Planes overhead in BS34
South Gloucestershire, Bristol. All 917 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 BS34. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (54% of days): up to 13 a day; of its 917 postcodes, 264 at 10 to 99, 653 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (21% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 917 postcodes, 124 at 10 to 99, 793 under 10
- On a day it flies east (25% of days): up to 3 a day; of its 917 postcodes, 917 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS34 420 postcodes | 19 at 10 to 991 under 10 | 20 under 10 | 20 under 10 |
| BS34 5281 postcodes | 19 at 10 to 99262 under 10 | 281 under 10 | 281 under 10 |
| BS34 6164 postcodes | 164 under 10 | 164 under 10 | 164 under 10 |
| BS34 7178 postcodes | 173 at 10 to 995 under 10 | 121 at 10 to 9957 under 10 | 178 under 10 |
| BS34 8230 postcodes | 53 at 10 to 99177 under 10 | 3 at 10 to 99227 under 10 | 230 under 10 |
| BS34 944 postcodes | 44 under 10 | 44 under 10 | 44 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 BS34
BS10 BS7 BS16 BS5 BS11 BS15 BS8 BS35
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.