Planes overhead in WC2H
Camden, Westminster and Islington, London. All 347 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 WC2H. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (56% of days): up to 11 a day; of its 347 postcodes, 32 at 10 to 99, 315 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (15% of days): up to 8 a day; of its 347 postcodes, 347 under 10
- On a day it flies east (29% of days): up to 2 a day; of its 347 postcodes, 347 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WC2H 054 postcodes | 5 at 10 to 9949 under 10 | 54 under 10 | 54 under 10 |
| WC2H 781 postcodes | 16 at 10 to 9965 under 10 | 81 under 10 | 81 under 10 |
| WC2H 862 postcodes | 2 at 10 to 9960 under 10 | 62 under 10 | 62 under 10 |
| WC2H 9150 postcodes | 9 at 10 to 99141 under 10 | 150 under 10 | 150 under 10 |
Also counted here: London City, at most 1 a day over any of its postcodes.
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 WC2H
WC2E WC2N WC2B WC2R WC1B SW1Y WC1V WC1A
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.