Planes over Croydon today
For Heathrow's expansion consultation, open until 22 December 2026.
Whatever your view, these are the figures for Croydon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CR02,791 postcodes | up to 171 a day2,101 at 100+374 at 10 to 99316 under 10 | up to 110 a day217 at 100+2,209 at 10 to 99365 under 10 | up to 47 a day300 at 10 to 9967 on an edge2,424 under 10 |
| CR2996 postcodes | up to 151 a day31 at 100+720 at 10 to 99245 under 10 | up to 87 a day578 at 10 to 99418 under 10 | up to 2 a day996 under 10 |
| CR5560 postcodes | up to 17 a day500 at 10 to 9960 under 10 | up to 11 a day114 at 10 to 99446 under 10 | up to 1 a day560 under 10 |
| CR7609 postcodes | up to 151 a day127 at 100+482 at 10 to 99 | up to 93 a day609 at 10 to 99 | up to 113 a day44 at 100+519 at 10 to 9922 on an edge24 under 10 |
| CR8791 postcodes | up to 40 a day671 at 10 to 99120 under 10 | up to 24 a day353 at 10 to 99438 under 10 | up to 2 a day791 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 |
| SE25637 postcodes | up to 171 a day424 at 100+213 at 10 to 99 | up to 110 a day186 at 100+451 at 10 to 99 | up to 95 a day637 at 10 to 99 |
| SW161,353 postcodes | up to 54 a day376 at 10 to 99977 under 10 | up to 67 a day1,353 at 10 to 99 | up to 147 a day625 at 100+728 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 Croydon
- Aircraft noise band
- ModerateEstimated 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
Croydon: 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