Planes overhead in LE2
Leicester, Oadby and Wigston, Blaby and Harborough, Leicester. All 2,032 of its postcodes measured (30 PO boxes and other large-user postcodes left out), January to August 2026.
From East Midlands
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way East Midlands flies, and that decides how many pass over LE2. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 58% of days
Up to 27
a day
Of its 2,032 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 11
- under 10
- 2,021
On a day it flies both ways, 20% of days
Up to 15
a day
Of its 2,032 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 6
- under 10
- 2,026
On a day it flies east, 22% of days
Up to 1
a day
Of its 2,032 postcodes:
- under 10
- 2,032
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 west58% of days | Both ways20% of days | Flying east22% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE2 0151 postcodes | 151 under 10 | 151 under 10 | 151 under 10 |
| LE2 1207 postcodes | 207 under 10 | 207 under 10 | 207 under 10 |
| LE2 2138 postcodes | 7 at 10 to 99 | 6 at 10 to 99 | 138 under 10 |
| LE2 3212 postcodes | 212 under 10 | 212 under 10 | 212 under 10 |
| LE2 4228 postcodes | 4 at 10 to 99 | 228 under 10 | 228 under 10 |
| LE2 5197 postcodes | 197 under 10 | 197 under 10 | 197 under 10 |
| LE2 6250 postcodes | 250 under 10 | 250 under 10 | 250 under 10 |
| LE2 7189 postcodes | 189 under 10 | 189 under 10 | 189 under 10 |
| LE2 8200 postcodes | 200 under 10 | 200 under 10 | 200 under 10 |
| LE2 9260 postcodes | 260 under 10 | 260 under 10 | 260 under 10 |
4 of its postcodes have a position ONS estimates, so their figures may be for a spot a few hundred metres away.
Over 26 of its postcodes, other flying passes too, from airfields, helicopters and airports we cannot check against official counts, so few planes from the airports we count does not mean a quiet sky there.
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 LE2
LE8 LE7 LE6 LE9 LE12 CV13 LE67 LE14
The councils
- Leicester: noise and liveability score
- Oadby and Wigston: noise and liveability score
- Blaby: noise and liveability score
- Harborough: noise and liveability score
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for East Midlands. 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.