Planes overhead in LS18
Leeds, West Yorkshire. All 531 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 LS18. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 57 a day; of its 531 postcodes, 23 at 10 to 99, 109 on an edge, 399 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 53 a day; of its 531 postcodes, 121 at 10 to 99, 63 on an edge, 347 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 48 a day; of its 531 postcodes, 146 at 10 to 99, 43 on an edge, 342 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LS18 4280 postcodes | 2 at 10 to 9915 on an edge263 under 10 | 19 at 10 to 9916 on an edge245 under 10 | 26 at 10 to 9912 on an edge242 under 10 |
| LS18 5251 postcodes | 21 at 10 to 9994 on an edge136 under 10 | 102 at 10 to 9947 on an edge102 under 10 | 120 at 10 to 9931 on an edge100 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.
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 LS18
LS16 LS5 LS13 LS19 LS28 LS4 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.