Planes overhead in TW7
Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames, London. All 760 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 TW7. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 317 a day; of its 760 postcodes, 229 at 100+, 256 on an edge, 275 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 191 a day; of its 760 postcodes, 228 at 100+, 1 at 10 to 99, 271 on an edge, 260 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 187 a day; of its 760 postcodes, 1 at 100+, 5 at 10 to 99, 19 on an edge, 735 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TW7 4183 postcodes | 58 at 100+78 on an edge47 under 10 | 57 at 100+1 at 10 to 9992 on an edge33 under 10 | 1 at 100+5 at 10 to 9911 on an edge166 under 10 |
| TW7 5172 postcodes | 83 at 100+46 on an edge43 under 10 | 83 at 100+47 on an edge42 under 10 | 7 on an edge165 under 10 |
| TW7 6222 postcodes | 34 at 100+81 on an edge107 under 10 | 34 at 100+81 on an edge107 under 10 | 222 under 10 |
| TW7 7172 postcodes | 54 at 100+40 on an edge78 under 10 | 54 at 100+40 on an edge78 under 10 | 1 on an edge171 under 10 |
| TW7 911 postcodes | 11 on an edge | 11 on an edge | 11 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 TW7
TW3 TW1 TW8 TW9 TW2 TW10 TW5 TW4
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.