Planes overhead in N10
Haringey and Barnet, London. All 510 of its postcodes measured, January to August 2026.
From Heathrow
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Heathrow flies, and that decides how many pass over N10. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 152 a day; of its 510 postcodes, 434 at 100+, 76 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 104 a day; of its 510 postcodes, 118 at 100+, 392 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 47 a day; of its 510 postcodes, 510 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 west56% of days | Both ways15% of days | Flying east29% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| N10 1155 postcodes | 132 at 100+23 at 10 to 99 | 155 at 10 to 99 | 155 at 10 to 99 |
| N10 2154 postcodes | 101 at 100+53 at 10 to 99 | 154 at 10 to 99 | 154 at 10 to 99 |
| N10 3182 postcodes | 182 at 100+ | 118 at 100+64 at 10 to 99 | 182 at 10 to 99 |
| N10 919 postcodes | 19 at 100+ | 19 at 10 to 99 | 19 at 10 to 99 |
Also counted here: Stansted, at most 2 a day over any of its postcodes.
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 N10
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Heathrow. 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.