Planes overhead in SE14
Lewisham and Southwark, London. All 419 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 SE14. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 341 a day; of its 419 postcodes, 419 at 100+
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 177 a day; of its 419 postcodes, 419 at 100+
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 2 a day; of its 419 postcodes, 419 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE14 5224 postcodes | 224 at 100+ | 224 at 100+ | 224 under 10 |
| SE14 6187 postcodes | 187 at 100+ | 187 at 100+ | 187 under 10 |
| SE14 98 postcodes | 8 at 100+ | 8 at 100+ | 8 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 SE14
SE8 SE15 SE4 SE16 SE13 SE10 SE22 SE5
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.