Planes overhead in B91
Solihull, West Midlands. All 853 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 B91. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 853 postcodes, 1 at 10 to 99, 852 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 7 a day; of its 853 postcodes, 853 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 3 a day; of its 853 postcodes, 853 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B91 1239 postcodes | 239 under 10 | 239 under 10 | 239 under 10 |
| B91 2237 postcodes | 237 under 10 | 237 under 10 | 237 under 10 |
| B91 3279 postcodes | 1 at 10 to 99278 under 10 | 279 under 10 | 279 under 10 |
| B91 998 postcodes | 98 under 10 | 98 under 10 | 98 under 10 |
1 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 B91
B92 B90 B28 B93 B26 B11 B13 B14
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.