Planes over Bromley today
For Heathrow's expansion consultation, open until 22 December 2026.
Whatever your view, these are the figures for Bromley now: the planes from Heathrow counted over each of its postcode districts, and the borough's noise, air and flood figures from official data. They are today's flights on today's routes, not those of a third runway. Sky Score takes no side in the consultation.
Heathrow's consultation page: how to respond, and Heathrow's own documents.
Planes from Heathrow, district by district
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Heathrow flies, and that decides how many pass over each place. Counted over each postcode, January to August 2026.
Each cell gives the most planes over any one postcode of the district on that kind of day, then counts the district's postcodes by how many pass over them a day: 100 or more, 10 to 99, or under 10.
| District | Flying west56% of days | Both ways15% of days | Flying east29% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| BR11,262 postcodes | up to 124 a day876 at 100+386 at 10 to 99 | up to 89 a day1,262 at 10 to 99 | up to 53 a day1,262 at 10 to 99 |
| BR21,005 postcodes | up to 144 a day347 at 100+594 at 10 to 9964 under 10 | up to 102 a day15 at 100+878 at 10 to 99112 under 10 | up to 58 a day867 at 10 to 99138 under 10 |
| BR31,125 postcodes | up to 169 a day819 at 100+306 at 10 to 99 | up to 110 a day413 at 100+712 at 10 to 99 | up to 79 a day1,123 at 10 to 991 on an edge1 under 10 |
| BR4372 postcodes | up to 131 a day86 at 100+286 at 10 to 99 | up to 81 a day369 at 10 to 993 under 10 | up to 31 a day109 at 10 to 9917 on an edge246 under 10 |
| BR5933 postcodes | up to 18 a day92 at 10 to 99841 under 10 | up to 20 a day693 at 10 to 99240 under 10 | up to 34 a day931 at 10 to 992 under 10 |
| BR61,115 postcodes | up to 11 a day7 at 10 to 991,108 under 10 | up to 13 a day121 at 10 to 99994 under 10 | up to 22 a day496 at 10 to 99619 under 10 |
| BR7460 postcodes | up to 111 a day11 at 100+422 at 10 to 9927 under 10 | up to 77 a day460 at 10 to 99 | up to 46 a day460 at 10 to 99 |
| SE91,209 postcodes | up to 85 a day1,205 at 10 to 994 under 10 | up to 56 a day1,115 at 10 to 9994 under 10 | up to 35 a day463 at 10 to 99746 under 10 |
| SE19600 postcodes | up to 64 a day600 at 10 to 99 | up to 76 a day600 at 10 to 99 | up to 116 a day108 at 100+492 at 10 to 99 |
| SE20484 postcodes | up to 107 a day8 at 100+476 at 10 to 99 | up to 92 a day484 at 10 to 99 | up to 91 a day484 at 10 to 99 |
| SE26629 postcodes | up to 79 a day629 at 10 to 99 | up to 67 a day629 at 10 to 99 | up to 66 a day629 at 10 to 99 |
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.
Each district's own page splits it by postcode sector and counts every airport over it.
Noise, air and flood in Bromley
- Aircraft noise band
- LowEstimated from the distance to the airport and its routes, scaled by the size of its DEFRA noise map
- Road noise
- LowDEFRA road Lden, share of postcodes over WHO 53 dB
- Air quality
- ModerateDEFRA background maps against WHO 2021
- Flood risk
- LowEnvironment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, allowing for defences
Bromley: every figure we publish, with its score
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.
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.
Aviation noise context: DEFRA strategic noise mapping, Open Government Licence v3.0
Flight routes: UK Aeronautical Information Publication (NATS), derived by Sky Score for the aircraft noise estimate; public but not openly licensed, and not for navigation
Road noise: DEFRA Strategic Noise Mapping Round 4 road Lden, Open Government Licence v3.0
Air quality: DEFRA background pollution maps (PCM), Open Government Licence v3.0
Flood risk: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, Open Government Licence v3.0