Planes overhead in WF3
Leeds, Wakefield and Kirklees, West Yorkshire. All 956 of its postcodes measured (7 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 WF3. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 47% of days
Up to 48
a day
Of its 956 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 398
- under 10
- 558
On a day it flies both ways, 26% of days
Up to 28
a day
Of its 956 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 97
- under 10
- 859
On a day it flies east, 27% of days
Up to 13
a day
Of its 956 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 31
- under 10
- 925
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF3 1288 postcodes | 288 under 10 | 288 under 10 | 288 under 10 |
| WF3 2165 postcodes | 1 at 10 to 99 | 165 under 10 | 165 under 10 |
| WF3 3275 postcodes | 171 at 10 to 99 | 45 at 10 to 99 | 31 at 10 to 99 |
| WF3 4228 postcodes | 226 at 10 to 99 | 52 at 10 to 99 | 228 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 WF3
LS10 WF1 LS26 WF2 WF5 LS11 WF6 WF12
The councils
- Leeds: noise and liveability score
- Wakefield: noise and liveability score
- Kirklees: 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.