Planes overhead in KT9
Kingston upon Thames, London. 388 of its 392 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 KT9. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 22 a day; of its 388 postcodes, 388 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 14 a day; of its 388 postcodes, 359 at 10 to 99, 29 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 4 a day; of its 388 postcodes, 388 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KT9 1182 postcodes | 182 at 10 to 99 | 159 at 10 to 9923 under 10 | 182 under 10 |
| KT9 2203 postcodes | 203 at 10 to 99 | 197 at 10 to 996 under 10 | 203 under 10 |
| KT9 93 postcodes | 3 at 10 to 99 | 3 at 10 to 99 | 3 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 KT9
KT6 KT5 KT4 KT1 KT3 SM3 KT2 TW11
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.