Planes overhead in B66
Sandwell and Birmingham, West Midlands. All 568 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 B66. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 8 a day; of its 568 postcodes, 568 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 16 a day; of its 568 postcodes, 524 at 10 to 99, 44 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 22 a day; of its 568 postcodes, 568 at 10 to 99
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B66 1111 postcodes | 111 under 10 | 111 at 10 to 99 | 111 at 10 to 99 |
| B66 2126 postcodes | 126 under 10 | 126 at 10 to 99 | 126 at 10 to 99 |
| B66 3167 postcodes | 167 under 10 | 167 at 10 to 99 | 167 at 10 to 99 |
| B66 4164 postcodes | 164 under 10 | 120 at 10 to 9944 under 10 | 164 at 10 to 99 |
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 B66
B67 B21 B18 B16 B68 B17 B20 B1
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.