Planes overhead in WF1
Wakefield, West Yorkshire. All 1,154 of its postcodes measured (102 PO boxes and other large-user postcodes left out), January to August 2026.
From Leeds Bradford
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Leeds Bradford flies, and that decides how many pass over WF1. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 47% of days
Up to 19
a day
Of its 1,154 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 733
- under 10
- 421
On a day it flies both ways, 26% of days
Up to 9
a day
Of its 1,154 postcodes:
- under 10
- 1,154
On a day it flies east, 27% of days
Up to 2
a day
Of its 1,154 postcodes:
- under 10
- 1,154
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 west47% of days | Both ways26% of days | Flying east27% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF1 1138 postcodes | 78 at 10 to 99 | 138 under 10 | 138 under 10 |
| WF1 2272 postcodes | 272 at 10 to 99 | 272 under 10 | 272 under 10 |
| WF1 3232 postcodes | 232 at 10 to 99 | 232 under 10 | 232 under 10 |
| WF1 4260 postcodes | 128 at 10 to 99 | 260 under 10 | 260 under 10 |
| WF1 5229 postcodes | 229 under 10 | 229 under 10 | 229 under 10 |
| WF1 923 postcodes | 23 at 10 to 99 | 23 under 10 | 23 under 10 |
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 WF1
WF2 WF3 WF4 WF6 WF5 LS26 WF12 LS10
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Leeds Bradford. 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.