Planes overhead in SE15
Southwark and Lewisham, London. All 1,196 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 SE15. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 442 a day; of its 1,196 postcodes, 1,196 at 100+
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 236 a day; of its 1,196 postcodes, 1,193 at 100+, 3 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 3 a day; of its 1,196 postcodes, 1,196 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE15 1160 postcodes | 160 at 100+ | 160 at 100+ | 160 under 10 |
| SE15 2201 postcodes | 201 at 100+ | 201 at 100+ | 201 under 10 |
| SE15 3227 postcodes | 227 at 100+ | 224 at 100+3 at 10 to 99 | 227 under 10 |
| SE15 4154 postcodes | 154 at 100+ | 154 at 100+ | 154 under 10 |
| SE15 5196 postcodes | 196 at 100+ | 196 at 100+ | 196 under 10 |
| SE15 6244 postcodes | 244 at 100+ | 244 at 100+ | 244 under 10 |
| SE15 914 postcodes | 14 at 100+ | 14 at 100+ | 14 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 SE15
SE14 SE5 SE22 SE4 SE17 SE8 SE16 SE24
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.