Planes overhead in SE18
Greenwich, London. All 1,453 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 SE18. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 62 a day; of its 1,453 postcodes, 1,401 at 10 to 99, 52 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 28 a day; of its 1,453 postcodes, 556 at 10 to 99, 897 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): under 1 a day at all 1,453 of its postcodes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE18 1197 postcodes | 169 at 10 to 9928 under 10 | 197 under 10 | 197 under 10 |
| SE18 2184 postcodes | 160 at 10 to 9924 under 10 | 184 under 10 | 184 under 10 |
| SE18 3194 postcodes | 194 at 10 to 99 | 46 at 10 to 99148 under 10 | 194 under 10 |
| SE18 4157 postcodes | 157 at 10 to 99 | 127 at 10 to 9930 under 10 | 157 under 10 |
| SE18 5197 postcodes | 197 at 10 to 99 | 196 at 10 to 991 under 10 | 197 under 10 |
| SE18 6301 postcodes | 301 at 10 to 99 | 185 at 10 to 99116 under 10 | 301 under 10 |
| SE18 7200 postcodes | 200 at 10 to 99 | 200 under 10 | 200 under 10 |
| SE18 923 postcodes | 23 at 10 to 99 | 2 at 10 to 9921 under 10 | 23 under 10 |
3 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 SE18
SE7 SE28 SE2 DA16 SE3 E16 SE9 DA18
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.