Planes overhead in LS10
Leeds, West Yorkshire. All 910 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 LS10. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 54 a day; of its 910 postcodes, 261 at 10 to 99, 104 on an edge, 545 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 33 a day; of its 910 postcodes, 269 at 10 to 99, 89 on an edge, 552 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 17 a day; of its 910 postcodes, 350 at 10 to 99, 7 on an edge, 553 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 west47% of days | Both ways26% of days | Flying east27% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| LS10 1192 postcodes | 150 at 10 to 9940 on an edge2 under 10 | 153 at 10 to 9937 on an edge2 under 10 | 192 at 10 to 99 |
| LS10 2129 postcodes | 97 at 10 to 9926 on an edge6 under 10 | 99 at 10 to 9924 on an edge6 under 10 | 113 at 10 to 997 on an edge9 under 10 |
| LS10 3269 postcodes | 14 at 10 to 9921 on an edge234 under 10 | 14 at 10 to 9919 on an edge236 under 10 | 28 at 10 to 99241 under 10 |
| LS10 4312 postcodes | 17 on an edge295 under 10 | 3 at 10 to 999 on an edge300 under 10 | 17 at 10 to 99295 under 10 |
| LS10 98 postcodes | 8 under 10 | 8 under 10 | 8 under 10 |
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 LS10
LS11 LS1 LS9 WF3 LS2 LS3 LS12 LS26
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.