Planes overhead in B69
Sandwell, West Midlands. All 729 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 B69. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 729 postcodes, 729 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 729 postcodes, 12 at 10 to 99, 717 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 17 a day; of its 729 postcodes, 395 at 10 to 99, 334 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B69 1252 postcodes | 252 under 10 | 252 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99251 under 10 |
| B69 2146 postcodes | 146 under 10 | 146 under 10 | 94 at 10 to 9952 under 10 |
| B69 3109 postcodes | 109 under 10 | 109 under 10 | 109 at 10 to 99 |
| B69 4181 postcodes | 181 under 10 | 12 at 10 to 99169 under 10 | 150 at 10 to 9931 under 10 |
| B69 941 postcodes | 41 under 10 | 41 under 10 | 41 at 10 to 99 |
2 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 B69
B70 B68 DY4 B67 B71 B66 B21 WS10
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.