Planes overhead in B11
Birmingham, West Midlands. All 598 of its postcodes measured, January to August 2026.
From Birmingham
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Birmingham flies, and that decides how many pass over B11. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 7 a day; of its 598 postcodes, 598 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 598 postcodes, 10 at 10 to 99, 588 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 11 a day; of its 598 postcodes, 4 at 10 to 99, 594 under 10
The table counts the postcodes of each sector by how many planes pass over them a day: 100 or more, 10 to 99, or under 10.
| Sector | Flying west38% of days | Both ways24% of days | Flying east38% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| B11 1173 postcodes | 173 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99172 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99172 under 10 |
| B11 2103 postcodes | 103 under 10 | 103 under 10 | 103 under 10 |
| B11 3183 postcodes | 183 under 10 | 183 under 10 | 183 under 10 |
| B11 4139 postcodes | 139 under 10 | 9 at 10 to 99130 under 10 | 3 at 10 to 99136 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.
Near B11
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Birmingham. 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.