Planes overhead in DA14
Bexley and Bromley, London. 507 of its 510 postcodes measured, the ones in Bexley and Bromley, January to August 2026.
From London City
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way London City flies, and that decides how many pass over DA14. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 507 postcodes, 507 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (18% of days): up to 28 a day; of its 507 postcodes, 65 at 10 to 99, 42 on an edge, 400 under 10
- On a day it flies east (35% of days): up to 61 a day; of its 507 postcodes, 75 at 10 to 99, 45 on an edge, 387 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 ways18% of days | Flying east35% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| DA14 4196 postcodes | 196 under 10 | 62 at 10 to 9937 on an edge97 under 10 | 69 at 10 to 9938 on an edge89 under 10 |
| DA14 5126 postcodes | 126 under 10 | 3 at 10 to 994 on an edge119 under 10 | 6 at 10 to 993 on an edge117 under 10 |
| DA14 6185 postcodes | 185 under 10 | 1 on an edge184 under 10 | 4 on an edge181 under 10 |
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 DA14. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 18 a day; of its 507 postcodes, 56 at 10 to 99, 451 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 17 a day; of its 507 postcodes, 411 at 10 to 99, 96 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 32 a day; of its 507 postcodes, 498 at 10 to 99, 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DA14 4196 postcodes | 196 under 10 | 111 at 10 to 9985 under 10 | 187 at 10 to 999 under 10 |
| DA14 5126 postcodes | 126 under 10 | 115 at 10 to 9911 under 10 | 126 at 10 to 99 |
| DA14 6185 postcodes | 56 at 10 to 99129 under 10 | 185 at 10 to 99 | 185 at 10 to 99 |
On an edge: the postcode is on the edge of a flight path, where a few metres decide whether a plane counts as overhead, and the fewest and the most within 100 m of it fall in different bands.
Over 198 of its postcodes, other flying passes too, from airfields, helicopters and airports we cannot check against official counts, so few planes from the airports we count does not mean a quiet sky there.
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 DA14
DA15 DA5 BR7 BR5 DA16 SE9 BR1 SE12
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for London City and 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.