Planes overhead in LS7
Leeds, West Yorkshire. All 687 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 LS7. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): under 1 a day at all 687 of its postcodes
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 8 a day; of its 687 postcodes, 687 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 12 a day; of its 687 postcodes, 15 at 10 to 99, 672 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LS7 1107 postcodes | 107 under 10 | 107 under 10 | 15 at 10 to 9992 under 10 |
| LS7 2195 postcodes | 195 under 10 | 195 under 10 | 195 under 10 |
| LS7 3186 postcodes | 186 under 10 | 186 under 10 | 186 under 10 |
| LS7 4195 postcodes | 195 under 10 | 195 under 10 | 195 under 10 |
| LS7 94 postcodes | 4 under 10 | 4 under 10 | 4 under 10 |
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 LS7
LS6 LS2 LS3 LS1 LS9 LS4 LS5 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.