Planes overhead in CR2
Croydon, London. All 996 of its postcodes measured, January to August 2026.
From Heathrow
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Heathrow flies, and that decides how many pass over CR2. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 151 a day; of its 996 postcodes, 31 at 100+, 720 at 10 to 99, 245 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 87 a day; of its 996 postcodes, 578 at 10 to 99, 418 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 2 a day; of its 996 postcodes, 996 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 west56% of days | Both ways15% of days | Flying east29% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| CR2 0212 postcodes | 1 at 100+183 at 10 to 9928 under 10 | 157 at 10 to 9955 under 10 | 212 under 10 |
| CR2 114 postcodes | 14 at 100+ | 14 at 10 to 99 | 14 under 10 |
| CR2 6226 postcodes | 10 at 100+216 at 10 to 99 | 226 at 10 to 99 | 226 under 10 |
| CR2 7176 postcodes | 2 at 100+174 at 10 to 99 | 169 at 10 to 997 under 10 | 176 under 10 |
| CR2 8216 postcodes | 3 at 100+82 at 10 to 99131 under 10 | 11 at 10 to 99205 under 10 | 216 under 10 |
| CR2 9152 postcodes | 1 at 100+65 at 10 to 9986 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99151 under 10 | 152 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 CR2
CR0 CR8 SM6 CR5 SE25 BR4 CR7 SM5
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Heathrow. 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.