Planes overhead in LS28
Leeds, West Yorkshire. All 1,115 of its postcodes measured (30 PO boxes and other large-user postcodes left out), January to August 2026.
From Leeds Bradford
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Leeds Bradford flies, and that decides how many pass over LS28. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 47% of days
Up to 1
a day
Of its 1,115 postcodes:
- under 10
- 1,115
On a day it flies both ways, 26% of days
Up to 18
a day
Of its 1,115 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 412
- under 10
- 703
On a day it flies east, 27% of days
Up to 29
a day
Of its 1,115 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 533
- under 10
- 582
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 west47% of days | Both ways26% of days | Flying east27% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| LS28 5305 postcodes | 305 under 10 | 305 under 10 | 305 under 10 |
| LS28 6157 postcodes | 157 under 10 | 157 under 10 | 157 under 10 |
| LS28 7280 postcodes | 280 under 10 | 95 at 10 to 99 | 200 at 10 to 99 |
| LS28 8200 postcodes | 200 under 10 | 159 at 10 to 99 | 164 at 10 to 99 |
| LS28 9173 postcodes | 173 under 10 | 158 at 10 to 99 | 169 at 10 to 99 |
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 LS28
LS13 BD3 BD4 LS18 LS5 LS12 BD1 LS4
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Leeds Bradford. 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.