Planes overhead in B15
Birmingham, West Midlands. All 484 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 B15. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 9 a day; of its 484 postcodes, 484 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 16 a day; of its 484 postcodes, 462 at 10 to 99, 22 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 19 a day; of its 484 postcodes, 468 at 10 to 99, 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B15 196 postcodes | 96 under 10 | 96 at 10 to 99 | 96 at 10 to 99 |
| B15 2222 postcodes | 222 under 10 | 200 at 10 to 9922 under 10 | 206 at 10 to 9916 under 10 |
| B15 3166 postcodes | 166 under 10 | 166 at 10 to 99 | 166 at 10 to 99 |
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.
Near B15
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.