Planes overhead in NW5
Camden and Islington, London. All 895 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 NW5. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 59 a day; of its 895 postcodes, 859 at 10 to 99, 36 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 45 a day; of its 895 postcodes, 760 at 10 to 99, 135 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 15 a day; of its 895 postcodes, 137 at 10 to 99, 758 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW5 1187 postcodes | 187 at 10 to 99 | 187 at 10 to 99 | 70 at 10 to 99117 under 10 |
| NW5 2199 postcodes | 199 at 10 to 99 | 175 at 10 to 9924 under 10 | 199 under 10 |
| NW5 3105 postcodes | 75 at 10 to 9930 under 10 | 21 at 10 to 9984 under 10 | 105 under 10 |
| NW5 4143 postcodes | 137 at 10 to 996 under 10 | 116 at 10 to 9927 under 10 | 67 at 10 to 9976 under 10 |
| NW5 9261 postcodes | 261 at 10 to 99 | 261 at 10 to 99 | 261 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 NW5
N19 N7 NW3 NW1 N1C N6 NW8 WC1H
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.