Planes overhead in BS8
City of Bristol and North Somerset, Bristol. All 826 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 BS8. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (54% of days): up to 2 a day; of its 826 postcodes, 826 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (21% of days): up to 6 a day; of its 826 postcodes, 826 under 10
- On a day it flies east (25% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 826 postcodes, 2 at 10 to 99, 824 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS8 1179 postcodes | 179 under 10 | 179 under 10 | 179 under 10 |
| BS8 2189 postcodes | 189 under 10 | 189 under 10 | 189 under 10 |
| BS8 3232 postcodes | 232 under 10 | 232 under 10 | 2 at 10 to 99230 under 10 |
| BS8 4211 postcodes | 211 under 10 | 211 under 10 | 211 under 10 |
| BS8 915 postcodes | 15 under 10 | 15 under 10 | 15 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 BS8
BS7 BS41 BS4 BS5 BS10 BS11 BS14 BS15
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.