Planes overhead in BS23
North Somerset, Bristol. All 1,028 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 BS23. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (54% of days): up to 20 a day; of its 1,028 postcodes, 262 at 10 to 99, 766 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (21% of days): up to 13 a day; of its 1,028 postcodes, 242 at 10 to 99, 786 under 10
- On a day it flies east (25% of days): up to 13 a day; of its 1,028 postcodes, 245 at 10 to 99, 783 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS23 1206 postcodes | 2 at 10 to 99204 under 10 | 2 at 10 to 99204 under 10 | 79 at 10 to 99127 under 10 |
| BS23 2266 postcodes | 12 at 10 to 99254 under 10 | 8 at 10 to 99258 under 10 | 166 at 10 to 99100 under 10 |
| BS23 3285 postcodes | 173 at 10 to 99112 under 10 | 145 at 10 to 99140 under 10 | 285 under 10 |
| BS23 4209 postcodes | 52 at 10 to 99157 under 10 | 64 at 10 to 99145 under 10 | 209 under 10 |
| BS23 962 postcodes | 23 at 10 to 9939 under 10 | 23 at 10 to 9939 under 10 | 62 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 BS23
BS24 BS22 BS29 BS49 BS21 BS40 BS20 BS41
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.