Planes overhead in BD3
Bradford and Leeds, West Yorkshire. All 579 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 BD3. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 3 a day; of its 579 postcodes, 579 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 11 a day; of its 579 postcodes, 43 at 10 to 99, 536 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 17 a day; of its 579 postcodes, 140 at 10 to 99, 439 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BD3 0152 postcodes | 152 under 10 | 152 under 10 | 152 under 10 |
| BD3 7134 postcodes | 134 under 10 | 134 under 10 | 134 under 10 |
| BD3 8153 postcodes | 153 under 10 | 18 at 10 to 99135 under 10 | 78 at 10 to 9975 under 10 |
| BD3 9140 postcodes | 140 under 10 | 25 at 10 to 99115 under 10 | 62 at 10 to 9978 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 BD3
BD1 BD4 BD5 LS28 BD7 BD18 BD6 BD17
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.