Planes overhead in B35
Birmingham, West Midlands. All 292 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 B35. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 134 a day; of its 292 postcodes, 289 at 100+, 3 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 62 a day; of its 292 postcodes, 292 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 2 a day; of its 292 postcodes, 292 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B35 6128 postcodes | 126 at 100+2 at 10 to 99 | 128 at 10 to 99 | 128 under 10 |
| B35 7156 postcodes | 155 at 100+1 at 10 to 99 | 156 at 10 to 99 | 156 under 10 |
| B35 98 postcodes | 8 at 100+ | 8 at 10 to 99 | 8 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 B35
B36 B34 B24 B76 B33 B23 B73 B37
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.