Planes over Newham today
For Heathrow's expansion consultation, open until 22 December 2026.
Whatever your view, these are the figures for Newham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| E6924 postcodes | up to 110 a day34 at 100+890 at 10 to 99 | up to 54 a day923 at 10 to 991 under 10 | up to 1 a day924 under 10 |
| E7537 postcodes | up to 150 a day439 at 100+98 at 10 to 99 | up to 79 a day537 at 10 to 99 | up to 1 a day537 under 10 |
| E12396 postcodes | up to 84 a day396 at 10 to 99 | up to 41 a day396 at 10 to 99 | up to 1 a day396 under 10 |
| E13583 postcodes | up to 148 a day573 at 100+10 at 10 to 99 | up to 81 a day583 at 10 to 99 | up to 1 a day583 under 10 |
| E15810 postcodes | up to 177 a day810 at 100+ | up to 102 a day1 at 100+809 at 10 to 99 | up to 1 a day810 under 10 |
| E161,063 postcodes | up to 151 a day711 at 100+352 at 10 to 99 | up to 86 a day1,063 at 10 to 99 | up to 1 a day1,063 under 10 |
| E20234 postcodes | up to 182 a day234 at 100+ | up to 105 a day60 at 100+174 at 10 to 99 | up to 1 a day234 under 10 |
Each district's own page splits it by postcode sector and counts every airport over it.
Noise, air and flood in Newham
- Aircraft noise band
- Moderate-HighEstimated 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
Newham: 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