Planes overhead in NW6
Camden, Brent and Westminster, London. All 1,289 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 NW6. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 11 a day; of its 1,289 postcodes, 8 at 10 to 99, 1,281 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 52 a day; of its 1,289 postcodes, 1,212 at 10 to 99, 77 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 105 a day; of its 1,289 postcodes, 9 at 100+, 1,278 at 10 to 99, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW6 1234 postcodes | 8 at 10 to 99226 under 10 | 234 at 10 to 99 | 234 at 10 to 99 |
| NW6 2117 postcodes | 117 under 10 | 117 at 10 to 99 | 117 at 10 to 99 |
| NW6 3143 postcodes | 143 under 10 | 143 at 10 to 99 | 143 at 10 to 99 |
| NW6 4169 postcodes | 169 under 10 | 169 at 10 to 99 | 169 at 10 to 99 |
| NW6 5204 postcodes | 204 under 10 | 127 at 10 to 9977 under 10 | 202 at 10 to 992 under 10 |
| NW6 6153 postcodes | 153 under 10 | 153 at 10 to 99 | 153 at 10 to 99 |
| NW6 7243 postcodes | 243 under 10 | 243 at 10 to 99 | 9 at 100+234 at 10 to 99 |
| NW6 926 postcodes | 26 under 10 | 26 at 10 to 99 | 26 at 10 to 99 |
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 NW6
NW8 W9 NW3 NW2 W10 W11 NW10 NW5
The councils
- Camden: noise and liveability score
- Brent: noise and liveability score
- Westminster: 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.