Planes overhead in WF9
Wakefield, West Yorkshire. All 1,151 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 WF9. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (47% of days): up to 11 a day; of its 1,151 postcodes, 17 at 10 to 99, 1,134 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (26% of days): up to 6 a day; of its 1,151 postcodes, 1,151 under 10
- On a day it flies east (27% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 1,151 postcodes, 1,151 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF9 1183 postcodes | 17 at 10 to 99166 under 10 | 183 under 10 | 183 under 10 |
| WF9 2318 postcodes | 318 under 10 | 318 under 10 | 318 under 10 |
| WF9 3232 postcodes | 232 under 10 | 232 under 10 | 232 under 10 |
| WF9 4265 postcodes | 265 under 10 | 265 under 10 | 265 under 10 |
| WF9 5153 postcodes | 153 under 10 | 153 under 10 | 153 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 WF9
WF7 WF8 WF6 WF10 WF4 WF1 WF2 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.