Planes overhead in BD17
Bradford, West Yorkshire. All 622 of its postcodes measured (8 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 BD17. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 47% of days
Up to 13
a day
Of its 622 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 138
- under 10
- 484
On a day it flies both ways, 26% of days
Up to 8
a day
Of its 622 postcodes:
- under 10
- 622
On a day it flies east, 27% of days
Up to 4
a day
Of its 622 postcodes:
- under 10
- 622
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BD17 5223 postcodes | 94 at 10 to 99 | 223 under 10 | 223 under 10 |
| BD17 6216 postcodes | 216 under 10 | 216 under 10 | 216 under 10 |
| BD17 7183 postcodes | 44 at 10 to 99 | 183 under 10 | 183 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. 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 BD17
BD18 BD16 LS20 LS19 BD1 BD3 BD7 BD5
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.