Planes overhead in SE28
Greenwich and Bexley, London. All 438 of its postcodes measured, January to August 2026.
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 SE28. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 64 a day; of its 438 postcodes, 57 at 10 to 99, 98 on an edge, 283 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (18% of days): up to 70 a day; of its 438 postcodes, 240 at 10 to 99, 67 on an edge, 131 under 10
- On a day it flies east (35% of days): up to 65 a day; of its 438 postcodes, 261 at 10 to 99, 55 on an edge, 122 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE28 0202 postcodes | 4 at 10 to 9917 on an edge181 under 10 | 27 at 10 to 9945 on an edge130 under 10 | 40 at 10 to 9941 on an edge121 under 10 |
| SE28 8233 postcodes | 53 at 10 to 9981 on an edge99 under 10 | 213 at 10 to 9919 on an edge1 under 10 | 221 at 10 to 9911 on an edge1 under 10 |
| SE28 93 postcodes | 3 under 10 | 3 on an edge | 3 on an edge |
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 SE28. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 19 a day; of its 438 postcodes, 232 at 10 to 99, 206 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 8 a day; of its 438 postcodes, 438 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): under 1 a day at all 438 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE28 0202 postcodes | 199 at 10 to 993 under 10 | 202 under 10 | 202 under 10 |
| SE28 8233 postcodes | 30 at 10 to 99203 under 10 | 233 under 10 | 233 under 10 |
| SE28 93 postcodes | 3 at 10 to 99 | 3 under 10 | 3 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.
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 SE28
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The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for London City and 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.