Planes overhead in OL9
Oldham, Greater Manchester. All 972 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 OL9. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (70% of days): up to 29 a day; of its 972 postcodes, 925 at 10 to 99, 47 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (10% of days): up to 15 a day; of its 972 postcodes, 787 at 10 to 99, 185 under 10
- On a day it flies east (20% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 972 postcodes, 972 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OL9 0197 postcodes | 197 at 10 to 99 | 196 at 10 to 991 under 10 | 197 under 10 |
| OL9 6165 postcodes | 165 at 10 to 99 | 165 at 10 to 99 | 165 under 10 |
| OL9 7178 postcodes | 171 at 10 to 997 under 10 | 133 at 10 to 9945 under 10 | 178 under 10 |
| OL9 8178 postcodes | 153 at 10 to 9925 under 10 | 76 at 10 to 99102 under 10 | 178 under 10 |
| OL9 9254 postcodes | 239 at 10 to 9915 under 10 | 217 at 10 to 9937 under 10 | 254 under 10 |
9 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 OL9
OL8 OL1 M24 OL2 OL4 M9 M40 OL7
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.