Planes overhead in B67
Sandwell, West Midlands. All 523 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 B67. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 523 postcodes, 523 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 13 a day; of its 523 postcodes, 244 at 10 to 99, 279 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 20 a day; of its 523 postcodes, 499 at 10 to 99, 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B67 5175 postcodes | 175 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99174 under 10 | 151 at 10 to 9924 under 10 |
| B67 6179 postcodes | 179 under 10 | 96 at 10 to 9983 under 10 | 179 at 10 to 99 |
| B67 7159 postcodes | 159 under 10 | 137 at 10 to 9922 under 10 | 159 at 10 to 99 |
| B67 910 postcodes | 10 under 10 | 10 at 10 to 99 | 10 at 10 to 99 |
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 B67
B66 B68 B17 B16 B21 B18 B69 B70
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.