Planes overhead in LE67
North West Leicestershire, Hinckley and Bosworth and Charnwood, Leicester. All 1,562 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 LE67. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (58% of days): up to 24 a day; of its 1,562 postcodes, 22 at 10 to 99, 1,540 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (20% of days): up to 24 a day; of its 1,562 postcodes, 30 at 10 to 99, 1,532 under 10
- On a day it flies east (22% of days): up to 23 a day; of its 1,562 postcodes, 163 at 10 to 99, 1,399 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE67 031 postcodes | 31 under 10 | 31 under 10 | 31 under 10 |
| LE67 1162 postcodes | 162 under 10 | 162 under 10 | 2 at 10 to 99160 under 10 |
| LE67 2274 postcodes | 22 at 10 to 99252 under 10 | 30 at 10 to 99244 under 10 | 60 at 10 to 99214 under 10 |
| LE67 3252 postcodes | 252 under 10 | 252 under 10 | 252 under 10 |
| LE67 4217 postcodes | 217 under 10 | 217 under 10 | 217 under 10 |
| LE67 5162 postcodes | 162 under 10 | 162 under 10 | 162 under 10 |
| LE67 6142 postcodes | 142 under 10 | 142 under 10 | 96 at 10 to 9946 under 10 |
| LE67 8164 postcodes | 164 under 10 | 164 under 10 | 164 under 10 |
| LE67 9158 postcodes | 158 under 10 | 158 under 10 | 5 at 10 to 99153 under 10 |
7 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 LE67
LE65 LE6 DE12 CV13 LE12 DE74 LE9 LE7
The councils
- North West Leicestershire: noise and liveability score
- Hinckley and Bosworth: noise and liveability score
- Charnwood: 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.