Planes overhead in OL10
Rochdale, Greater Manchester. All 820 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 OL10. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (70% of days): up to 36 a day; of its 820 postcodes, 820 at 10 to 99
- On a day it flies both ways (10% of days): up to 17 a day; of its 820 postcodes, 253 at 10 to 99, 567 under 10
- On a day it flies east (20% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 820 postcodes, 820 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OL10 1147 postcodes | 147 at 10 to 99 | 7 at 10 to 99140 under 10 | 147 under 10 |
| OL10 2211 postcodes | 211 at 10 to 99 | 200 at 10 to 9911 under 10 | 211 under 10 |
| OL10 3211 postcodes | 211 at 10 to 99 | 46 at 10 to 99165 under 10 | 211 under 10 |
| OL10 4247 postcodes | 247 at 10 to 99 | 247 under 10 | 247 under 10 |
| OL10 94 postcodes | 4 at 10 to 99 | 4 under 10 | 4 under 10 |
3 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 OL10
OL11 BL9 M24 OL12 M45 OL16 BL8 M9
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.