Planes overhead in NW2
Brent, Barnet and Camden, London. All 1,278 of its postcodes measured (56 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 Barnet and the planes over Brent, 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 NW2. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 56% of days
Up to 39
a day
Of its 1,278 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 590
- under 10
- 688
On a day it flies both ways, 15% of days
Up to 55
a day
Of its 1,278 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 1,278
On a day it flies east, 29% of days
Up to 116
a day
Of its 1,278 postcodes:
- 100 or more
- 191
- 10 to 99
- 1,087
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW2 1177 postcodes | 167 at 10 to 99 | 177 at 10 to 99 | 177 at 10 to 99 |
| NW2 2174 postcodes | 163 at 10 to 99 | 174 at 10 to 99 | 174 at 10 to 99 |
| NW2 3158 postcodes | 3 at 10 to 99 | 158 at 10 to 99 | 158 at 10 to 99 |
| NW2 4152 postcodes | 152 under 10 | 152 at 10 to 99 | 50 at 100+ |
| NW2 5180 postcodes | 180 under 10 | 180 at 10 to 99 | 141 at 100+ |
| NW2 6238 postcodes | 107 at 10 to 99 | 238 at 10 to 99 | 238 at 10 to 99 |
| NW2 7177 postcodes | 128 at 10 to 99 | 177 at 10 to 99 | 177 at 10 to 99 |
| NW2 822 postcodes | 22 at 10 to 99 | 22 at 10 to 99 | 22 at 10 to 99 |
Also counted here: Stansted, at most 1 a day over any of its postcodes.
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 NW2
NW6 NW10 NW11 NW4 NW3 W10 W9 NW9
The councils
- Brent: noise and liveability score
- Barnet: 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.