Planes overhead in DY4
Sandwell and Dudley, West Midlands. All 972 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 DY4. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 972 postcodes, 972 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 12 a day; of its 972 postcodes, 145 at 10 to 99, 827 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 21 a day; of its 972 postcodes, 504 at 10 to 99, 468 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DY4 0282 postcodes | 282 under 10 | 104 at 10 to 99178 under 10 | 280 at 10 to 992 under 10 |
| DY4 48 postcodes | 8 under 10 | 8 under 10 | 8 at 10 to 99 |
| DY4 7232 postcodes | 232 under 10 | 41 at 10 to 99191 under 10 | 170 at 10 to 9962 under 10 |
| DY4 8248 postcodes | 248 under 10 | 248 under 10 | 25 at 10 to 99223 under 10 |
| DY4 9202 postcodes | 202 under 10 | 202 under 10 | 21 at 10 to 99181 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 DY4
WV14 B70 B69 WS10 B71 WV13 B68 WS2
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.