Planes overhead in B68
Sandwell, West Midlands. All 588 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 B68. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 588 postcodes, 588 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 588 postcodes, 1 at 10 to 99, 587 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 16 a day; of its 588 postcodes, 227 at 10 to 99, 361 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B68 0184 postcodes | 184 under 10 | 184 under 10 | 184 under 10 |
| B68 8192 postcodes | 192 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99191 under 10 | 107 at 10 to 9985 under 10 |
| B68 9212 postcodes | 212 under 10 | 212 under 10 | 120 at 10 to 9992 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 B68
B67 B66 B69 B17 B16 B70 B21 B18
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.