Planes overhead in E12
Newham and Redbridge, London. All 382 of its postcodes measured (14 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 E12. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 56% of days
Up to 84
a day
Of its 382 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 382
On a day it flies both ways, 15% of days
Up to 41
a day
Of its 382 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 382
On a day it flies east, 29% of days
Up to 1
a day
Of its 382 postcodes:
- under 10
- 382
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| E12 5179 postcodes | 179 at 10 to 99 | 179 at 10 to 99 | 179 under 10 |
| E12 6203 postcodes | 203 at 10 to 99 | 203 at 10 to 99 | 203 under 10 |
Also counted here: London City, at most 2 a day over any of its postcodes.
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 E12
IG1 E7 E6 E13 IG4 IG11 E11 IG2
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.