Planes overhead in N22
Haringey and Enfield, London. All 719 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 N22. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 142 a day; of its 719 postcodes, 236 at 100+, 483 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 95 a day; of its 719 postcodes, 719 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 19 a day; of its 719 postcodes, 64 at 10 to 99, 655 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| N22 5193 postcodes | 2 at 100+191 at 10 to 99 | 193 at 10 to 99 | 193 under 10 |
| N22 6202 postcodes | 149 at 100+53 at 10 to 99 | 202 at 10 to 99 | 202 under 10 |
| N22 7115 postcodes | 68 at 100+47 at 10 to 99 | 115 at 10 to 99 | 62 at 10 to 9953 under 10 |
| N22 8164 postcodes | 164 at 10 to 99 | 164 at 10 to 99 | 2 at 10 to 99162 under 10 |
| N22 945 postcodes | 17 at 100+28 at 10 to 99 | 45 at 10 to 99 | 45 under 10 |
Also counted here: Stansted, 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 N22
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.