Planes over Lambeth today
For Heathrow's expansion consultation, open until 22 December 2026.
Whatever your view, these are the figures for Lambeth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE12,008 postcodes | up to 272 a day289 at 100+1,717 at 10 to 992 on an edge | up to 155 a day93 at 100+1,913 at 10 to 992 on an edge | up to 3 a day2,008 under 10 |
| SE5883 postcodes | up to 522 a day883 at 100+ | up to 288 a day883 at 100+ | up to 4 a day883 under 10 |
| SE11496 postcodes | up to 303 a day109 at 100+304 at 10 to 9983 on an edge | up to 171 a day107 at 100+311 at 10 to 9978 on an edge | up to 4 a day496 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 |
| SE21296 postcodes | up to 83 a day296 at 10 to 99 | up to 50 a day296 at 10 to 99 | up to 53 a day214 at 10 to 9982 under 10 |
| SE24295 postcodes | up to 488 a day147 at 100+102 at 10 to 9946 on an edge | up to 266 a day147 at 100+126 at 10 to 9922 on an edge | up to 14 a day8 at 10 to 99287 under 10 |
| SE27377 postcodes | up to 21 a day340 at 10 to 9937 under 10 | up to 39 a day377 at 10 to 99 | up to 76 a day377 at 10 to 99 |
| SW21,034 postcodes | up to 307 a day199 at 100+678 at 10 to 9978 on an edge79 under 10 | up to 176 a day185 at 100+770 at 10 to 9979 on an edge | up to 30 a day266 at 10 to 99768 under 10 |
| SW4932 postcodes | up to 573 a day663 at 100+222 at 10 to 9947 on an edge | up to 320 a day663 at 100+190 at 10 to 9950 on an edge29 under 10 | up to 5 a day932 under 10 |
| SW8858 postcodes | up to 596 a day858 at 100+ | up to 336 a day858 at 100+ | up to 5 a day858 under 10 |
| SW9969 postcodes | up to 561 a day969 at 100+ | up to 313 a day969 at 100+ | up to 5 a day969 under 10 |
| SW12594 postcodes | up to 16 a day136 at 10 to 99458 under 10 | up to 17 a day84 at 10 to 99510 under 10 | up to 37 a day164 at 10 to 99430 under 10 |
| 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 Lambeth
- 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
Lambeth: 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