Planes overhead in B29
Birmingham, West Midlands. All 803 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 B29. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 6 a day; of its 803 postcodes, 803 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 11 a day; of its 803 postcodes, 25 at 10 to 99, 778 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 15 a day; of its 803 postcodes, 117 at 10 to 99, 686 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B29 4154 postcodes | 154 under 10 | 154 under 10 | 154 under 10 |
| B29 5209 postcodes | 209 under 10 | 209 under 10 | 209 under 10 |
| B29 6256 postcodes | 256 under 10 | 256 under 10 | 10 at 10 to 99246 under 10 |
| B29 7180 postcodes | 180 under 10 | 25 at 10 to 99155 under 10 | 107 at 10 to 9973 under 10 |
| B29 94 postcodes | 4 under 10 | 4 under 10 | 4 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 B29
B30 B17 B15 B16 B14 B13 B5 B12
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.