Planes overhead in IG8
Redbridge and Waltham Forest, London. 745 of its 797 postcodes measured, the ones in Redbridge and Waltham Forest, 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 IG8. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 17 a day; of its 745 postcodes, 426 at 10 to 99, 12 on an edge, 307 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (18% of days): up to 17 a day; of its 745 postcodes, 477 at 10 to 99, 268 under 10
- On a day it flies east (35% of days): up to 17 a day; of its 745 postcodes, 590 at 10 to 99, 155 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IG8 0219 postcodes | 200 at 10 to 9919 under 10 | 213 at 10 to 996 under 10 | 219 at 10 to 99 |
| IG8 7165 postcodes | 164 at 10 to 991 under 10 | 165 at 10 to 99 | 165 at 10 to 99 |
| IG8 8173 postcodes | 39 at 10 to 9912 on an edge122 under 10 | 66 at 10 to 99107 under 10 | 107 at 10 to 9966 under 10 |
| IG8 9188 postcodes | 23 at 10 to 99165 under 10 | 33 at 10 to 99155 under 10 | 99 at 10 to 9989 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 IG8. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 12 a day; of its 745 postcodes, 53 at 10 to 99, 692 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 6 a day; of its 745 postcodes, 745 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): under 1 a day at all 745 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IG8 0219 postcodes | 219 under 10 | 219 under 10 | 219 under 10 |
| IG8 7165 postcodes | 165 under 10 | 165 under 10 | 165 under 10 |
| IG8 8173 postcodes | 23 at 10 to 99150 under 10 | 173 under 10 | 173 under 10 |
| IG8 9188 postcodes | 30 at 10 to 99158 under 10 | 188 under 10 | 188 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.
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 IG8
E18 IG5 E4 IG4 IG6 E17 E11 IG2
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.