Planes overhead in N7
Islington and Camden, London. All 902 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 N7. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 120 a day; of its 902 postcodes, 56 at 100+, 846 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 77 a day; of its 902 postcodes, 897 at 10 to 99, 5 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 3 a day; of its 902 postcodes, 902 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| N7 0188 postcodes | 188 at 10 to 99 | 188 at 10 to 99 | 188 under 10 |
| N7 113 postcodes | 13 at 100+ | 13 at 10 to 99 | 13 under 10 |
| N7 6143 postcodes | 143 at 10 to 99 | 143 at 10 to 99 | 143 under 10 |
| N7 7145 postcodes | 42 at 100+103 at 10 to 99 | 145 at 10 to 99 | 145 under 10 |
| N7 8222 postcodes | 222 at 10 to 99 | 222 at 10 to 99 | 222 under 10 |
| N7 9191 postcodes | 1 at 100+190 at 10 to 99 | 186 at 10 to 995 under 10 | 191 under 10 |
Also counted here: London City, at most 1 a day over any of its postcodes.
1 of its postcodes have a position ONS estimates, so their figures may be for a spot a few hundred metres away.
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 N7
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.