Planes overhead in B14
Birmingham and Solihull, West Midlands. 766 of its 770 postcodes measured, the ones in Birmingham and Solihull, 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 B14. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 13 a day; of its 766 postcodes, 129 at 10 to 99, 637 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 12 a day; of its 766 postcodes, 173 at 10 to 99, 593 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 14 a day; of its 766 postcodes, 142 at 10 to 99, 624 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B14 4207 postcodes | 129 at 10 to 9978 under 10 | 70 at 10 to 99137 under 10 | 207 under 10 |
| B14 5215 postcodes | 215 under 10 | 215 under 10 | 215 under 10 |
| B14 6184 postcodes | 184 under 10 | 184 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99183 under 10 |
| B14 7160 postcodes | 160 under 10 | 103 at 10 to 9957 under 10 | 141 at 10 to 9919 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 B14
B13 B30 B28 B29 B11 B12 B90 B5
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.