Planes overhead in N8
Haringey, Brent and Islington, London. All 700 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 N8. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 179 a day; of its 700 postcodes, 684 at 100+, 16 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 111 a day; of its 700 postcodes, 394 at 100+, 306 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 36 a day; of its 700 postcodes, 63 at 10 to 99, 637 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| N8 0159 postcodes | 156 at 100+3 under 10 | 35 at 100+124 at 10 to 99 | 3 at 10 to 99156 under 10 |
| N8 17 postcodes | 7 under 10 | 7 at 10 to 99 | 7 at 10 to 99 |
| N8 7187 postcodes | 183 at 100+4 under 10 | 34 at 100+153 at 10 to 99 | 23 at 10 to 99164 under 10 |
| N8 8170 postcodes | 168 at 100+2 under 10 | 158 at 100+12 at 10 to 99 | 30 at 10 to 99140 under 10 |
| N8 9177 postcodes | 177 at 100+ | 167 at 100+10 at 10 to 99 | 177 under 10 |
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 N8
The councils
- Haringey: noise and liveability score
- Brent: noise and liveability score
- Islington: 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.