Planes overhead in KT1
Kingston upon Thames and Richmond upon Thames, London. All 615 of its postcodes measured (72 PO boxes and other large-user postcodes left out), January to August 2026.
For Heathrow's expansion consultation, open until 22 December 2026: the planes over Kingston upon Thames and the planes over Richmond upon Thames, council by council.
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 KT1. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 56% of days
Up to 3
a day
Of its 615 postcodes:
- under 10
- 615
On a day it flies both ways, 15% of days
Up to 16
a day
Of its 615 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 21
- under 10
- 594
On a day it flies east, 29% of days
Up to 34
a day
Of its 615 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 61
- under 10
- 554
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KT1 191 postcodes | 91 under 10 | 91 under 10 | 91 under 10 |
| KT1 2202 postcodes | 202 under 10 | 202 under 10 | 3 at 10 to 99 |
| KT1 3230 postcodes | 230 under 10 | 230 under 10 | 230 under 10 |
| KT1 475 postcodes | 75 under 10 | 21 at 10 to 99 | 58 at 10 to 99 |
| KT1 917 postcodes | 17 under 10 | 17 under 10 | 17 under 10 |
1 of its postcodes have a position ONS estimates, so their figures may be for a spot a few hundred metres away.
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 KT1
KT2 KT5 KT6 KT3 TW11 TW10 SW20 KT9
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.