Planes over Westminster today
For Heathrow's expansion consultation, open until 22 December 2026.
Whatever your view, these are the figures for Westminster 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW11,659 postcodes | up to 19 a day190 at 10 to 991,469 under 10 | up to 13 a day51 at 10 to 991,608 under 10 | up to 7 a day1,659 under 10 |
| NW8835 postcodes | up to 4 a day835 under 10 | up to 18 a day109 at 10 to 99726 under 10 | up to 36 a day220 at 10 to 99615 under 10 |
| SW1A145 postcodes | up to 307 a day2 at 100+79 at 10 to 9964 under 10 | up to 170 a day2 at 100+61 at 10 to 9982 under 10 | up to 4 a day145 under 10 |
| SW1E87 postcodes | up to 307 a day1 at 100+86 at 10 to 99 | up to 170 a day1 at 100+48 at 10 to 9938 under 10 | up to 4 a day87 under 10 |
| SW1H91 postcodes | up to 307 a day3 at 100+88 at 10 to 99 | up to 170 a day3 at 100+88 at 10 to 99 | up to 4 a day91 under 10 |
| 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 |
| SW1V572 postcodes | up to 307 a day65 at 100+384 at 10 to 99123 on an edge | up to 170 a day65 at 100+384 at 10 to 99123 on an edge | up to 4 a day572 under 10 |
| SW1W343 postcodes | up to 307 a day2 at 100+315 at 10 to 9925 on an edge1 under 10 | up to 170 a day2 at 100+168 at 10 to 9925 on an edge148 under 10 | up to 4 a day343 under 10 |
| SW1X402 postcodes | up to 307 a day2 at 100+51 at 10 to 99349 under 10 | up to 170 a day2 at 100+400 under 10 | up to 4 a day402 under 10 |
| SW1Y183 postcodes | up to 307 a day1 at 100+46 at 10 to 99136 under 10 | up to 170 a day1 at 100+182 under 10 | up to 4 a day183 under 10 |
| W1G703 postcodes | up to 11 a day1 at 10 to 99702 under 10 | up to 8 a day703 under 10 | up to 4 a day703 under 10 |
| W1J666 postcodes | up to 11 a day1 at 10 to 99665 under 10 | up to 8 a day666 under 10 | up to 2 a day666 under 10 |
| W1T922 postcodes | up to 11 a day1 at 10 to 99921 under 10 | up to 8 a day922 under 10 | up to 4 a day922 under 10 |
| W1W621 postcodes | up to 11 a day8 at 10 to 99613 under 10 | up to 8 a day621 under 10 | up to 4 a day621 under 10 |
| W9578 postcodes | up to 2 a day578 under 10 | up to 24 a day21 at 10 to 993 on an edge554 under 10 | up to 52 a day128 at 10 to 99450 under 10 |
| W10692 postcodes | up to 2 a day692 under 10 | up to 80 a day81 at 10 to 9939 on an edge572 under 10 | up to 187 a day18 at 100+306 at 10 to 99368 under 10 |
| WC2A113 postcodes | up to 14 a day113 at 10 to 99 | up to 11 a day37 at 10 to 9976 under 10 | up to 2 a day113 under 10 |
| WC2B175 postcodes | up to 20 a day133 at 10 to 9942 under 10 | up to 14 a day10 at 10 to 99165 under 10 | up to 2 a day175 under 10 |
| WC2E166 postcodes | up to 14 a day152 at 10 to 9914 under 10 | up to 10 a day6 at 10 to 99160 under 10 | up to 1 a day166 under 10 |
| WC2H347 postcodes | up to 11 a day32 at 10 to 99315 under 10 | up to 8 a day347 under 10 | up to 2 a day347 under 10 |
| WC2N142 postcodes | up to 15 a day138 at 10 to 994 under 10 | up to 11 a day23 at 10 to 99119 under 10 | up to 2 a day142 under 10 |
| WC2R105 postcodes | up to 17 a day105 at 10 to 99 | up to 12 a day60 at 10 to 9945 under 10 | up to 2 a day105 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 Westminster
- Aircraft noise band
- ModerateEstimated 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
- PoorDEFRA background maps against WHO 2021
- Flood risk
- LowEnvironment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, allowing for defences
Westminster: 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