Planes overhead in E7
Newham, Waltham Forest and Redbridge, London. All 519 of its postcodes measured (18 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 E7. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 56% of days
Up to 150
a day
Of its 519 postcodes:
- 100 or more
- 421
- 10 to 99
- 98
On a day it flies both ways, 15% of days
Up to 79
a day
Of its 519 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 519
On a day it flies east, 29% of days
Up to 1
a day
Of its 519 postcodes:
- under 10
- 519
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| E7 0165 postcodes | 125 at 100+ | 165 at 10 to 99 | 165 under 10 |
| E7 8162 postcodes | 104 at 100+ | 162 at 10 to 99 | 162 under 10 |
| E7 9192 postcodes | 192 at 100+ | 192 at 10 to 99 | 192 under 10 |
Also counted here: London City, at most 1 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 E7
E12 E15 E13 E11 E20 E6 IG1 E10
The councils
- Newham: noise and liveability score
- Waltham Forest: noise and liveability score
- Redbridge: noise and liveability score
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.