Planes overhead in NG8
City of Nottingham and Broxtowe, Nottingham. All 1,193 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 NG8. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (58% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 1,193 postcodes, 41 at 10 to 99, 1,152 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (20% of days): up to 5 a day; of its 1,193 postcodes, 1,193 under 10
- On a day it flies east (22% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 1,193 postcodes, 1,193 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NG8 1163 postcodes | 8 at 10 to 99155 under 10 | 163 under 10 | 163 under 10 |
| NG8 2229 postcodes | 33 at 10 to 99196 under 10 | 229 under 10 | 229 under 10 |
| NG8 3186 postcodes | 186 under 10 | 186 under 10 | 186 under 10 |
| NG8 4163 postcodes | 163 under 10 | 163 under 10 | 163 under 10 |
| NG8 5230 postcodes | 230 under 10 | 230 under 10 | 230 under 10 |
| NG8 6207 postcodes | 207 under 10 | 207 under 10 | 207 under 10 |
| NG8 915 postcodes | 15 under 10 | 15 under 10 | 15 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 NG8
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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.