Planes overhead in BD17
Bradford, West Yorkshire. All 630 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 BD17. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 13 a day; of its 630 postcodes, 139 at 10 to 99, 491 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 8 a day; of its 630 postcodes, 630 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 4 a day; of its 630 postcodes, 630 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BD17 5224 postcodes | 94 at 10 to 99130 under 10 | 224 under 10 | 224 under 10 |
| BD17 6217 postcodes | 217 under 10 | 217 under 10 | 217 under 10 |
| BD17 7189 postcodes | 45 at 10 to 99144 under 10 | 189 under 10 | 189 under 10 |
2 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 BD17
BD18 BD16 LS20 LS19 BD1 BD3 BD7 BD5
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.