Planes overhead in SE22
Southwark, London. All 507 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 SE22. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 289 a day; of its 507 postcodes, 322 at 100+, 172 at 10 to 99, 13 on an edge
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 158 a day; of its 507 postcodes, 245 at 100+, 259 at 10 to 99, 3 on an edge
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 12 a day; of its 507 postcodes, 13 at 10 to 99, 494 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE22 0164 postcodes | 77 at 100+87 at 10 to 99 | 21 at 100+143 at 10 to 99 | 1 at 10 to 99163 under 10 |
| SE22 25 postcodes | 5 at 100+ | 5 at 10 to 99 | 5 under 10 |
| SE22 8210 postcodes | 136 at 100+65 at 10 to 999 on an edge | 134 at 100+73 at 10 to 993 on an edge | 12 at 10 to 99198 under 10 |
| SE22 9128 postcodes | 104 at 100+20 at 10 to 994 on an edge | 90 at 100+38 at 10 to 99 | 128 under 10 |
From London City
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way London City flies, and that decides how many pass over SE22. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 507 postcodes, 507 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (18% of days): up to 28 a day; of its 507 postcodes, 54 at 10 to 99, 24 on an edge, 429 under 10
- On a day it flies east (35% of days): up to 62 a day; of its 507 postcodes, 55 at 10 to 99, 32 on an edge, 420 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 west47% of days | Both ways18% of days | Flying east35% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE22 0164 postcodes | 164 under 10 | 20 at 10 to 9921 on an edge123 under 10 | 21 at 10 to 9924 on an edge119 under 10 |
| SE22 25 postcodes | 5 under 10 | 5 under 10 | 5 under 10 |
| SE22 8210 postcodes | 210 under 10 | 34 at 10 to 993 on an edge173 under 10 | 34 at 10 to 998 on an edge168 under 10 |
| SE22 9128 postcodes | 128 under 10 | 128 under 10 | 128 under 10 |
On an edge: the postcode is on the edge of a flight path, where a few metres decide whether a plane counts as overhead, and the fewest and the most within 100 m of it fall in different bands.
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 SE22
SE24 SE21 SE15 SE23 SE5 SE4 SE14 SE26
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Heathrow and London City. 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.