Planes overhead in BD5
Bradford, West Yorkshire. All 622 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 BD5. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 622 postcodes, 622 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 12 a day; of its 622 postcodes, 333 at 10 to 99, 289 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 19 a day; of its 622 postcodes, 622 at 10 to 99
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BD5 0158 postcodes | 158 under 10 | 24 at 10 to 99134 under 10 | 158 at 10 to 99 |
| BD5 517 postcodes | 17 under 10 | 17 at 10 to 99 | 17 at 10 to 99 |
| BD5 7117 postcodes | 117 under 10 | 111 at 10 to 996 under 10 | 117 at 10 to 99 |
| BD5 8174 postcodes | 174 under 10 | 157 at 10 to 9917 under 10 | 174 at 10 to 99 |
| BD5 9156 postcodes | 156 under 10 | 24 at 10 to 99132 under 10 | 156 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 BD5
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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.