Planes overhead in KT6
Kingston upon Thames, London. 655 of its 747 postcodes measured, the ones in Kingston upon Thames, January to August 2026.
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 KT6. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 19 a day; of its 655 postcodes, 250 at 10 to 99, 405 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 15 a day; of its 655 postcodes, 130 at 10 to 99, 525 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 23 a day; of its 655 postcodes, 59 at 10 to 99, 596 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 west56% of days | Both ways15% of days | Flying east29% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| KT6 4199 postcodes | 199 under 10 | 18 at 10 to 99181 under 10 | 35 at 10 to 99164 under 10 |
| KT6 572 postcodes | 38 at 10 to 9934 under 10 | 20 at 10 to 9952 under 10 | 23 at 10 to 9949 under 10 |
| KT6 6193 postcodes | 23 at 10 to 99170 under 10 | 193 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99192 under 10 |
| KT6 7191 postcodes | 189 at 10 to 992 under 10 | 92 at 10 to 9999 under 10 | 191 under 10 |
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 KT6
KT5 KT1 KT9 KT3 KT2 KT4 TW11 SW20
The councils
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.