Planes over Greenwich today
For Heathrow's expansion consultation, open until 22 December 2026.
Whatever your view, these are the figures for Greenwich 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE2463 postcodes | up to 10 a day5 at 10 to 99458 under 10 | up to 5 a day463 under 10 | under 1 a dayat all 463 postcodes |
| SE3795 postcodes | up to 143 a day119 at 100+676 at 10 to 99 | up to 70 a day795 at 10 to 99 | up to 1 a day795 under 10 |
| SE7432 postcodes | up to 100 a day8 at 100+424 at 10 to 99 | up to 47 a day432 at 10 to 99 | up to 1 a day432 under 10 |
| SE8583 postcodes | up to 237 a day583 at 100+ | up to 130 a day418 at 100+165 at 10 to 99 | up to 2 a day583 under 10 |
| 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 |
| SE10849 postcodes | up to 200 a day825 at 100+24 at 10 to 99 | up to 100 a day5 at 100+844 at 10 to 99 | up to 1 a day849 under 10 |
| SE12514 postcodes | up to 117 a day209 at 100+305 at 10 to 99 | up to 68 a day514 at 10 to 99 | up to 34 a day166 at 10 to 99348 under 10 |
| SE181,453 postcodes | up to 62 a day1,401 at 10 to 9952 under 10 | up to 28 a day556 at 10 to 99897 under 10 | under 1 a dayat all 1,453 postcodes |
| SE28438 postcodes | up to 19 a day232 at 10 to 99206 under 10 | up to 8 a day438 under 10 | under 1 a dayat all 438 postcodes |
Each district's own page splits it by postcode sector and counts every airport over it.
Noise, air and flood in Greenwich
- Aircraft noise band
- ModerateEstimated from the distance to the airport and its routes, scaled by the size of its DEFRA noise map
- Road noise
- ModerateDEFRA 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
Greenwich: 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