Planes overhead in B20
Birmingham, West Midlands. All 533 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 B20. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 9 a day; of its 533 postcodes, 533 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 533 postcodes, 14 at 10 to 99, 519 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 9 a day; of its 533 postcodes, 533 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B20 1129 postcodes | 129 under 10 | 129 under 10 | 129 under 10 |
| B20 2197 postcodes | 197 under 10 | 13 at 10 to 99184 under 10 | 197 under 10 |
| B20 3207 postcodes | 207 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99206 under 10 | 207 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 B20
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.