Planes overhead in BD16
Bradford, West Yorkshire. All 813 of its postcodes measured (19 PO boxes and other large-user postcodes left out), 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 BD16. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 47% of days
Up to 45
a day
Of its 813 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 385
- under 10
- 428
On a day it flies both ways, 26% of days
Up to 21
a day
Of its 813 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 141
- under 10
- 672
On a day it flies east, 27% of days
Up to 7
a day
Of its 813 postcodes:
- under 10
- 813
Each sector's bar splits its postcodes by how many planes pass over them a day; the figure above it counts those in the busiest band the sector reaches. The list above gives the whole district's counts.
| Sector | Flying west47% of days | Both ways26% of days | Flying east27% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| BD16 1260 postcodes | 3 at 10 to 99 | 260 under 10 | 260 under 10 |
| BD16 2147 postcodes | 79 at 10 to 99 | 74 at 10 to 99 | 147 under 10 |
| BD16 3177 postcodes | 173 at 10 to 99 | 36 at 10 to 99 | 177 under 10 |
| BD16 4229 postcodes | 130 at 10 to 99 | 31 at 10 to 99 | 229 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. PO boxes and other postcodes for organisations that receive a lot of post are left out: they sit at a delivery office or a business, not at homes.
Near BD16
BD18 BD17 BD21 BD22 BD20 BD1 BD7 LS29
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.