Planes overhead in N1
Islington, Hackney and Camden, London. All 2,127 of its postcodes measured (162 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 Hackney and the planes over Islington, 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 N1. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 56% of days
Up to 77
a day
Of its 2,127 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 2,113
- under 10
- 14
On a day it flies both ways, 15% of days
Up to 50
a day
Of its 2,127 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 1,905
- under 10
- 222
On a day it flies east, 29% of days
Up to 3
a day
Of its 2,127 postcodes:
- under 10
- 2,127
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| N1 0243 postcodes | 243 at 10 to 99 | 162 at 10 to 99 | 243 under 10 |
| N1 1215 postcodes | 215 at 10 to 99 | 215 at 10 to 99 | 215 under 10 |
| N1 2281 postcodes | 281 at 10 to 99 | 281 at 10 to 99 | 281 under 10 |
| N1 3173 postcodes | 173 at 10 to 99 | 173 at 10 to 99 | 173 under 10 |
| N1 4179 postcodes | 179 at 10 to 99 | 179 at 10 to 99 | 179 under 10 |
| N1 5214 postcodes | 214 at 10 to 99 | 214 at 10 to 99 | 214 under 10 |
| N1 6190 postcodes | 190 at 10 to 99 | 190 at 10 to 99 | 190 under 10 |
| N1 7239 postcodes | 239 at 10 to 99 | 239 at 10 to 99 | 239 under 10 |
| N1 8206 postcodes | 206 at 10 to 99 | 206 at 10 to 99 | 206 under 10 |
| N1 9187 postcodes | 173 at 10 to 99 | 46 at 10 to 99 | 187 under 10 |
Also counted here: London City, at most 1 a day over any of its postcodes.
5 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 N1
EC1V EC1R EC1Y WC1X N5 EC2A EC1M N1C
The councils
- Islington: noise and liveability score
- Hackney: noise and liveability score
- Camden: noise and liveability score
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.