Planes overhead in E10
Waltham Forest, London. All 607 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 E10. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 192 a day; of its 607 postcodes, 540 at 100+, 67 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 111 a day; of its 607 postcodes, 94 at 100+, 513 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 2 a day; of its 607 postcodes, 607 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| E10 5234 postcodes | 234 at 100+ | 32 at 100+202 at 10 to 99 | 234 under 10 |
| E10 6175 postcodes | 108 at 100+67 at 10 to 99 | 175 at 10 to 99 | 175 under 10 |
| E10 7183 postcodes | 183 at 100+ | 62 at 100+121 at 10 to 99 | 183 under 10 |
| E10 915 postcodes | 15 at 100+ | 15 at 10 to 99 | 15 under 10 |
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 E10. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 62 a day; of its 607 postcodes, 327 at 10 to 99, 110 on an edge, 170 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (18% of days): up to 36 a day; of its 607 postcodes, 331 at 10 to 99, 93 on an edge, 183 under 10
- On a day it flies east (35% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 607 postcodes, 607 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| E10 5234 postcodes | 184 at 10 to 9950 on an edge | 187 at 10 to 9947 on an edge | 234 under 10 |
| E10 6175 postcodes | 118 at 10 to 9929 on an edge28 under 10 | 115 at 10 to 9926 on an edge34 under 10 | 175 under 10 |
| E10 7183 postcodes | 10 at 10 to 9931 on an edge142 under 10 | 14 at 10 to 9920 on an edge149 under 10 | 183 under 10 |
| E10 915 postcodes | 15 at 10 to 99 | 15 at 10 to 99 | 15 under 10 |
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.
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 E10
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Heathrow and London City. 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.