Planes overhead in BS10
City of Bristol and South Gloucestershire, Bristol. All 777 of its postcodes measured, January to August 2026.
From Bristol
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Bristol flies, and that decides how many pass over BS10. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (54% of days): up to 13 a day; of its 777 postcodes, 479 at 10 to 99, 298 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (21% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 777 postcodes, 172 at 10 to 99, 605 under 10
- On a day it flies east (25% of days): up to 7 a day; of its 777 postcodes, 777 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 west54% of days | Both ways21% of days | Flying east25% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS10 5205 postcodes | 84 at 10 to 99121 under 10 | 17 at 10 to 99188 under 10 | 205 under 10 |
| BS10 6269 postcodes | 232 at 10 to 9937 under 10 | 103 at 10 to 99166 under 10 | 269 under 10 |
| BS10 7303 postcodes | 163 at 10 to 99140 under 10 | 52 at 10 to 99251 under 10 | 303 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 BS10
BS7 BS34 BS11 BS8 BS5 BS16 BS4 BS15
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Bristol. 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.