Planes overhead in B5
Birmingham, West Midlands. All 429 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 B5. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 9 a day; of its 429 postcodes, 429 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 16 a day; of its 429 postcodes, 170 at 10 to 99, 259 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 19 a day; of its 429 postcodes, 311 at 10 to 99, 118 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B5 471 postcodes | 71 under 10 | 71 under 10 | 47 at 10 to 9924 under 10 |
| B5 562 postcodes | 62 under 10 | 62 under 10 | 62 under 10 |
| B5 685 postcodes | 85 under 10 | 85 under 10 | 53 at 10 to 9932 under 10 |
| B5 7211 postcodes | 211 under 10 | 170 at 10 to 9941 under 10 | 211 at 10 to 99 |
4 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 B5
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.