Planes over Islington today
For Heathrow's expansion consultation, open until 22 December 2026.
Whatever your view, these are the figures for Islington 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 |
| EC1M168 postcodes | up to 18 a day168 at 10 to 99 | up to 13 a day167 at 10 to 991 under 10 | up to 2 a day168 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 |
| EC1V482 postcodes | up to 30 a day482 at 10 to 99 | up to 22 a day480 at 10 to 992 under 10 | up to 2 a day482 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 |
| EC2A337 postcodes | up to 31 a day337 at 10 to 99 | up to 23 a day304 at 10 to 9933 under 10 | up to 2 a day337 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 |
| N12,289 postcodes | up to 77 a day2,275 at 10 to 9914 under 10 | up to 50 a day2,060 at 10 to 99229 under 10 | up to 3 a day2,289 under 10 |
| N4871 postcodes | up to 191 a day845 at 100+26 at 10 to 99 | up to 116 a day453 at 100+418 at 10 to 99 | up to 4 a day871 under 10 |
| N5414 postcodes | up to 126 a day58 at 100+356 at 10 to 99 | up to 80 a day414 at 10 to 99 | up to 2 a day414 under 10 |
| N7902 postcodes | up to 120 a day56 at 100+846 at 10 to 99 | up to 77 a day897 at 10 to 995 under 10 | up to 3 a day902 under 10 |
| N19640 postcodes | up to 150 a day287 at 100+353 at 10 to 99 | up to 97 a day640 at 10 to 99 | up to 13 a day43 at 10 to 99597 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 |
| 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 |
Each district's own page splits it by postcode sector and counts every airport over it.
Noise, air and flood in Islington
- Aircraft noise band
- LowEstimated 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
- PoorDEFRA background maps against WHO 2021
- Flood risk
- LowEnvironment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, allowing for defences
Islington: 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