Planes over Lewisham today
For Heathrow's expansion consultation, open until 22 December 2026.
Whatever your view, these are the figures for Lewisham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BR11,262 postcodes | up to 124 a day876 at 100+386 at 10 to 99 | up to 89 a day1,262 at 10 to 99 | up to 53 a day1,262 at 10 to 99 |
| 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 |
| SE4464 postcodes | up to 283 a day464 at 100+ | up to 144 a day261 at 100+203 at 10 to 99 | up to 3 a day464 under 10 |
| SE6863 postcodes | up to 131 a day678 at 100+185 at 10 to 99 | up to 76 a day863 at 10 to 99 | up to 50 a day546 at 10 to 99317 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 |
| 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 |
| SE13735 postcodes | up to 206 a day735 at 100+ | up to 103 a day7 at 100+728 at 10 to 99 | up to 6 a day735 under 10 |
| SE14419 postcodes | up to 341 a day419 at 100+ | up to 177 a day419 at 100+ | up to 2 a day419 under 10 |
| SE23625 postcodes | up to 203 a day157 at 100+468 at 10 to 99 | up to 105 a day2 at 100+623 at 10 to 99 | up to 37 a day364 at 10 to 99261 under 10 |
| SE26629 postcodes | up to 79 a day629 at 10 to 99 | up to 67 a day629 at 10 to 99 | up to 66 a day629 at 10 to 99 |
Each district's own page splits it by postcode sector and counts every airport over it.
Noise, air and flood in Lewisham
- 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
Lewisham: 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