Planes overhead in N6
Haringey, Camden, Islington and Barnet, London. All 494 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 N6. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 152 a day; of its 494 postcodes, 325 at 100+, 169 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 104 a day; of its 494 postcodes, 23 at 100+, 471 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 54 a day; of its 494 postcodes, 461 at 10 to 99, 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| N6 4140 postcodes | 104 at 100+36 at 10 to 99 | 13 at 100+127 at 10 to 99 | 139 at 10 to 991 under 10 |
| N6 5239 postcodes | 215 at 100+24 at 10 to 99 | 10 at 100+229 at 10 to 99 | 213 at 10 to 9926 under 10 |
| N6 6111 postcodes | 2 at 100+109 at 10 to 99 | 111 at 10 to 99 | 109 at 10 to 992 under 10 |
| N6 94 postcodes | 4 at 100+ | 4 at 10 to 99 | 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 N6
The councils
- Haringey: noise and liveability score
- Camden: noise and liveability score
- Islington: noise and liveability score
- Barnet: noise and liveability score
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.