Planes overhead in B70
Sandwell, West Midlands. All 834 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 B70. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 834 postcodes, 834 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 16 a day; of its 834 postcodes, 797 at 10 to 99, 37 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 25 a day; of its 834 postcodes, 834 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B70 0218 postcodes | 218 under 10 | 208 at 10 to 9910 under 10 | 218 at 10 to 99 |
| B70 18 postcodes | 8 under 10 | 8 at 10 to 99 | 8 at 10 to 99 |
| B70 6158 postcodes | 158 under 10 | 158 at 10 to 99 | 158 at 10 to 99 |
| B70 7130 postcodes | 130 under 10 | 128 at 10 to 992 under 10 | 130 at 10 to 99 |
| B70 8133 postcodes | 133 under 10 | 133 at 10 to 99 | 133 at 10 to 99 |
| B70 9187 postcodes | 187 under 10 | 162 at 10 to 9925 under 10 | 187 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 B70
B71 B69 DY4 B66 B67 B21 WS10 B68
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.