Planes overhead in B28
Birmingham and Solihull, West Midlands. All 604 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 B28. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 14 a day; of its 604 postcodes, 230 at 10 to 99, 374 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 11 a day; of its 604 postcodes, 192 at 10 to 99, 412 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 9 a day; of its 604 postcodes, 604 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B28 0270 postcodes | 230 at 10 to 9940 under 10 | 192 at 10 to 9978 under 10 | 270 under 10 |
| B28 13 postcodes | 3 under 10 | 3 under 10 | 3 under 10 |
| B28 8182 postcodes | 182 under 10 | 182 under 10 | 182 under 10 |
| B28 9149 postcodes | 149 under 10 | 149 under 10 | 149 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 B28
B13 B11 B14 B90 B91 B12 B92 B26
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.