Planes over Wandsworth today
For Heathrow's expansion consultation, open until 22 December 2026.
Whatever your view, these are the figures for Wandsworth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SW1P752 postcodes | up to 307 a day280 at 100+472 at 10 to 99 | up to 170 a day280 at 100+472 at 10 to 99 | up to 4 a day752 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 |
| SW111,527 postcodes | up to 615 a day1,375 at 100+27 at 10 to 9970 on an edge55 under 10 | up to 348 a day1,370 at 100+69 on an edge88 under 10 | up to 5 a day1,527 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 |
| SW151,225 postcodes | up to 457 a day505 at 100+145 on an edge575 under 10 | up to 249 a day502 at 100+65 at 10 to 99145 on an edge513 under 10 | up to 175 a day43 at 100+23 at 10 to 993 on an edge1,156 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 |
| SW171,001 postcodes | up to 4 a day1,001 under 10 | up to 71 a day938 at 10 to 9963 under 10 | up to 158 a day316 at 100+677 at 10 to 998 under 10 |
| SW181,242 postcodes | up to 318 a day195 at 100+181 on an edge866 under 10 | up to 189 a day195 at 100+57 at 10 to 99177 on an edge813 under 10 | up to 43 a day224 at 10 to 991,018 under 10 |
| SW191,659 postcodes | up to 8 a day1,659 under 10 | up to 77 a day1,435 at 10 to 99224 under 10 | up to 174 a day1,242 at 100+282 at 10 to 99135 under 10 |
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 Wandsworth
- 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
- MediumEnvironment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, allowing for defences
Wandsworth: 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