Planes overhead in CV5
Coventry and Solihull, West Midlands. All 918 of its postcodes measured, January to August 2026.
From Birmingham
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Birmingham flies, and that decides how many pass over CV5. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 3 a day; of its 918 postcodes, 918 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 17 a day; of its 918 postcodes, 71 at 10 to 99, 847 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 32 a day; of its 918 postcodes, 92 at 10 to 99, 826 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 west38% of days | Both ways24% of days | Flying east38% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| CV5 6250 postcodes | 250 under 10 | 250 under 10 | 250 under 10 |
| CV5 7222 postcodes | 222 under 10 | 22 at 10 to 99200 under 10 | 42 at 10 to 99180 under 10 |
| CV5 8194 postcodes | 194 under 10 | 194 under 10 | 194 under 10 |
| CV5 9252 postcodes | 252 under 10 | 49 at 10 to 99203 under 10 | 50 at 10 to 99202 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 CV5
CV4 B93 B37 B92 B91 B26 B33 B34
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Birmingham. 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.