Planes overhead in N6
Haringey, Camden, Islington and Barnet, London. All 479 of its postcodes measured (15 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 N6. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 56% of days
Up to 152
a day
Of its 479 postcodes:
- 100 or more
- 317
- 10 to 99
- 162
On a day it flies both ways, 15% of days
Up to 104
a day
Of its 479 postcodes:
- 100 or more
- 23
- 10 to 99
- 456
On a day it flies east, 29% of days
Up to 54
a day
Of its 479 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 453
- under 10
- 26
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| N6 4135 postcodes | 103 at 100+ | 13 at 100+ | 135 at 10 to 99 |
| N6 5236 postcodes | 214 at 100+ | 10 at 100+ | 210 at 10 to 99 |
| N6 6108 postcodes | 108 at 10 to 99 | 108 at 10 to 99 | 108 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 N6
The councils
- Haringey: noise and liveability score
- Camden: noise and liveability score
- Islington: noise and liveability score
- Barnet: 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.