Planes overhead in BD22
Bradford, West Yorkshire. 972 of its 1,073 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 BD22. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 11 a day; of its 972 postcodes, 59 at 10 to 99, 913 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 8 a day; of its 972 postcodes, 972 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 6 a day; of its 972 postcodes, 972 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BD22 0126 postcodes | 126 under 10 | 126 under 10 | 126 under 10 |
| BD22 6190 postcodes | 25 at 10 to 99165 under 10 | 190 under 10 | 190 under 10 |
| BD22 7249 postcodes | 34 at 10 to 99215 under 10 | 249 under 10 | 249 under 10 |
| BD22 8201 postcodes | 201 under 10 | 201 under 10 | 201 under 10 |
| BD22 9206 postcodes | 206 under 10 | 206 under 10 | 206 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 BD22
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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.