Planes overhead in SE19
Croydon, Lambeth, Bromley and Southwark, London. All 577 of its postcodes measured (23 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 Bromley, the planes over Croydon and the planes over Lambeth, 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 SE19. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 56% of days
Up to 64
a day
Of its 577 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 577
On a day it flies both ways, 15% of days
Up to 76
a day
Of its 577 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 577
On a day it flies east, 29% of days
Up to 116
a day
Of its 577 postcodes:
- 100 or more
- 107
- 10 to 99
- 470
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE19 1173 postcodes | 173 at 10 to 99 | 173 at 10 to 99 | 173 at 10 to 99 |
| SE19 2175 postcodes | 175 at 10 to 99 | 175 at 10 to 99 | 6 at 100+ |
| SE19 3229 postcodes | 229 at 10 to 99 | 229 at 10 to 99 | 101 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 SE19
SE27 SE20 SE25 SE21 SE26 CR7 SW16 SE23
The councils
- Croydon: noise and liveability score
- Lambeth: noise and liveability score
- Bromley: noise and liveability score
- Southwark: 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.