Planes overhead in DE12
North West Leicestershire and Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicester. 356 of its 568 postcodes measured, the ones in North West Leicestershire and Hinckley and Bosworth, January to August 2026.
From East Midlands
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way East Midlands flies, and that decides how many pass over DE12. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (58% of days): up to 31 a day; of its 356 postcodes, 95 at 10 to 99, 261 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (20% of days): up to 29 a day; of its 356 postcodes, 175 at 10 to 99, 181 under 10
- On a day it flies east (22% of days): up to 33 a day; of its 356 postcodes, 263 at 10 to 99, 93 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 west58% of days | Both ways20% of days | Flying east22% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE12 691 postcodes | 34 at 10 to 9957 under 10 | 91 at 10 to 99 | 91 at 10 to 99 |
| DE12 7240 postcodes | 61 at 10 to 99179 under 10 | 84 at 10 to 99156 under 10 | 172 at 10 to 9968 under 10 |
| DE12 825 postcodes | 25 under 10 | 25 under 10 | 25 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 DE12
LE65 LE67 CV13 DE74 LE6 LE9 LE12 B75
The councils
- North West Leicestershire: noise and liveability score
- Hinckley and Bosworth: noise and liveability score
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for East Midlands. 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.