Planes over Camden today
For Heathrow's expansion consultation, open until 22 December 2026.
Whatever your view, these are the figures for Camden now: the planes from Heathrow counted over each of its postcode districts, and the borough's noise, air and flood figures from official data. They are today's flights on today's routes, not those of a third runway. Sky Score takes no side in the consultation.
Heathrow's consultation page: how to respond, and Heathrow's own documents.
Planes from Heathrow, district by district
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Heathrow flies, and that decides how many pass over each place. Counted over each postcode, January to August 2026.
Each cell gives the most planes over any one postcode of the district on that kind of day, and counts its postcodes in the busiest band reached; the bar splits all of them by how many planes pass over them a day. Each district's own page goes sector by sector.
| District | Flying west56% of days | Both ways15% of days | Flying east29% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| EC1N145 postcodes | up to 15 a day145 at 10 to 99 | up to 11 a day95 at 10 to 99 | up to 1 a day145 under 10 |
| EC1R255 postcodes | up to 14 a day255 at 10 to 99 | up to 11 a day167 at 10 to 99 | up to 2 a day255 under 10 |
| N1C81 postcodes | up to 12 a day44 at 10 to 99 | up to 9 a day81 under 10 | up to 4 a day81 under 10 |
| N6479 postcodes | up to 152 a day317 at 100+ | up to 104 a day23 at 100+ | up to 54 a day453 at 10 to 99 |
| NW11,440 postcodes | up to 19 a day187 at 10 to 99 | up to 13 a day50 at 10 to 99 | up to 7 a day1,440 under 10 |
| NW31,214 postcodes | up to 69 a day636 at 10 to 99 | up to 74 a day1,078 at 10 to 99 | up to 76 a day1,145 at 10 to 99 |
| NW5610 postcodes | up to 59 a day574 at 10 to 99 | up to 45 a day478 at 10 to 99 | up to 15 a day132 at 10 to 99 |
| NW61,232 postcodes | up to 11 a day8 at 10 to 99 | up to 52 a day1,155 at 10 to 99 | up to 105 a day9 at 100+ |
| NW8794 postcodes | up to 4 a day794 under 10 | up to 18 a day88 at 10 to 99 | up to 35 a day198 at 10 to 99 |
| WC1B120 postcodes | up to 10 a day3 at 10 to 99 | up to 7 a day120 under 10 | up to 2 a day120 under 10 |
| WC1H259 postcodes | up to 10 a day8 at 10 to 99 | up to 8 a day259 under 10 | up to 3 a day259 under 10 |
| WC1N246 postcodes | up to 11 a day128 at 10 to 99 | up to 8 a day246 under 10 | up to 2 a day246 under 10 |
| WC1R73 postcodes | up to 12 a day73 at 10 to 99 | up to 9 a day73 under 10 | up to 1 a day73 under 10 |
| WC1V79 postcodes | up to 13 a day67 at 10 to 99 | up to 10 a day4 at 10 to 99 | up to 1 a day79 under 10 |
| WC1X317 postcodes | up to 12 a day302 at 10 to 99 | up to 10 a day5 at 10 to 99 | up to 3 a day317 under 10 |
| WC2A91 postcodes | up to 14 a day91 at 10 to 99 | up to 11 a day31 at 10 to 99 | up to 1 a day91 under 10 |
| WC2B157 postcodes | up to 13 a day117 at 10 to 99 | up to 10 a day6 at 10 to 99 | up to 1 a day157 under 10 |
| WC2H313 postcodes | up to 10 a day23 at 10 to 99 | up to 8 a day313 under 10 | up to 1 a day313 under 10 |
Each district's own page splits it by postcode sector and counts every airport over it.
Noise, air and flood in Camden
- Aircraft noise band
- LowEstimated from the distance to the airport and its routes, scaled by the size of its DEFRA noise map
- Road noise
- HighDEFRA road Lden, share of postcodes over WHO 53 dB
- Air quality
- PoorDEFRA background maps against WHO 2021
- Flood risk
- LowEnvironment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, allowing for defences
Camden: every figure we publish, with its score
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.
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.
Aviation noise context: DEFRA strategic noise mapping, Open Government Licence v3.0
Flight routes: UK Aeronautical Information Publication (NATS), derived by Sky Score for the aircraft noise estimate; public but not openly licensed, and not for navigation
Road noise: DEFRA Strategic Noise Mapping Round 4 road Lden, Open Government Licence v3.0
Air quality: DEFRA background pollution maps (PCM), Open Government Licence v3.0
Flood risk: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, Open Government Licence v3.0