Planes overhead in NW8
Westminster, Camden and Brent, London. All 835 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 NW8. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 4 a day; of its 835 postcodes, 835 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 18 a day; of its 835 postcodes, 109 at 10 to 99, 726 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 36 a day; of its 835 postcodes, 220 at 10 to 99, 615 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW8 0145 postcodes | 145 under 10 | 79 at 10 to 9966 under 10 | 139 at 10 to 996 under 10 |
| NW8 112 postcodes | 12 under 10 | 12 at 10 to 99 | 12 at 10 to 99 |
| NW8 6139 postcodes | 139 under 10 | 14 at 10 to 99125 under 10 | 56 at 10 to 9983 under 10 |
| NW8 7152 postcodes | 152 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99151 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99151 under 10 |
| NW8 8202 postcodes | 202 under 10 | 2 at 10 to 99200 under 10 | 2 at 10 to 99200 under 10 |
| NW8 9185 postcodes | 185 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99184 under 10 | 10 at 10 to 99175 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 NW8
W9 NW6 NW1 NW3 W1G W1W W1T NW5
The councils
- Westminster: noise and liveability score
- Camden: noise and liveability score
- Brent: 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.