470px) {
  /* screens 1470px wide and narrower */
}

Other display size settings

The scaling the owner picks changes the viewport your site gets:

Setting	CSS viewport
Default (default)	1470 × 956
Larger text	1024 × 665
Scaled	1280 × 832
More space	1710 × 1112

How common is 1470 × 956?

1470 × 956 isn’t in StatCounter’s top lists for Aug 2026 on its own, but nearby sizes behave the same way. See the most common screen sizes.

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Everything about the 1470 × 956 viewport · All MacBook sizes

Questions people ask

What is the viewport size of the MacBook Air 13″ (M2–M5)?

1470 × 956 CSS pixels, with a device pixel ratio of 2. The screen itself is 2560 × 1664 physical pixels.

How much of the MacBook Air 13″ (M2–M5) screen does a web page get in Chrome?

About 1470 × 832 on first load: the 37px menu bar and Chrome’s 87px tab strip + toolbar, maximized window, Dock hidden. Design your first screen for that height, not the full 956px.

Which CSS breakpoint does the MacBook Air 13″ (M2–M5) fall into?

At 1470px wide, Tailwind CSS uses xl (sm: md: lg: xl: styles apply) and Bootstrap uses its xxl tier.

How wide should images be for the MacBook Air 13″ (M2–M5)?

A full-width image needs about 2940px of real pixels (1470 CSS px × DPR 2) to look sharp. Use srcset so smaller screens don’t download it.

How can I test my website on a MacBook Air 13″ (M2–M5) without one?

Open doesitfit.lol, paste your address (localhost works too) and pick the MacBook Air 13″ (M2–M5). It shows your site at exactly 1470 × 956 CSS pixels and flags anything that spills past the edge.

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About these numbers

Confidence: High: confirmed by more than one independent source. MacBook default scalings are not exactly 2× the panel (e.g. a 2560×1664 Air defaults to 1470×956); CSS still reports DPR 2. MacBook Neo values are from Apple specs and owner reports; they have not been measured in a browser yet.

Sources include DeviceAtlas, Chrome DevTools device list (EmulatedDevices.ts), iosref.com, ios-resolution.com. Researched September 2026.