The invention discloses an automatic escape seat for passenger planes. The automatic escape seat comprises an automatic seat closing system, a seat orbit operation system, a parachute system, a delivery decelerating and buffering system, a descent inflating and buffering system, a CPU module integrating LCD driving and data processing, a GPS module, a compass module, a wind power and wind direction module, a wireless ranging module, an air pressure module, a temperature module, an image processing module, a descent direction control module and an output drive module. The dual starting mode of plane pilot and passenger voting is adopted in the escape program, after the escape program is started in danger, seats are automatically closed, the parachute system is automatically started, the sitting state of seat orbits is changed into the escape state, the closed seats are successively operated on orbits to reach special escape openings in the bottoms of the planes and are delivered from cabins under the constraint effect of the orbits, parachutes are automatically opened after the seats fall in the air, the CPU module integrating LCD driving and data processing collects data of the GPS module, the wind power and wind direction module, the compass module, the wireless ranging module, the air pressure module and the temperature module, and the output drive module adjusts relevant parameters so that the seats can fall to the nearest safety zone.