Planes overhead in BD18
Bradford, West Yorkshire. All 731 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 BD18. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 11 a day; of its 731 postcodes, 183 at 10 to 99, 548 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 8 a day; of its 731 postcodes, 731 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 4 a day; of its 731 postcodes, 731 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BD18 1170 postcodes | 170 under 10 | 170 under 10 | 170 under 10 |
| BD18 2164 postcodes | 164 under 10 | 164 under 10 | 164 under 10 |
| BD18 3184 postcodes | 63 at 10 to 99121 under 10 | 184 under 10 | 184 under 10 |
| BD18 4198 postcodes | 120 at 10 to 9978 under 10 | 198 under 10 | 198 under 10 |
| BD18 915 postcodes | 15 under 10 | 15 under 10 | 15 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 BD18
BD17 BD1 BD16 BD3 BD7 BD5 LS20 LS19
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.