Planes over Camden today
For Heathrow's expansion consultation, open until 22 December 2026.
Whatever your view, these are the figures for Camden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EC1N155 postcodes | up to 15 a day155 at 10 to 99 | up to 11 a day102 at 10 to 9953 under 10 | up to 1 a day155 under 10 |
| EC1R265 postcodes | up to 14 a day265 at 10 to 99 | up to 11 a day171 at 10 to 9994 under 10 | up to 2 a day265 under 10 |
| N1C82 postcodes | up to 12 a day44 at 10 to 9938 under 10 | up to 9 a day82 under 10 | up to 4 a day82 under 10 |
| N6494 postcodes | up to 152 a day325 at 100+169 at 10 to 99 | up to 104 a day23 at 100+471 at 10 to 99 | up to 54 a day461 at 10 to 9933 under 10 |
| NW11,659 postcodes | up to 19 a day190 at 10 to 991,469 under 10 | up to 13 a day51 at 10 to 991,608 under 10 | up to 7 a day1,659 under 10 |
| NW31,318 postcodes | up to 69 a day717 at 10 to 99601 under 10 | up to 74 a day1,179 at 10 to 99139 under 10 | up to 76 a day1,247 at 10 to 9971 under 10 |
| NW5895 postcodes | up to 59 a day859 at 10 to 9936 under 10 | up to 45 a day760 at 10 to 99135 under 10 | up to 15 a day137 at 10 to 99758 under 10 |
| NW61,289 postcodes | up to 11 a day8 at 10 to 991,281 under 10 | up to 52 a day1,212 at 10 to 9977 under 10 | up to 105 a day9 at 100+1,278 at 10 to 992 under 10 |
| NW8835 postcodes | up to 4 a day835 under 10 | up to 18 a day109 at 10 to 99726 under 10 | up to 36 a day220 at 10 to 99615 under 10 |
| W1T922 postcodes | up to 11 a day1 at 10 to 99921 under 10 | up to 8 a day922 under 10 | up to 4 a day922 under 10 |
| WC1A147 postcodes | up to 11 a day54 at 10 to 9993 under 10 | up to 8 a day147 under 10 | up to 2 a day147 under 10 |
| WC1B156 postcodes | up to 11 a day8 at 10 to 99148 under 10 | up to 8 a day156 under 10 | up to 2 a day156 under 10 |
| WC1H306 postcodes | up to 11 a day14 at 10 to 99292 under 10 | up to 8 a day306 under 10 | up to 3 a day306 under 10 |
| WC1N272 postcodes | up to 11 a day138 at 10 to 99134 under 10 | up to 8 a day272 under 10 | up to 2 a day272 under 10 |
| WC1R79 postcodes | up to 12 a day79 at 10 to 99 | up to 9 a day79 under 10 | up to 1 a day79 under 10 |
| WC1V94 postcodes | up to 13 a day78 at 10 to 9916 under 10 | up to 10 a day5 at 10 to 9989 under 10 | up to 2 a day94 under 10 |
| WC1X327 postcodes | up to 12 a day312 at 10 to 9915 under 10 | up to 10 a day5 at 10 to 99322 under 10 | up to 3 a day327 under 10 |
| WC2A113 postcodes | up to 14 a day113 at 10 to 99 | up to 11 a day37 at 10 to 9976 under 10 | up to 2 a day113 under 10 |
| WC2B175 postcodes | up to 20 a day133 at 10 to 9942 under 10 | up to 14 a day10 at 10 to 99165 under 10 | up to 2 a day175 under 10 |
| WC2H347 postcodes | up to 11 a day32 at 10 to 99315 under 10 | up to 8 a day347 under 10 | up to 2 a day347 under 10 |
Each district's own page splits it by postcode sector and counts every airport over it.
Noise, air and flood in Camden
- Aircraft noise band
- LowEstimated from the distance to the airport and its routes, scaled by the size of its DEFRA noise map
- Road noise
- HighDEFRA road Lden, share of postcodes over WHO 53 dB
- Air quality
- PoorDEFRA background maps against WHO 2021
- Flood risk
- LowEnvironment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, allowing for defences
Camden: 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