Planes overhead in NW6
Camden, Brent and Westminster, London. All 1,232 of its postcodes measured (57 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 Brent and the planes over Camden, 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 NW6. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 56% of days
Up to 11
a day
Of its 1,232 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 8
- under 10
- 1,224
On a day it flies both ways, 15% of days
Up to 52
a day
Of its 1,232 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 1,155
- under 10
- 77
On a day it flies east, 29% of days
Up to 105
a day
Of its 1,232 postcodes:
- 100 or more
- 9
- 10 to 99
- 1,221
- under 10
- 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW6 1230 postcodes | 8 at 10 to 99 | 230 at 10 to 99 | 230 at 10 to 99 |
| NW6 2114 postcodes | 114 under 10 | 114 at 10 to 99 | 114 at 10 to 99 |
| NW6 3139 postcodes | 139 under 10 | 139 at 10 to 99 | 139 at 10 to 99 |
| NW6 4164 postcodes | 164 under 10 | 164 at 10 to 99 | 164 at 10 to 99 |
| NW6 5201 postcodes | 201 under 10 | 124 at 10 to 99 | 199 at 10 to 99 |
| NW6 6145 postcodes | 145 under 10 | 145 at 10 to 99 | 145 at 10 to 99 |
| NW6 7239 postcodes | 239 under 10 | 239 at 10 to 99 | 9 at 100+ |
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 NW6
W9 NW8 NW3 NW2 W10 NW10 NW1 NW5
The councils
- Camden: noise and liveability score
- Brent: noise and liveability score
- Westminster: 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.