Planes overhead in WC2B
Camden, Westminster and Islington, London. All 175 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 WC2B. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 20 a day; of its 175 postcodes, 133 at 10 to 99, 42 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 14 a day; of its 175 postcodes, 10 at 10 to 99, 165 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 2 a day; of its 175 postcodes, 175 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WC2B 443 postcodes | 43 at 10 to 99 | 10 at 10 to 9933 under 10 | 43 under 10 |
| WC2B 5101 postcodes | 59 at 10 to 9942 under 10 | 101 under 10 | 101 under 10 |
| WC2B 631 postcodes | 31 at 10 to 99 | 31 under 10 | 31 under 10 |
Also counted here: London City, at most 1 a day over any of its postcodes.
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 WC2B
WC2R WC2E WC1V WC2A WC2H WC1A WC1R WC1B
The councils
- Camden: noise and liveability score
- Westminster: noise and liveability score
- Islington: 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.