Planes overhead in LS7
Leeds, West Yorkshire. All 669 of its postcodes measured (18 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 LS7. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 47% of days
Under 1
a day, at all 669 of its postcodes
On a day it flies both ways, 26% of days
Up to 8
a day
Of its 669 postcodes:
- under 10
- 669
On a day it flies east, 27% of days
Up to 12
a day
Of its 669 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 15
- under 10
- 654
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LS7 1103 postcodes | 103 under 10 | 103 under 10 | 15 at 10 to 99 |
| LS7 2188 postcodes | 188 under 10 | 188 under 10 | 188 under 10 |
| LS7 3186 postcodes | 186 under 10 | 186 under 10 | 186 under 10 |
| LS7 4192 postcodes | 192 under 10 | 192 under 10 | 192 under 10 |
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 LS7
LS6 LS2 LS3 LS1 LS4 LS9 LS5 LS12
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.