Planes overhead in B18
Birmingham and Sandwell, West Midlands. All 460 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 B18. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 460 postcodes, 74 at 10 to 99, 386 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 17 a day; of its 460 postcodes, 460 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 21 a day; of its 460 postcodes, 347 at 10 to 99, 113 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B18 4117 postcodes | 117 under 10 | 117 at 10 to 99 | 117 at 10 to 99 |
| B18 5118 postcodes | 3 at 10 to 99115 under 10 | 118 at 10 to 99 | 84 at 10 to 9934 under 10 |
| B18 6114 postcodes | 28 at 10 to 9986 under 10 | 114 at 10 to 99 | 49 at 10 to 9965 under 10 |
| B18 797 postcodes | 43 at 10 to 9954 under 10 | 97 at 10 to 99 | 97 at 10 to 99 |
| B18 914 postcodes | 14 under 10 | 14 at 10 to 99 | 14 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 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.