Planes overhead in WF14
Kirklees and Calderdale, West Yorkshire. All 567 of its postcodes measured (16 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 WF14. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 47% of days
Up to 12
a day
Of its 567 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 402
- under 10
- 165
On a day it flies both ways, 26% of days
Up to 5
a day
Of its 567 postcodes:
- under 10
- 567
On a day it flies east, 27% of days
Up to 1
a day
Of its 567 postcodes:
- under 10
- 567
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF14 0187 postcodes | 75 at 10 to 99 | 187 under 10 | 187 under 10 |
| WF14 8142 postcodes | 128 at 10 to 99 | 142 under 10 | 142 under 10 |
| WF14 9238 postcodes | 199 at 10 to 99 | 238 under 10 | 238 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 WF14
WF13 HD5 WF12 WF5 BD4 BD6 BD5 WF2
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.