Planes overhead in B19
Birmingham, West Midlands. All 451 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 B19. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 9 a day; of its 451 postcodes, 451 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 11 a day; of its 451 postcodes, 68 at 10 to 99, 383 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 9 a day; of its 451 postcodes, 451 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B19 1142 postcodes | 142 under 10 | 30 at 10 to 99112 under 10 | 142 under 10 |
| B19 2160 postcodes | 160 under 10 | 4 at 10 to 99156 under 10 | 160 under 10 |
| B19 3149 postcodes | 149 under 10 | 34 at 10 to 99115 under 10 | 149 under 10 |
3 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 B19
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.