Planes overhead in BS5
City of Bristol, Bristol. All 1,308 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 BS5. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (54% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 1,308 postcodes, 1 at 10 to 99, 1,307 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (21% of days): up to 7 a day; of its 1,308 postcodes, 1,308 under 10
- On a day it flies east (25% of days): up to 6 a day; of its 1,308 postcodes, 1,308 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS5 0247 postcodes | 247 under 10 | 247 under 10 | 247 under 10 |
| BS5 511 postcodes | 11 under 10 | 11 under 10 | 11 under 10 |
| BS5 6257 postcodes | 257 under 10 | 257 under 10 | 257 under 10 |
| BS5 7280 postcodes | 1 at 10 to 99279 under 10 | 280 under 10 | 280 under 10 |
| BS5 8265 postcodes | 265 under 10 | 265 under 10 | 265 under 10 |
| BS5 9248 postcodes | 248 under 10 | 248 under 10 | 248 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 BS5
BS4 BS15 BS7 BS16 BS8 BS14 BS30 BS10
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.