Planes overhead in WF2
Wakefield and Leeds, West Yorkshire. All 1,330 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 WF2. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 18 a day; of its 1,330 postcodes, 727 at 10 to 99, 603 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 9 a day; of its 1,330 postcodes, 1,330 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 1,330 postcodes, 1,330 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF2 0301 postcodes | 295 at 10 to 996 under 10 | 301 under 10 | 301 under 10 |
| WF2 6268 postcodes | 268 under 10 | 268 under 10 | 268 under 10 |
| WF2 7226 postcodes | 226 under 10 | 226 under 10 | 226 under 10 |
| WF2 8299 postcodes | 200 at 10 to 9999 under 10 | 299 under 10 | 299 under 10 |
| WF2 9236 postcodes | 232 at 10 to 994 under 10 | 236 under 10 | 236 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 WF2
WF1 WF4 WF5 WF3 WF6 WF12 WF13 LS26
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.