Planes overhead in BD4
Bradford, Leeds and Kirklees, West Yorkshire. All 971 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 BD4. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 971 postcodes, 971 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 16 a day; of its 971 postcodes, 720 at 10 to 99, 251 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 26 a day; of its 971 postcodes, 793 at 10 to 99, 178 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BD4 0206 postcodes | 206 under 10 | 150 at 10 to 9956 under 10 | 174 at 10 to 9932 under 10 |
| BD4 6217 postcodes | 217 under 10 | 41 at 10 to 99176 under 10 | 73 at 10 to 99144 under 10 |
| BD4 7167 postcodes | 167 under 10 | 167 at 10 to 99 | 167 at 10 to 99 |
| BD4 8214 postcodes | 214 under 10 | 214 at 10 to 99 | 214 at 10 to 99 |
| BD4 9167 postcodes | 167 under 10 | 148 at 10 to 9919 under 10 | 165 at 10 to 992 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 BD4
BD3 BD5 BD1 LS28 BD7 BD6 LS13 BD18
The councils
- Bradford: noise and liveability score
- Leeds: noise and liveability score
- Kirklees: noise and liveability score
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.