Planes overhead in WF2
Wakefield and Leeds, West Yorkshire. All 1,313 of its postcodes measured (17 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 WF2. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 47% of days
Up to 18
a day
Of its 1,313 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 722
- under 10
- 591
On a day it flies both ways, 26% of days
Up to 9
a day
Of its 1,313 postcodes:
- under 10
- 1,313
On a day it flies east, 27% of days
Up to 1
a day
Of its 1,313 postcodes:
- under 10
- 1,313
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF2 0295 postcodes | 291 at 10 to 99 | 295 under 10 | 295 under 10 |
| WF2 6264 postcodes | 264 under 10 | 264 under 10 | 264 under 10 |
| WF2 7222 postcodes | 222 under 10 | 222 under 10 | 222 under 10 |
| WF2 8298 postcodes | 200 at 10 to 99 | 298 under 10 | 298 under 10 |
| WF2 9234 postcodes | 231 at 10 to 99 | 234 under 10 | 234 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 WF2
WF1 WF4 WF5 WF3 WF6 WF12 WF13 LS26
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.