Planes overhead in WC1N
Camden, London. All 246 of its postcodes measured (26 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 WC1N. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 56% of days
Up to 11
a day
Of its 246 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 128
- under 10
- 118
On a day it flies both ways, 15% of days
Up to 8
a day
Of its 246 postcodes:
- under 10
- 246
On a day it flies east, 29% of days
Up to 2
a day
Of its 246 postcodes:
- under 10
- 246
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1N 182 postcodes | 8 at 10 to 99 | 82 under 10 | 82 under 10 |
| WC1N 269 postcodes | 65 at 10 to 99 | 69 under 10 | 69 under 10 |
| WC1N 395 postcodes | 55 at 10 to 99 | 95 under 10 | 95 under 10 |
Also counted here: London City, 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 WC1N
WC1R WC1X WC1V WC1H WC1B EC1N EC1R WC2A
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.