Planes overhead in B16
Birmingham and Sandwell, West Midlands. All 497 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 B16. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 9 a day; of its 497 postcodes, 497 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 17 a day; of its 497 postcodes, 497 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 21 a day; of its 497 postcodes, 497 at 10 to 99
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B16 0166 postcodes | 166 under 10 | 166 at 10 to 99 | 166 at 10 to 99 |
| B16 623 postcodes | 23 under 10 | 23 at 10 to 99 | 23 at 10 to 99 |
| B16 8168 postcodes | 168 under 10 | 168 at 10 to 99 | 168 at 10 to 99 |
| B16 9140 postcodes | 140 under 10 | 140 at 10 to 99 | 140 at 10 to 99 |
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 B16
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.