Planes overhead in LE8
Blaby, Harborough and Oadby and Wigston, Leicester. All 886 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 LE8. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (58% of days): up to 16 a day; of its 886 postcodes, 58 at 10 to 99, 828 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (20% of days): up to 9 a day; of its 886 postcodes, 886 under 10
- On a day it flies east (22% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 886 postcodes, 886 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE8 0193 postcodes | 193 under 10 | 193 under 10 | 193 under 10 |
| LE8 4132 postcodes | 132 under 10 | 132 under 10 | 132 under 10 |
| LE8 5172 postcodes | 172 under 10 | 172 under 10 | 172 under 10 |
| LE8 6172 postcodes | 172 under 10 | 172 under 10 | 172 under 10 |
| LE8 8114 postcodes | 114 under 10 | 114 under 10 | 114 under 10 |
| LE8 9103 postcodes | 58 at 10 to 9945 under 10 | 103 under 10 | 103 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 LE8
LE2 LE9 LE7 LE6 CV13 LE12 LE67 LE14
The councils
- Blaby: noise and liveability score
- Harborough: noise and liveability score
- Oadby and Wigston: 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.