Planes overhead in WF9
Wakefield, West Yorkshire. All 1,145 of its postcodes measured (6 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 WF9. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 47% of days
Up to 11
a day
Of its 1,145 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 17
- under 10
- 1,128
On a day it flies both ways, 26% of days
Up to 6
a day
Of its 1,145 postcodes:
- under 10
- 1,145
On a day it flies east, 27% of days
Up to 1
a day
Of its 1,145 postcodes:
- under 10
- 1,145
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF9 1183 postcodes | 17 at 10 to 99 | 183 under 10 | 183 under 10 |
| WF9 2315 postcodes | 315 under 10 | 315 under 10 | 315 under 10 |
| WF9 3232 postcodes | 232 under 10 | 232 under 10 | 232 under 10 |
| WF9 4262 postcodes | 262 under 10 | 262 under 10 | 262 under 10 |
| WF9 5153 postcodes | 153 under 10 | 153 under 10 | 153 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 WF9
WF7 WF8 WF6 WF10 WF4 WF1 WF2 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.