Planes over Richmond upon Thames today
For Heathrow's expansion consultation, open until 22 December 2026.
Whatever your view, these are the figures for Richmond 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 |
| SW13373 postcodes | up to 318 a day198 at 100+148 on an edge27 under 10 | up to 190 a day198 at 100+143 on an edge32 under 10 | up to 4 a day373 under 10 |
| SW14366 postcodes | up to 318 a day276 at 100+62 on an edge28 under 10 | up to 190 a day276 at 100+62 on an edge28 under 10 | up to 2 a day366 under 10 |
| TW1665 postcodes | up to 317 a day12 at 100+17 on an edge636 under 10 | up to 190 a day12 at 100+207 at 10 to 9984 on an edge362 under 10 | up to 215 a day170 at 100+25 at 10 to 9997 on an edge373 under 10 |
| TW2558 postcodes | up to 3 a day558 under 10 | up to 144 a day104 at 100+371 at 10 to 9954 on an edge29 under 10 | up to 341 a day451 at 100+23 at 10 to 9971 on an edge13 under 10 |
| TW4428 postcodes | up to 319 a day18 at 100+110 on an edge300 under 10 | up to 414 a day92 at 100+170 at 10 to 99152 on an edge14 under 10 | up to 462 a day209 at 100+8 at 10 to 99144 on an edge67 under 10 |
| TW9597 postcodes | up to 318 a day386 at 100+145 on an edge66 under 10 | up to 190 a day375 at 100+155 on an edge67 under 10 | up to 4 a day597 under 10 |
| TW10515 postcodes | up to 318 a day48 at 100+38 on an edge429 under 10 | up to 190 a day48 at 100+238 at 10 to 9951 on an edge178 under 10 | up to 178 a day228 at 100+8 at 10 to 9917 on an edge262 under 10 |
| TW11557 postcodes | up to 2 a day557 under 10 | up to 77 a day534 at 10 to 9923 under 10 | up to 182 a day106 at 100+437 at 10 to 998 on an edge6 under 10 |
| TW12561 postcodes | up to 2 a day561 under 10 | up to 51 a day553 at 10 to 997 on an edge1 under 10 | up to 122 a day212 at 100+349 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 Richmond upon Thames
- Aircraft noise band
- HighEstimated 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
Richmond 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