Planes overhead in SE7
Greenwich, London. All 432 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 SE7. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 100 a day; of its 432 postcodes, 8 at 100+, 424 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 47 a day; of its 432 postcodes, 432 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 432 postcodes, 432 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE7 7238 postcodes | 1 at 100+237 at 10 to 99 | 238 at 10 to 99 | 238 under 10 |
| SE7 8188 postcodes | 1 at 100+187 at 10 to 99 | 188 at 10 to 99 | 188 under 10 |
| SE7 96 postcodes | 6 at 100+ | 6 at 10 to 99 | 6 under 10 |
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 SE7
SE3 SE10 SE18 E16 SE13 E14 SE8 SE12
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.