Planes overhead in NG2
Rushcliffe, City of Nottingham, Broxtowe and Gedling, Nottingham. All 1,445 of its postcodes measured, January to August 2026.
From East Midlands
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way East Midlands flies, and that decides how many pass over NG2. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (58% of days): up to 12 a day; of its 1,445 postcodes, 588 at 10 to 99, 857 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (20% of days): up to 6 a day; of its 1,445 postcodes, 1,445 under 10
- On a day it flies east (22% of days): under 1 a day at all 1,445 of its postcodes
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 west58% of days | Both ways20% of days | Flying east22% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| NG2 199 postcodes | 54 at 10 to 9945 under 10 | 99 under 10 | 99 under 10 |
| NG2 2119 postcodes | 65 at 10 to 9954 under 10 | 119 under 10 | 119 under 10 |
| NG2 3126 postcodes | 1 at 10 to 99125 under 10 | 126 under 10 | 126 under 10 |
| NG2 4222 postcodes | 222 under 10 | 222 under 10 | 222 under 10 |
| NG2 5156 postcodes | 57 at 10 to 9999 under 10 | 156 under 10 | 156 under 10 |
| NG2 6246 postcodes | 222 at 10 to 9924 under 10 | 246 under 10 | 246 under 10 |
| NG2 7324 postcodes | 188 at 10 to 99136 under 10 | 324 under 10 | 324 under 10 |
| NG2 9153 postcodes | 1 at 10 to 99152 under 10 | 153 under 10 | 153 under 10 |
84 of its postcodes have a position ONS estimates, so their figures may be for a spot a few hundred metres away.
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 NG2
NG7 NG11 NG12 NG8 NG9 DE74 LE12 LE14
The councils
- Rushcliffe: noise and liveability score
- City of Nottingham: noise and liveability score
- Broxtowe: noise and liveability score
- Gedling: noise and liveability score
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for East Midlands. 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.