Planes overhead in WA14
Trafford, Greater Manchester. 1,075 of its 1,131 postcodes measured, the ones in Trafford, 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 WA14. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (70% of days): up to 73 a day; of its 1,075 postcodes, 841 at 10 to 99, 234 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (10% of days): up to 42 a day; of its 1,075 postcodes, 947 at 10 to 99, 128 under 10
- On a day it flies east (20% of days): up to 26 a day; of its 1,075 postcodes, 1,057 at 10 to 99, 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA14 1163 postcodes | 163 at 10 to 99 | 163 at 10 to 99 | 163 at 10 to 99 |
| WA14 2236 postcodes | 143 at 10 to 9993 under 10 | 227 at 10 to 999 under 10 | 236 at 10 to 99 |
| WA14 3168 postcodes | 27 at 10 to 99141 under 10 | 49 at 10 to 99119 under 10 | 152 at 10 to 9916 under 10 |
| WA14 4232 postcodes | 232 at 10 to 99 | 232 at 10 to 99 | 232 at 10 to 99 |
| WA14 5276 postcodes | 276 at 10 to 99 | 276 at 10 to 99 | 274 at 10 to 992 under 10 |
4 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 WA14
WA15 M33 M23 M31 M90 M22 M41 M44
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.