Planes overhead in WF12
Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield, West Yorkshire. All 802 of its postcodes measured (18 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 WF12. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 47% of days
Up to 17
a day
Of its 802 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 709
- under 10
- 93
On a day it flies both ways, 26% of days
Up to 8
a day
Of its 802 postcodes:
- under 10
- 802
On a day it flies east, 27% of days
Up to 1
a day
Of its 802 postcodes:
- under 10
- 802
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF12 0212 postcodes | 206 at 10 to 99 | 212 under 10 | 212 under 10 |
| WF12 7241 postcodes | 154 at 10 to 99 | 241 under 10 | 241 under 10 |
| WF12 8178 postcodes | 178 at 10 to 99 | 178 under 10 | 178 under 10 |
| WF12 9171 postcodes | 171 at 10 to 99 | 171 under 10 | 171 under 10 |
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 WF12
WF13 WF5 WF14 WF2 WF3 WF4 WF1 HD5
The councils
- Kirklees: noise and liveability score
- Leeds: noise and liveability score
- Wakefield: noise and liveability score
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.