Planes overhead in LE9
Hinckley and Bosworth, Blaby and Harborough, Leicester. All 1,285 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 LE9. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (58% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 1,285 postcodes, 1,285 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (20% of days): up to 6 a day; of its 1,285 postcodes, 1,285 under 10
- On a day it flies east (22% of days): up to 14 a day; of its 1,285 postcodes, 76 at 10 to 99, 1,209 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE9 08 postcodes | 8 under 10 | 8 under 10 | 8 under 10 |
| LE9 176 postcodes | 76 under 10 | 76 under 10 | 76 under 10 |
| LE9 299 postcodes | 99 under 10 | 99 under 10 | 99 under 10 |
| LE9 379 postcodes | 79 under 10 | 79 under 10 | 79 under 10 |
| LE9 4175 postcodes | 175 under 10 | 175 under 10 | 175 under 10 |
| LE9 6194 postcodes | 194 under 10 | 194 under 10 | 194 under 10 |
| LE9 7282 postcodes | 282 under 10 | 282 under 10 | 12 at 10 to 99270 under 10 |
| LE9 8189 postcodes | 189 under 10 | 189 under 10 | 189 under 10 |
| LE9 9183 postcodes | 183 under 10 | 183 under 10 | 64 at 10 to 99119 under 10 |
15 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 LE9
LE6 CV13 LE2 LE8 LE67 LE7 LE12 DE12
The councils
- Hinckley and Bosworth: noise and liveability score
- Blaby: noise and liveability score
- Harborough: 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.