Planes overhead in E14
Tower Hamlets, London. All 1,905 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 E14. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 190 a day; of its 1,905 postcodes, 1,900 at 100+, 5 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 105 a day; of its 1,905 postcodes, 41 at 100+, 1,864 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 2 a day; of its 1,905 postcodes, 1,905 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| E14 0285 postcodes | 285 at 100+ | 285 at 10 to 99 | 285 under 10 |
| E14 142 postcodes | 42 at 100+ | 42 at 10 to 99 | 42 under 10 |
| E14 233 postcodes | 33 at 100+ | 33 at 10 to 99 | 33 under 10 |
| E14 3289 postcodes | 289 at 100+ | 41 at 100+248 at 10 to 99 | 289 under 10 |
| E14 451 postcodes | 51 at 100+ | 51 at 10 to 99 | 51 under 10 |
| E14 598 postcodes | 98 at 100+ | 98 at 10 to 99 | 98 under 10 |
| E14 6256 postcodes | 256 at 100+ | 256 at 10 to 99 | 256 under 10 |
| E14 7272 postcodes | 267 at 100+5 at 10 to 99 | 272 at 10 to 99 | 272 under 10 |
| E14 8209 postcodes | 209 at 100+ | 209 at 10 to 99 | 209 under 10 |
| E14 9370 postcodes | 370 at 100+ | 370 at 10 to 99 | 370 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 E14. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 64 a day; of its 1,905 postcodes, 748 at 10 to 99, 291 on an edge, 866 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (18% of days): up to 65 a day; of its 1,905 postcodes, 876 at 10 to 99, 225 on an edge, 804 under 10
- On a day it flies east (35% of days): up to 64 a day; of its 1,905 postcodes, 337 at 10 to 99, 288 on an edge, 1,280 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| E14 0285 postcodes | 179 at 10 to 9988 on an edge18 under 10 | 155 at 10 to 9968 on an edge62 under 10 | 63 at 10 to 9960 on an edge162 under 10 |
| E14 142 postcodes | 42 at 10 to 99 | 42 at 10 to 99 | 42 under 10 |
| E14 233 postcodes | 33 at 10 to 99 | 32 at 10 to 991 on an edge | 13 at 10 to 9915 on an edge5 under 10 |
| E14 3289 postcodes | 1 on an edge288 under 10 | 289 under 10 | 289 under 10 |
| E14 451 postcodes | 8 at 10 to 9924 on an edge19 under 10 | 28 at 10 to 9922 on an edge1 under 10 | 26 at 10 to 9922 on an edge3 under 10 |
| E14 598 postcodes | 36 at 10 to 9951 on an edge11 under 10 | 52 at 10 to 9930 on an edge16 under 10 | 47 at 10 to 9928 on an edge23 under 10 |
| E14 6256 postcodes | 253 at 10 to 993 on an edge | 236 at 10 to 9919 on an edge1 under 10 | 2 at 10 to 9954 on an edge200 under 10 |
| E14 7272 postcodes | 106 at 10 to 9954 on an edge112 under 10 | 143 at 10 to 9962 on an edge67 under 10 | 31 at 10 to 9977 on an edge164 under 10 |
| E14 8209 postcodes | 17 at 10 to 9948 on an edge144 under 10 | 116 at 10 to 9993 under 10 | 110 at 10 to 996 on an edge93 under 10 |
| E14 9370 postcodes | 74 at 10 to 9922 on an edge274 under 10 | 72 at 10 to 9923 on an edge275 under 10 | 45 at 10 to 9926 on an edge299 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.
9 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 E14
E3 SE16 SE10 SE8 E1W E1 E16 SE14
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.