Planes overhead in CR2
Croydon, London. All 970 of its postcodes measured (26 PO boxes and other large-user postcodes left out), January to August 2026.
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From Heathrow
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Heathrow flies, and that decides how many pass over CR2. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 56% of days
Up to 105
a day
Of its 970 postcodes:
- 100 or more
- 10
- 10 to 99
- 716
- under 10
- 244
On a day it flies both ways, 15% of days
Up to 60
a day
Of its 970 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 554
- under 10
- 416
On a day it flies east, 29% of days
Up to 2
a day
Of its 970 postcodes:
- under 10
- 970
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 west56% of days | Both ways15% of days | Flying east29% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| CR2 0210 postcodes | 182 at 10 to 99 | 156 at 10 to 99 | 210 under 10 |
| CR2 6224 postcodes | 9 at 100+ | 224 at 10 to 99 | 224 under 10 |
| CR2 7173 postcodes | 1 at 100+ | 166 at 10 to 99 | 173 under 10 |
| CR2 8212 postcodes | 82 at 10 to 99 | 8 at 10 to 99 | 212 under 10 |
| CR2 9151 postcodes | 65 at 10 to 99 | 151 under 10 | 151 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 CR2
CR8 CR0 SM6 CR5 SE25 BR4 CR7 SM5
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Heathrow. 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.