Planes over Kingston upon Thames today
For Heathrow's expansion consultation, open until 22 December 2026.
Whatever your view, these are the figures for Kingston upon Thames 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KT1687 postcodes | up to 3 a day687 under 10 | up to 16 a day21 at 10 to 99666 under 10 | up to 34 a day61 at 10 to 99626 under 10 |
| KT2685 postcodes | up to 3 a day685 under 10 | up to 78 a day312 at 10 to 9979 on an edge294 under 10 | up to 175 a day232 at 100+62 at 10 to 99164 on an edge227 under 10 |
| KT3753 postcodes | up to 18 a day142 at 10 to 99611 under 10 | up to 58 a day79 at 10 to 999 on an edge665 under 10 | up to 135 a day7 at 10 to 9925 on an edge721 under 10 |
| KT4396 postcodes | up to 50 a day396 at 10 to 99 | up to 31 a day396 at 10 to 99 | up to 1 a day396 under 10 |
| KT5374 postcodes | up to 20 a day121 at 10 to 99253 under 10 | up to 13 a day65 at 10 to 99309 under 10 | up to 1 a day374 under 10 |
| KT6655 postcodes | up to 19 a day250 at 10 to 99405 under 10 | up to 15 a day130 at 10 to 99525 under 10 | up to 23 a day59 at 10 to 99596 under 10 |
| KT9388 postcodes | up to 22 a day388 at 10 to 99 | up to 14 a day359 at 10 to 9929 under 10 | up to 4 a day388 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 Kingston upon Thames
- 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
- ModerateDEFRA road Lden, share of postcodes over WHO 53 dB
- Air quality
- ModerateDEFRA background maps against WHO 2021
- Flood risk
- MediumEnvironment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, allowing for defences
Kingston upon Thames: 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