Planes overhead in M14
Manchester, Greater Manchester. All 1,043 of its postcodes measured, January to August 2026.
From Manchester
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Manchester flies, and that decides how many pass over M14. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (70% of days): up to 2 a day; of its 1,043 postcodes, 1,043 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (10% of days): up to 15 a day; of its 1,043 postcodes, 69 at 10 to 99, 974 under 10
- On a day it flies east (20% of days): up to 32 a day; of its 1,043 postcodes, 318 at 10 to 99, 725 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 west70% of days | Both ways10% of days | Flying east20% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| M14 012 postcodes | 12 under 10 | 12 under 10 | 12 at 10 to 99 |
| M14 4209 postcodes | 209 under 10 | 209 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99208 under 10 |
| M14 5259 postcodes | 259 under 10 | 259 under 10 | 259 under 10 |
| M14 6331 postcodes | 331 under 10 | 59 at 10 to 99272 under 10 | 208 at 10 to 99123 under 10 |
| M14 7232 postcodes | 232 under 10 | 10 at 10 to 99222 under 10 | 97 at 10 to 99135 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 M14
M19 M16 M20 M21 SK4 SK5 M32 M40
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Manchester. 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.