Planes overhead in B17
Birmingham, West Midlands. All 556 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 B17. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 7 a day; of its 556 postcodes, 556 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 13 a day; of its 556 postcodes, 172 at 10 to 99, 384 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 18 a day; of its 556 postcodes, 273 at 10 to 99, 283 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B17 0197 postcodes | 197 under 10 | 20 at 10 to 99177 under 10 | 41 at 10 to 99156 under 10 |
| B17 8171 postcodes | 171 under 10 | 75 at 10 to 9996 under 10 | 117 at 10 to 9954 under 10 |
| B17 9188 postcodes | 188 under 10 | 77 at 10 to 99111 under 10 | 115 at 10 to 9973 under 10 |
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 B17
B16 B15 B29 B67 B68 B66 B1 B18
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.