Planes overhead in N1C
Camden, London. All 82 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 N1C. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 12 a day; of its 82 postcodes, 44 at 10 to 99, 38 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 9 a day; of its 82 postcodes, 82 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 4 a day; of its 82 postcodes, 82 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 west56% of days | Both ways15% of days | Flying east29% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| N1C 482 postcodes | 44 at 10 to 9938 under 10 | 82 under 10 | 82 under 10 |
Also counted here: London City, at most 1 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 N1C
WC1H NW1 WC1X WC1N EC1R WC1A N7 WC1B
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.