Planes overhead in IG11
Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge and Newham, London. All 1,023 of its postcodes measured, January to August 2026.
From London City
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way London City flies, and that decides how many pass over IG11. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 1,023 postcodes, 1,023 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (18% of days): up to 19 a day; of its 1,023 postcodes, 5 on an edge, 1,018 under 10
- On a day it flies east (35% of days): up to 42 a day; of its 1,023 postcodes, 419 at 10 to 99, 15 on an edge, 589 under 10
The table counts the postcodes of each sector by how many planes pass over them a day: 100 or more, 10 to 99, or under 10.
| Sector | Flying west47% of days | Both ways18% of days | Flying east35% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| IG11 0293 postcodes | 293 under 10 | 5 on an edge288 under 10 | 176 at 10 to 995 on an edge112 under 10 |
| IG11 16 postcodes | 6 under 10 | 6 under 10 | 6 under 10 |
| IG11 7282 postcodes | 282 under 10 | 282 under 10 | 6 at 10 to 99276 under 10 |
| IG11 8185 postcodes | 185 under 10 | 185 under 10 | 18 at 10 to 995 on an edge162 under 10 |
| IG11 9257 postcodes | 257 under 10 | 257 under 10 | 219 at 10 to 995 on an edge33 under 10 |
From Heathrow
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Heathrow flies, and that decides how many pass over IG11. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 36 a day; of its 1,023 postcodes, 764 at 10 to 99, 259 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 17 a day; of its 1,023 postcodes, 292 at 10 to 99, 731 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): under 1 a day at all 1,023 of its postcodes
The table counts the postcodes of each sector by how many planes pass over them a day: 100 or more, 10 to 99, or under 10.
| Sector | Flying west56% of days | Both ways15% of days | Flying east29% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| IG11 0293 postcodes | 132 at 10 to 99161 under 10 | 4 at 10 to 99289 under 10 | 293 under 10 |
| IG11 16 postcodes | 6 at 10 to 99 | 6 under 10 | 6 under 10 |
| IG11 7282 postcodes | 282 at 10 to 99 | 152 at 10 to 99130 under 10 | 282 under 10 |
| IG11 8185 postcodes | 185 at 10 to 99 | 136 at 10 to 9949 under 10 | 185 under 10 |
| IG11 9257 postcodes | 159 at 10 to 9998 under 10 | 257 under 10 | 257 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.
6 of its postcodes have a position ONS estimates, so their figures may be for a spot a few hundred metres away.
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.
Near IG11
RM9 E6 IG1 IG3 E12 SE28 RM10 E13
The councils
- Barking and Dagenham: noise and liveability score
- Redbridge: noise and liveability score
- Newham: noise and liveability score
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for London City and 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.