Planes overhead in BD20
Bradford, West Yorkshire. 871 of its 1,381 postcodes measured, the ones in Bradford, 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 BD20. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 36 a day; of its 871 postcodes, 145 at 10 to 99, 726 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 19 a day; of its 871 postcodes, 134 at 10 to 99, 737 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 15 a day; of its 871 postcodes, 276 at 10 to 99, 595 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BD20 0208 postcodes | 1 at 10 to 99207 under 10 | 208 under 10 | 175 at 10 to 9933 under 10 |
| BD20 5248 postcodes | 142 at 10 to 99106 under 10 | 134 at 10 to 99114 under 10 | 248 under 10 |
| BD20 6269 postcodes | 2 at 10 to 99267 under 10 | 269 under 10 | 269 under 10 |
| BD20 713 postcodes | 13 under 10 | 13 under 10 | 13 under 10 |
| BD20 832 postcodes | 32 under 10 | 32 under 10 | 32 under 10 |
| BD20 9101 postcodes | 101 under 10 | 101 under 10 | 101 at 10 to 99 |
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 BD20
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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.