Planes overhead in LE6
Hinckley and Bosworth and Charnwood, Leicester. All 258 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 LE6. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (58% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 258 postcodes, 258 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (20% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 258 postcodes, 1 at 10 to 99, 257 under 10
- On a day it flies east (22% of days): up to 23 a day; of its 258 postcodes, 15 at 10 to 99, 243 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE6 0258 postcodes | 258 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99257 under 10 | 15 at 10 to 99243 under 10 |
2 of its postcodes have a position ONS estimates, so their figures may be for a spot a few hundred metres away.
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 LE6
LE2 LE9 LE67 LE7 LE12 CV13 LE8 LE65
The councils
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.