Planes over Kensington and Chelsea today
For Heathrow's expansion consultation, open until 22 December 2026.
Whatever your view, these are the figures for Kensington and Chelsea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SW1W343 postcodes | up to 307 a day2 at 100+315 at 10 to 9925 on an edge1 under 10 | up to 170 a day2 at 100+168 at 10 to 9925 on an edge148 under 10 | up to 4 a day343 under 10 |
| SW1X402 postcodes | up to 307 a day2 at 100+51 at 10 to 99349 under 10 | up to 170 a day2 at 100+400 under 10 | up to 4 a day402 under 10 |
| SW3868 postcodes | up to 313 a day170 at 100+200 at 10 to 99140 on an edge358 under 10 | up to 182 a day169 at 100+60 at 10 to 99141 on an edge498 under 10 | up to 4 a day868 under 10 |
| SW5306 postcodes | up to 305 a day10 at 100+296 under 10 | up to 166 a day10 at 100+296 under 10 | up to 4 a day306 under 10 |
| SW10468 postcodes | up to 315 a day293 at 100+100 on an edge75 under 10 | up to 172 a day293 at 100+95 on an edge80 under 10 | up to 4 a day468 under 10 |
| W10692 postcodes | up to 2 a day692 under 10 | up to 80 a day81 at 10 to 9939 on an edge572 under 10 | up to 187 a day18 at 100+306 at 10 to 99368 under 10 |
| W11733 postcodes | up to 2 a day733 under 10 | up to 80 a day53 at 10 to 99680 under 10 | up to 187 a day53 at 100+680 under 10 |
| W14641 postcodes | up to 308 a day44 on an edge597 under 10 | up to 167 a day44 on an edge597 under 10 | up to 4 a day641 under 10 |
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 Kensington and Chelsea
- Aircraft noise band
- 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
- ModerateDEFRA background maps against WHO 2021
- Flood risk
- LowEnvironment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, allowing for defences
Kensington and Chelsea: 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