Planes overhead in M9
Manchester, Greater Manchester. All 1,084 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 M9. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (70% of days): up to 16 a day; of its 1,084 postcodes, 184 at 10 to 99, 900 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (10% of days): up to 8 a day; of its 1,084 postcodes, 1,084 under 10
- On a day it flies east (20% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 1,084 postcodes, 1,084 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| M9 0126 postcodes | 111 at 10 to 9915 under 10 | 126 under 10 | 126 under 10 |
| M9 4239 postcodes | 239 under 10 | 239 under 10 | 239 under 10 |
| M9 5143 postcodes | 143 under 10 | 143 under 10 | 143 under 10 |
| M9 6242 postcodes | 70 at 10 to 99172 under 10 | 242 under 10 | 242 under 10 |
| M9 7111 postcodes | 2 at 10 to 99109 under 10 | 111 under 10 | 111 under 10 |
| M9 8220 postcodes | 1 at 10 to 99219 under 10 | 220 under 10 | 220 under 10 |
| M9 93 postcodes | 3 under 10 | 3 under 10 | 3 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 M9
M40 M24 M25 OL9 M45 OL8 OL10 OL1
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.