Planes overhead in LS1
Leeds, West Yorkshire. All 526 of its postcodes measured, January to August 2026.
From Leeds Bradford
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Leeds Bradford flies, and that decides how many pass over LS1. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 54 a day; of its 526 postcodes, 394 at 10 to 99, 108 on an edge, 24 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 33 a day; of its 526 postcodes, 394 at 10 to 99, 103 on an edge, 29 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 17 a day; of its 526 postcodes, 526 at 10 to 99
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 west47% of days | Both ways26% of days | Flying east27% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| LS1 116 postcodes | 13 at 10 to 992 on an edge1 under 10 | 13 at 10 to 992 on an edge1 under 10 | 16 at 10 to 99 |
| LS1 279 postcodes | 78 at 10 to 991 on an edge | 78 at 10 to 991 on an edge | 79 at 10 to 99 |
| LS1 345 postcodes | 18 at 10 to 9916 on an edge11 under 10 | 18 at 10 to 9914 on an edge13 under 10 | 45 at 10 to 99 |
| LS1 4106 postcodes | 106 at 10 to 99 | 106 at 10 to 99 | 106 at 10 to 99 |
| LS1 564 postcodes | 46 at 10 to 9918 on an edge | 46 at 10 to 9918 on an edge | 64 at 10 to 99 |
| LS1 691 postcodes | 16 at 10 to 9964 on an edge11 under 10 | 16 at 10 to 9961 on an edge14 under 10 | 91 at 10 to 99 |
| LS1 78 postcodes | 3 at 10 to 994 on an edge1 under 10 | 3 at 10 to 994 on an edge1 under 10 | 8 at 10 to 99 |
| LS1 84 postcodes | 2 at 10 to 992 on an edge | 2 at 10 to 992 on an edge | 4 at 10 to 99 |
| LS1 9113 postcodes | 112 at 10 to 991 on an edge | 112 at 10 to 991 on an edge | 113 at 10 to 99 |
On an edge: the postcode is on the edge of a flight path, where a few metres decide whether a plane counts as overhead, and the fewest and the most within 100 m of it fall in different bands.
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 LS1
LS2 LS3 LS11 LS4 LS7 LS9 LS6 LS12
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Leeds Bradford. 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.