Planes overhead in WC1X
Camden and Islington, London. All 327 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 WC1X. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 12 a day; of its 327 postcodes, 312 at 10 to 99, 15 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 327 postcodes, 5 at 10 to 99, 322 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 3 a day; of its 327 postcodes, 327 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1X 0100 postcodes | 100 at 10 to 99 | 4 at 10 to 9996 under 10 | 100 under 10 |
| WC1X 897 postcodes | 82 at 10 to 9915 under 10 | 97 under 10 | 97 under 10 |
| WC1X 9130 postcodes | 130 at 10 to 99 | 1 at 10 to 99129 under 10 | 130 under 10 |
Also counted here: London City, at most 1 a day over any of its postcodes.
5 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 WC1X
EC1R WC1N WC1H WC1R WC1A EC1N WC1V EC1A
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.