Planes overhead in BS30
South Gloucestershire, Bristol. All 758 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 BS30. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (54% of days): up to 15 a day; of its 758 postcodes, 336 at 10 to 99, 422 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (21% of days): up to 18 a day; of its 758 postcodes, 652 at 10 to 99, 106 under 10
- On a day it flies east (25% of days): up to 28 a day; of its 758 postcodes, 498 at 10 to 99, 260 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS30 5171 postcodes | 78 at 10 to 9993 under 10 | 72 at 10 to 9999 under 10 | 2 at 10 to 99169 under 10 |
| BS30 6138 postcodes | 58 at 10 to 9980 under 10 | 131 at 10 to 997 under 10 | 104 at 10 to 9934 under 10 |
| BS30 786 postcodes | 1 at 10 to 9985 under 10 | 86 at 10 to 99 | 86 at 10 to 99 |
| BS30 8199 postcodes | 149 at 10 to 9950 under 10 | 199 at 10 to 99 | 164 at 10 to 9935 under 10 |
| BS30 9164 postcodes | 50 at 10 to 99114 under 10 | 164 at 10 to 99 | 142 at 10 to 9922 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 BS30
BS15 BS31 BS16 BS5 BS4 BS14 BS7 BA1
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.