Planes overhead in B30
Birmingham, West Midlands. All 608 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 B30. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 5 a day; of its 608 postcodes, 608 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 9 a day; of its 608 postcodes, 608 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 11 a day; of its 608 postcodes, 18 at 10 to 99, 590 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B30 1217 postcodes | 217 under 10 | 217 under 10 | 217 under 10 |
| B30 2211 postcodes | 211 under 10 | 211 under 10 | 18 at 10 to 99193 under 10 |
| B30 3170 postcodes | 170 under 10 | 170 under 10 | 170 under 10 |
| B30 910 postcodes | 10 under 10 | 10 under 10 | 10 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 B30
B29 B14 B13 B17 B15 B12 B5 B28
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.