Planes overhead in SE20
Bromley, London. All 484 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 SE20. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 107 a day; of its 484 postcodes, 8 at 100+, 476 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 92 a day; of its 484 postcodes, 484 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 91 a day; of its 484 postcodes, 484 at 10 to 99
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE20 7226 postcodes | 8 at 100+218 at 10 to 99 | 226 at 10 to 99 | 226 at 10 to 99 |
| SE20 8253 postcodes | 253 at 10 to 99 | 253 at 10 to 99 | 253 at 10 to 99 |
| SE20 95 postcodes | 5 at 10 to 99 | 5 at 10 to 99 | 5 at 10 to 99 |
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 SE20
SE26 SE19 SE25 BR3 SE23 CR7 SE21 SE27
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.