Planes overhead in SE18
Greenwich, London. All 1,399 of its postcodes measured (54 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 SE18. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 56% of days
Up to 62
a day
Of its 1,399 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 1,347
- under 10
- 52
On a day it flies both ways, 15% of days
Up to 28
a day
Of its 1,399 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 537
- under 10
- 862
On a day it flies east, 29% of days
Under 1
a day, at all 1,399 of its postcodes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE18 1193 postcodes | 165 at 10 to 99 | 193 under 10 | 193 under 10 |
| SE18 2184 postcodes | 160 at 10 to 99 | 184 under 10 | 184 under 10 |
| SE18 3191 postcodes | 191 at 10 to 99 | 44 at 10 to 99 | 191 under 10 |
| SE18 4154 postcodes | 154 at 10 to 99 | 124 at 10 to 99 | 154 under 10 |
| SE18 5192 postcodes | 192 at 10 to 99 | 192 at 10 to 99 | 192 under 10 |
| SE18 6284 postcodes | 284 at 10 to 99 | 176 at 10 to 99 | 284 under 10 |
| SE18 7200 postcodes | 200 at 10 to 99 | 200 under 10 | 200 under 10 |
| SE18 91 postcode | 1 at 10 to 99 | 1 at 10 to 99 | 1 under 10 |
2 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 SE18
SE7 SE28 SE2 DA16 SE3 E16 DA18 SE9
The councils
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.