Planes overhead in E5
Hackney and Waltham Forest, London. All 663 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 E5. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 196 a day; of its 663 postcodes, 663 at 100+
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 117 a day; of its 663 postcodes, 470 at 100+, 193 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 2 a day; of its 663 postcodes, 663 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| E5 0194 postcodes | 194 at 100+ | 122 at 100+72 at 10 to 99 | 194 under 10 |
| E5 518 postcodes | 18 at 100+ | 18 at 100+ | 18 under 10 |
| E5 8223 postcodes | 223 at 100+ | 102 at 100+121 at 10 to 99 | 223 under 10 |
| E5 9228 postcodes | 228 at 100+ | 228 at 100+ | 228 under 10 |
Also counted here: London City, at most 2 a day over any of its postcodes.
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 E5
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.