Planes overhead in BS11
City of Bristol, Bristol. All 573 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 BS11. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (54% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 573 postcodes, 2 at 10 to 99, 571 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (21% of days): up to 8 a day; of its 573 postcodes, 573 under 10
- On a day it flies east (25% of days): up to 11 a day; of its 573 postcodes, 347 at 10 to 99, 226 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS11 0292 postcodes | 2 at 10 to 99290 under 10 | 292 under 10 | 94 at 10 to 99198 under 10 |
| BS11 12 postcodes | 2 under 10 | 2 under 10 | 2 at 10 to 99 |
| BS11 825 postcodes | 25 under 10 | 25 under 10 | 5 at 10 to 9920 under 10 |
| BS11 9254 postcodes | 254 under 10 | 254 under 10 | 246 at 10 to 998 under 10 |
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 BS11
BS10 BS8 BS20 BS7 BS34 BS41 BS5 BS4
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.