Planes overhead in WF13
Kirklees, West Yorkshire. All 740 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 WF13. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 14 a day; of its 740 postcodes, 556 at 10 to 99, 184 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 7 a day; of its 740 postcodes, 740 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 740 postcodes, 740 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF13 1116 postcodes | 116 at 10 to 99 | 116 under 10 | 116 under 10 |
| WF13 2191 postcodes | 166 at 10 to 9925 under 10 | 191 under 10 | 191 under 10 |
| WF13 3211 postcodes | 204 at 10 to 997 under 10 | 211 under 10 | 211 under 10 |
| WF13 4205 postcodes | 53 at 10 to 99152 under 10 | 205 under 10 | 205 under 10 |
| WF13 917 postcodes | 17 at 10 to 99 | 17 under 10 | 17 under 10 |
1 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 WF13
WF12 WF14 WF5 HD5 WF3 WF2 WF4 WF1
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.