Planes overhead in BD1
Bradford, West Yorkshire. All 472 of its postcodes measured, January to August 2026.
From Leeds Bradford
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Leeds Bradford flies, and that decides how many pass over BD1. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 3 a day; of its 472 postcodes, 472 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 472 postcodes, 1 at 10 to 99, 471 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 15 a day; of its 472 postcodes, 22 at 10 to 99, 450 under 10
The table counts the postcodes of each sector by how many planes pass over them a day: 100 or more, 10 to 99, or under 10.
| Sector | Flying west47% of days | Both ways26% of days | Flying east27% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| BD1 176 postcodes | 76 under 10 | 76 under 10 | 7 at 10 to 9969 under 10 |
| BD1 296 postcodes | 96 under 10 | 96 under 10 | 96 under 10 |
| BD1 377 postcodes | 77 under 10 | 77 under 10 | 77 under 10 |
| BD1 492 postcodes | 92 under 10 | 92 under 10 | 92 under 10 |
| BD1 565 postcodes | 65 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 9964 under 10 | 15 at 10 to 9950 under 10 |
| BD1 966 postcodes | 66 under 10 | 66 under 10 | 66 under 10 |
1 of its postcodes have a position ONS estimates, so their figures may be for a spot a few hundred metres away.
What counts as overhead
Overhead means more than halfway up the sky (48.5 degrees or more) and below 7,000 ft, the CAA's definition of an overflight (CAP 1498). A day counts as one way when 80% of its flights used that way.
Near BD1
BD3 BD5 BD7 BD4 BD6 BD18 LS28 BD17
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Leeds Bradford. Flight tracks: adsb.lol (ODbL 1.0); Weather at each airport: Iowa Environmental Mesonet; Ground heights: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right; Postcode positions: ONS National Statistics Postcode Lookup (OGL). Licence: Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0.