Planes overhead in B13
Birmingham, West Midlands. All 661 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 B13. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 12 a day; of its 661 postcodes, 117 at 10 to 99, 544 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 12 a day; of its 661 postcodes, 577 at 10 to 99, 84 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 16 a day; of its 661 postcodes, 493 at 10 to 99, 168 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B13 0223 postcodes | 117 at 10 to 99106 under 10 | 195 at 10 to 9928 under 10 | 109 at 10 to 99114 under 10 |
| B13 312 postcodes | 12 under 10 | 12 under 10 | 12 at 10 to 99 |
| B13 8153 postcodes | 153 under 10 | 143 at 10 to 9910 under 10 | 153 at 10 to 99 |
| B13 9273 postcodes | 273 under 10 | 239 at 10 to 9934 under 10 | 219 at 10 to 9954 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 B13
B11 B14 B12 B28 B5 B30 B15 B29
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.