Planes overhead in BD21
Bradford, West Yorkshire. All 951 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 BD21. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 27 a day; of its 951 postcodes, 726 at 10 to 99, 225 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 17 a day; of its 951 postcodes, 400 at 10 to 99, 551 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 8 a day; of its 951 postcodes, 951 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BD21 1188 postcodes | 182 at 10 to 996 under 10 | 21 at 10 to 99167 under 10 | 188 under 10 |
| BD21 2176 postcodes | 59 at 10 to 99117 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99175 under 10 | 176 under 10 |
| BD21 3148 postcodes | 95 at 10 to 9953 under 10 | 83 at 10 to 9965 under 10 | 148 under 10 |
| BD21 4259 postcodes | 227 at 10 to 9932 under 10 | 213 at 10 to 9946 under 10 | 259 under 10 |
| BD21 5160 postcodes | 143 at 10 to 9917 under 10 | 82 at 10 to 9978 under 10 | 160 under 10 |
| BD21 920 postcodes | 20 at 10 to 99 | 20 under 10 | 20 under 10 |
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 BD21
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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.