Planes overhead in WF5
Wakefield and Kirklees, West Yorkshire. All 652 of its postcodes measured (12 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 WF5. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 47% of days
Up to 18
a day
Of its 652 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 652
On a day it flies both ways, 26% of days
Up to 9
a day
Of its 652 postcodes:
- under 10
- 652
On a day it flies east, 27% of days
Up to 2
a day
Of its 652 postcodes:
- under 10
- 652
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF5 0240 postcodes | 240 at 10 to 99 | 240 under 10 | 240 under 10 |
| WF5 8192 postcodes | 192 at 10 to 99 | 192 under 10 | 192 under 10 |
| WF5 9220 postcodes | 220 at 10 to 99 | 220 under 10 | 220 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 WF5
WF12 WF2 WF13 WF4 WF1 WF3 WF14 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.