Planes overhead in BS16
South Gloucestershire and City of Bristol, Bristol. All 2,037 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 BS16. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (54% of days): up to 15 a day; of its 2,037 postcodes, 1,536 at 10 to 99, 501 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (21% of days): up to 13 a day; of its 2,037 postcodes, 811 at 10 to 99, 1,226 under 10
- On a day it flies east (25% of days): up to 5 a day; of its 2,037 postcodes, 2,037 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS16 013 postcodes | 12 at 10 to 991 under 10 | 12 at 10 to 991 under 10 | 13 under 10 |
| BS16 1366 postcodes | 316 at 10 to 9950 under 10 | 151 at 10 to 99215 under 10 | 366 under 10 |
| BS16 2266 postcodes | 262 at 10 to 994 under 10 | 142 at 10 to 99124 under 10 | 266 under 10 |
| BS16 3205 postcodes | 183 at 10 to 9922 under 10 | 34 at 10 to 99171 under 10 | 205 under 10 |
| BS16 4231 postcodes | 231 at 10 to 99 | 183 at 10 to 9948 under 10 | 231 under 10 |
| BS16 5253 postcodes | 253 at 10 to 99 | 228 at 10 to 9925 under 10 | 253 under 10 |
| BS16 6261 postcodes | 121 at 10 to 99140 under 10 | 3 at 10 to 99258 under 10 | 261 under 10 |
| BS16 7224 postcodes | 35 at 10 to 99189 under 10 | 2 at 10 to 99222 under 10 | 224 under 10 |
| BS16 9218 postcodes | 123 at 10 to 9995 under 10 | 56 at 10 to 99162 under 10 | 218 under 10 |
14 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 BS16
BS15 BS5 BS7 BS30 BS34 BS4 BS10 BS8
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.