Planes overhead in WF14
Kirklees and Calderdale, West Yorkshire. All 583 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 WF14. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 14 a day; of its 583 postcodes, 415 at 10 to 99, 168 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 7 a day; of its 583 postcodes, 583 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 583 postcodes, 583 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF14 0191 postcodes | 77 at 10 to 99114 under 10 | 191 under 10 | 191 under 10 |
| WF14 8150 postcodes | 136 at 10 to 9914 under 10 | 150 under 10 | 150 under 10 |
| WF14 9242 postcodes | 202 at 10 to 9940 under 10 | 242 under 10 | 242 under 10 |
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 WF14
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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.