Planes overhead in SW17
Wandsworth and Merton, London. All 1,001 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 SW17. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 4 a day; of its 1,001 postcodes, 1,001 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 71 a day; of its 1,001 postcodes, 938 at 10 to 99, 63 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 158 a day; of its 1,001 postcodes, 316 at 100+, 677 at 10 to 99, 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SW17 0307 postcodes | 307 under 10 | 304 at 10 to 993 under 10 | 75 at 100+232 at 10 to 99 |
| SW17 116 postcodes | 16 under 10 | 16 at 10 to 99 | 16 at 10 to 99 |
| SW17 632 postcodes | 32 under 10 | 32 at 10 to 99 | 32 at 10 to 99 |
| SW17 7217 postcodes | 217 under 10 | 160 at 10 to 9957 under 10 | 209 at 10 to 998 under 10 |
| SW17 8207 postcodes | 207 under 10 | 204 at 10 to 993 under 10 | 27 at 100+180 at 10 to 99 |
| SW17 9222 postcodes | 222 under 10 | 222 at 10 to 99 | 214 at 100+8 at 10 to 99 |
2 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 SW17
SW12 SW19 SW16 SW18 CR4 SW2 SW4 SW11
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.