Planes overhead in SE8
Lewisham, Greenwich and Southwark, London. All 583 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 SE8. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 237 a day; of its 583 postcodes, 583 at 100+
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 130 a day; of its 583 postcodes, 418 at 100+, 165 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 2 a day; of its 583 postcodes, 583 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE8 3210 postcodes | 210 at 100+ | 102 at 100+108 at 10 to 99 | 210 under 10 |
| SE8 4164 postcodes | 164 at 100+ | 125 at 100+39 at 10 to 99 | 164 under 10 |
| SE8 5195 postcodes | 195 at 100+ | 177 at 100+18 at 10 to 99 | 195 under 10 |
| SE8 914 postcodes | 14 at 100+ | 14 at 100+ | 14 under 10 |
1 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 SE8
SE14 SE10 SE16 SE4 SE15 E14 SE13 E1W
The councils
- Lewisham: noise and liveability score
- Greenwich: noise and liveability score
- Southwark: noise and liveability score
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.