Planes overhead in WF1
Wakefield, West Yorkshire. All 1,256 of its postcodes measured, January to August 2026.
From Leeds Bradford
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Leeds Bradford flies, and that decides how many pass over WF1. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 19 a day; of its 1,256 postcodes, 766 at 10 to 99, 490 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 9 a day; of its 1,256 postcodes, 1,256 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 2 a day; of its 1,256 postcodes, 1,256 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 west47% of days | Both ways26% of days | Flying east27% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF1 1153 postcodes | 87 at 10 to 9966 under 10 | 153 under 10 | 153 under 10 |
| WF1 2283 postcodes | 281 at 10 to 992 under 10 | 283 under 10 | 283 under 10 |
| WF1 3240 postcodes | 238 at 10 to 992 under 10 | 240 under 10 | 240 under 10 |
| WF1 4265 postcodes | 132 at 10 to 99133 under 10 | 265 under 10 | 265 under 10 |
| WF1 5237 postcodes | 237 under 10 | 237 under 10 | 237 under 10 |
| WF1 978 postcodes | 28 at 10 to 9950 under 10 | 78 under 10 | 78 under 10 |
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 WF1
WF2 WF3 WF4 WF6 WF5 LS26 WF12 LS10
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Leeds Bradford. 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.