Planes overhead in LS13
Leeds, West Yorkshire. All 903 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 LS13. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 903 postcodes, 903 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 18 a day; of its 903 postcodes, 242 at 10 to 99, 661 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 29 a day; of its 903 postcodes, 330 at 10 to 99, 573 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LS13 1189 postcodes | 189 under 10 | 189 under 10 | 189 under 10 |
| LS13 2252 postcodes | 252 under 10 | 68 at 10 to 99184 under 10 | 107 at 10 to 99145 under 10 |
| LS13 3215 postcodes | 215 under 10 | 7 at 10 to 99208 under 10 | 22 at 10 to 99193 under 10 |
| LS13 4243 postcodes | 243 under 10 | 167 at 10 to 9976 under 10 | 201 at 10 to 9942 under 10 |
| LS13 94 postcodes | 4 under 10 | 4 under 10 | 4 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 LS13
LS5 LS28 LS18 LS4 LS12 LS6 LS3 LS16
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.