Planes over Sutton today
For Heathrow's expansion consultation, open until 22 December 2026.
Whatever your view, these are the figures for Sutton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| SM1843 postcodes | up to 101 a day4 at 100+839 at 10 to 99 | up to 60 a day843 at 10 to 99 | up to 2 a day843 under 10 |
| SM2553 postcodes | up to 82 a day553 at 10 to 99 | up to 48 a day553 at 10 to 99 | up to 2 a day553 under 10 |
| SM3376 postcodes | up to 76 a day376 at 10 to 99 | up to 45 a day376 at 10 to 99 | up to 2 a day376 under 10 |
| SM5706 postcodes | up to 114 a day178 at 100+528 at 10 to 99 | up to 66 a day706 at 10 to 99 | up to 2 a day706 under 10 |
| SM6756 postcodes | up to 131 a day304 at 100+452 at 10 to 99 | up to 75 a day756 at 10 to 99 | up to 2 a day756 under 10 |
Each district's own page splits it by postcode sector and counts every airport over it.
Noise, air and flood in Sutton
- Aircraft noise band
- LowEstimated from the distance to the airport and its routes, scaled by the size of its DEFRA noise map
- Road noise
- LowDEFRA 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
Sutton: 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