Planes overhead in EC1R
Islington and Camden, London. All 255 of its postcodes measured (10 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 EC1R. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 56% of days
Up to 14
a day
Of its 255 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 255
On a day it flies both ways, 15% of days
Up to 11
a day
Of its 255 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 167
- under 10
- 88
On a day it flies east, 29% of days
Up to 2
a day
Of its 255 postcodes:
- under 10
- 255
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EC1R 080 postcodes | 80 at 10 to 99 | 75 at 10 to 99 | 80 under 10 |
| EC1R 135 postcodes | 35 at 10 to 99 | 32 at 10 to 99 | 35 under 10 |
| EC1R 336 postcodes | 36 at 10 to 99 | 24 at 10 to 99 | 36 under 10 |
| EC1R 463 postcodes | 63 at 10 to 99 | 29 at 10 to 99 | 63 under 10 |
| EC1R 541 postcodes | 41 at 10 to 99 | 7 at 10 to 99 | 41 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 EC1R
WC1X EC1N EC1M EC1V WC1R WC1N EC1A WC1V
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.