Planes overhead in B71
Sandwell, West Midlands. All 687 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 B71. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 687 postcodes, 687 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 16 a day; of its 687 postcodes, 574 at 10 to 99, 113 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 25 a day; of its 687 postcodes, 659 at 10 to 99, 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B71 1196 postcodes | 196 under 10 | 196 at 10 to 99 | 196 at 10 to 99 |
| B71 2192 postcodes | 192 under 10 | 192 at 10 to 99 | 192 at 10 to 99 |
| B71 3188 postcodes | 188 under 10 | 75 at 10 to 99113 under 10 | 160 at 10 to 9928 under 10 |
| B71 4111 postcodes | 111 under 10 | 111 at 10 to 99 | 111 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 B71
B70 WS10 WS5 DY4 B69 B21 WS1 B66
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.