Planes overhead in LE2
Leicester, Oadby and Wigston, Blaby and Harborough, Leicester. All 2,062 of its postcodes measured, January to August 2026.
From East Midlands
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way East Midlands flies, and that decides how many pass over LE2. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (58% of days): up to 27 a day; of its 2,062 postcodes, 11 at 10 to 99, 2,051 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (20% of days): up to 15 a day; of its 2,062 postcodes, 6 at 10 to 99, 2,056 under 10
- On a day it flies east (22% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 2,062 postcodes, 2,062 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 west58% of days | Both ways20% of days | Flying east22% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE2 0155 postcodes | 155 under 10 | 155 under 10 | 155 under 10 |
| LE2 1208 postcodes | 208 under 10 | 208 under 10 | 208 under 10 |
| LE2 2139 postcodes | 7 at 10 to 99132 under 10 | 6 at 10 to 99133 under 10 | 139 under 10 |
| LE2 3214 postcodes | 214 under 10 | 214 under 10 | 214 under 10 |
| LE2 4229 postcodes | 4 at 10 to 99225 under 10 | 229 under 10 | 229 under 10 |
| LE2 5199 postcodes | 199 under 10 | 199 under 10 | 199 under 10 |
| LE2 6252 postcodes | 252 under 10 | 252 under 10 | 252 under 10 |
| LE2 7204 postcodes | 204 under 10 | 204 under 10 | 204 under 10 |
| LE2 8202 postcodes | 202 under 10 | 202 under 10 | 202 under 10 |
| LE2 9260 postcodes | 260 under 10 | 260 under 10 | 260 under 10 |
4 of its postcodes have a position ONS estimates, so their figures may be for a spot a few hundred metres away.
Over 26 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 LE2
LE8 LE7 LE6 LE9 LE12 CV13 LE67 LE14
The councils
- Leicester: noise and liveability score
- Oadby and Wigston: noise and liveability score
- Blaby: noise and liveability score
- Harborough: noise and liveability score
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for East Midlands. 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.