Planes overhead in LE65
North West Leicestershire, Leicester. 458 of its 469 postcodes measured, the ones in North West Leicestershire, 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 LE65. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (58% of days): up to 53 a day; of its 458 postcodes, 336 at 10 to 99, 122 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (20% of days): up to 31 a day; of its 458 postcodes, 334 at 10 to 99, 124 under 10
- On a day it flies east (22% of days): up to 25 a day; of its 458 postcodes, 173 at 10 to 99, 285 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE65 1243 postcodes | 122 at 10 to 99121 under 10 | 120 at 10 to 99123 under 10 | 83 at 10 to 99160 under 10 |
| LE65 2209 postcodes | 208 at 10 to 991 under 10 | 208 at 10 to 991 under 10 | 90 at 10 to 99119 under 10 |
| LE65 96 postcodes | 6 at 10 to 99 | 6 at 10 to 99 | 6 under 10 |
1 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 LE65
DE12 LE67 DE74 CV13 LE12 LE6 LE9 NG9
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.