Planes overhead in LE7
Charnwood, Harborough, Melton, Leicester and Blaby, Leicester. All 1,241 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 LE7. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (58% of days): up to 41 a day; of its 1,241 postcodes, 292 at 10 to 99, 949 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (20% of days): up to 22 a day; of its 1,241 postcodes, 138 at 10 to 99, 1,103 under 10
- On a day it flies east (22% of days): up to 17 a day; of its 1,241 postcodes, 2 at 10 to 99, 1,239 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE7 1122 postcodes | 122 under 10 | 122 under 10 | 122 under 10 |
| LE7 2146 postcodes | 146 under 10 | 146 under 10 | 146 under 10 |
| LE7 3185 postcodes | 39 at 10 to 99146 under 10 | 14 at 10 to 99171 under 10 | 185 under 10 |
| LE7 4120 postcodes | 71 at 10 to 9949 under 10 | 28 at 10 to 9992 under 10 | 120 under 10 |
| LE7 613 postcodes | 13 under 10 | 13 under 10 | 13 under 10 |
| LE7 7326 postcodes | 326 under 10 | 326 under 10 | 2 at 10 to 99324 under 10 |
| LE7 9329 postcodes | 182 at 10 to 99147 under 10 | 96 at 10 to 99233 under 10 | 329 under 10 |
1 of its postcodes have a position ONS estimates, so their figures may be for a spot a few hundred metres away.
Over 6 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 LE7
LE2 LE6 LE12 LE8 LE14 LE9 LE67 CV13
The councils
- Charnwood: noise and liveability score
- Harborough: noise and liveability score
- Melton: noise and liveability score
- Leicester: noise and liveability score
- Blaby: 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.