Planes overhead in IG6
Redbridge, London. All 568 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 IG6. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 45 a day; of its 568 postcodes, 192 at 10 to 99, 44 on an edge, 332 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (18% of days): up to 34 a day; of its 568 postcodes, 188 at 10 to 99, 48 on an edge, 332 under 10
- On a day it flies east (35% of days): up to 17 a day; of its 568 postcodes, 22 at 10 to 99, 5 on an edge, 541 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IG6 1180 postcodes | 171 at 10 to 999 on an edge | 169 at 10 to 9911 on an edge | 22 at 10 to 995 on an edge153 under 10 |
| IG6 2250 postcodes | 21 at 10 to 9934 on an edge195 under 10 | 19 at 10 to 9936 on an edge195 under 10 | 250 under 10 |
| IG6 3138 postcodes | 1 on an edge137 under 10 | 1 on an edge137 under 10 | 138 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 IG6. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 568 postcodes, 9 at 10 to 99, 559 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 4 a day; of its 568 postcodes, 568 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): under 1 a day at all 568 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IG6 1180 postcodes | 9 at 10 to 99171 under 10 | 180 under 10 | 180 under 10 |
| IG6 2250 postcodes | 250 under 10 | 250 under 10 | 250 under 10 |
| IG6 3138 postcodes | 138 under 10 | 138 under 10 | 138 under 10 |
Also counted here: Stansted, at most 1 a day over any of its postcodes.
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.
Over 61 of its postcodes, other flying passes too, from airfields, helicopters and airports we cannot check against official counts, so few planes from the airports we count does not mean a quiet sky there.
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 IG6
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The councils
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.