Planes overhead in E8
Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Islington, London. All 731 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 E8. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 131 a day; of its 731 postcodes, 132 at 100+, 599 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 82 a day; of its 731 postcodes, 731 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 731 postcodes, 731 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| E8 1148 postcodes | 56 at 100+92 at 10 to 99 | 148 at 10 to 99 | 148 under 10 |
| E8 2157 postcodes | 76 at 100+81 at 10 to 99 | 157 at 10 to 99 | 157 under 10 |
| E8 3228 postcodes | 228 at 10 to 99 | 228 at 10 to 99 | 228 under 10 |
| E8 4185 postcodes | 185 at 10 to 99 | 185 at 10 to 99 | 185 under 10 |
| E8 913 postcodes | 13 at 10 to 99 | 13 at 10 to 99 | 13 under 10 |
2 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 E8
The councils
- Hackney: noise and liveability score
- Tower Hamlets: noise and liveability score
- Islington: noise and liveability score
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.