Planes overhead in NG7
City of Nottingham, Nottingham. All 1,180 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 NG7. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (58% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 1,180 postcodes, 106 at 10 to 99, 1,074 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (20% of days): up to 6 a day; of its 1,180 postcodes, 1,180 under 10
- On a day it flies east (22% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 1,180 postcodes, 1,180 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 west58% of days | Both ways20% of days | Flying east22% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| NG7 1228 postcodes | 228 under 10 | 228 under 10 | 228 under 10 |
| NG7 2249 postcodes | 106 at 10 to 99143 under 10 | 249 under 10 | 249 under 10 |
| NG7 3173 postcodes | 173 under 10 | 173 under 10 | 173 under 10 |
| NG7 498 postcodes | 98 under 10 | 98 under 10 | 98 under 10 |
| NG7 5162 postcodes | 162 under 10 | 162 under 10 | 162 under 10 |
| NG7 6136 postcodes | 136 under 10 | 136 under 10 | 136 under 10 |
| NG7 7134 postcodes | 134 under 10 | 134 under 10 | 134 under 10 |
1 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 NG7
NG8 NG2 NG9 NG11 NG12 DE74 LE12 LE14
The councils
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.