Planes overhead in E13
Newham, London. All 583 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 E13. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 148 a day; of its 583 postcodes, 573 at 100+, 10 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 81 a day; of its 583 postcodes, 583 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 583 postcodes, 583 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| E13 0193 postcodes | 193 at 100+ | 193 at 10 to 99 | 193 under 10 |
| E13 310 postcodes | 10 at 100+ | 10 at 10 to 99 | 10 under 10 |
| E13 8197 postcodes | 196 at 100+1 at 10 to 99 | 197 at 10 to 99 | 197 under 10 |
| E13 9183 postcodes | 174 at 100+9 at 10 to 99 | 183 at 10 to 99 | 183 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 E13
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.