Planes overhead in N17
Haringey, Enfield and Waltham Forest, London. All 1,067 of its postcodes measured (61 PO boxes and other large-user postcodes left out), January to August 2026.
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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 N17. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 56% of days
Up to 135
a day
Of its 1,067 postcodes:
- 100 or more
- 144
- 10 to 99
- 923
On a day it flies both ways, 15% of days
Up to 79
a day
Of its 1,067 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 1,067
On a day it flies east, 29% of days
Up to 6
a day
Of its 1,067 postcodes:
- under 10
- 1,067
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| N17 0206 postcodes | 206 at 10 to 99 | 206 at 10 to 99 | 206 under 10 |
| N17 6262 postcodes | 97 at 100+ | 262 at 10 to 99 | 262 under 10 |
| N17 7171 postcodes | 171 at 10 to 99 | 171 at 10 to 99 | 171 under 10 |
| N17 8133 postcodes | 133 at 10 to 99 | 133 at 10 to 99 | 133 under 10 |
| N17 9295 postcodes | 47 at 100+ | 295 at 10 to 99 | 295 under 10 |
Also counted here: Stansted, at most 1 a day over any of its postcodes.
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 N17
The councils
- Haringey: noise and liveability score
- Enfield: noise and liveability score
- Waltham Forest: 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.