Planes overhead in DA16
Bexley and Greenwich, London. All 557 of its postcodes measured (9 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 DA16. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 56% of days
Up to 13
a day
Of its 557 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 46
- under 10
- 511
On a day it flies both ways, 15% of days
Up to 7
a day
Of its 557 postcodes:
- under 10
- 557
On a day it flies east, 29% of days
Up to 1
a day
Of its 557 postcodes:
- under 10
- 557
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DA16 1193 postcodes | 193 under 10 | 193 under 10 | 193 under 10 |
| DA16 2188 postcodes | 22 at 10 to 99 | 188 under 10 | 188 under 10 |
| DA16 3176 postcodes | 24 at 10 to 99 | 176 under 10 | 176 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 DA16
DA15 SE2 SE18 DA5 DA17 DA18 SE28 SE9
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.