Planes over City of London today
For Heathrow's expansion consultation, open until 22 December 2026.
Whatever your view, these are the figures for City of London 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EC1A165 postcodes | up to 21 a day165 at 10 to 99 | up to 15 a day109 at 10 to 9956 under 10 | up to 2 a day165 under 10 |
| EC1Y174 postcodes | up to 24 a day174 at 10 to 99 | up to 18 a day174 at 10 to 99 | up to 1 a day174 under 10 |
| EC2M162 postcodes | up to 36 a day162 at 10 to 99 | up to 26 a day145 at 10 to 9917 under 10 | up to 2 a day162 under 10 |
| EC2N46 postcodes | up to 34 a day46 at 10 to 99 | up to 25 a day44 at 10 to 992 under 10 | up to 2 a day46 under 10 |
| EC2R72 postcodes | up to 32 a day72 at 10 to 99 | up to 23 a day65 at 10 to 997 under 10 | up to 2 a day72 under 10 |
| EC2V99 postcodes | up to 27 a day99 at 10 to 99 | up to 19 a day98 at 10 to 991 under 10 | up to 2 a day99 under 10 |
| EC2Y89 postcodes | up to 25 a day89 at 10 to 99 | up to 18 a day87 at 10 to 992 under 10 | up to 2 a day89 under 10 |
| EC3A66 postcodes | up to 41 a day66 at 10 to 99 | up to 29 a day64 at 10 to 992 under 10 | up to 2 a day66 under 10 |
| EC3M79 postcodes | up to 41 a day79 at 10 to 99 | up to 30 a day79 at 10 to 99 | up to 1 a day79 under 10 |
| EC3N81 postcodes | up to 55 a day81 at 10 to 99 | up to 38 a day81 at 10 to 99 | up to 1 a day81 under 10 |
| EC3R78 postcodes | up to 49 a day78 at 10 to 99 | up to 34 a day75 at 10 to 993 under 10 | up to 2 a day78 under 10 |
| EC3V79 postcodes | up to 38 a day79 at 10 to 99 | up to 27 a day78 at 10 to 991 under 10 | up to 2 a day79 under 10 |
| EC4A110 postcodes | up to 17 a day110 at 10 to 99 | up to 13 a day108 at 10 to 992 under 10 | up to 2 a day110 under 10 |
| EC4M93 postcodes | up to 27 a day93 at 10 to 99 | up to 19 a day91 at 10 to 992 under 10 | up to 2 a day93 under 10 |
| EC4N68 postcodes | up to 34 a day68 at 10 to 99 | up to 25 a day64 at 10 to 994 under 10 | up to 2 a day68 under 10 |
| EC4R56 postcodes | up to 38 a day56 at 10 to 99 | up to 27 a day55 at 10 to 991 under 10 | up to 2 a day56 under 10 |
| EC4V111 postcodes | up to 28 a day111 at 10 to 99 | up to 20 a day109 at 10 to 992 under 10 | up to 2 a day111 under 10 |
| EC4Y123 postcodes | up to 20 a day123 at 10 to 99 | up to 15 a day122 at 10 to 991 under 10 | up to 2 a day123 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 |
| 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 |
Each district's own page splits it by postcode sector and counts every airport over it.
Noise, air and flood in City of London
- Aircraft noise band
- Low-ModerateEstimated 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
City of London: 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