Planes overhead in WA15
Trafford and Manchester, Greater Manchester. 1,166 of its 1,185 postcodes measured, the ones in Trafford and Manchester, 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 WA15. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (70% of days): up to 18 a day; of its 1,166 postcodes, 472 at 10 to 99, 694 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (10% of days): up to 21 a day; of its 1,166 postcodes, 616 at 10 to 99, 550 under 10
- On a day it flies east (20% of days): up to 26 a day; of its 1,166 postcodes, 677 at 10 to 99, 489 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA15 0167 postcodes | 167 under 10 | 167 under 10 | 167 under 10 |
| WA15 521 postcodes | 21 at 10 to 99 | 21 at 10 to 99 | 21 at 10 to 99 |
| WA15 6244 postcodes | 244 at 10 to 99 | 244 at 10 to 99 | 244 at 10 to 99 |
| WA15 7282 postcodes | 135 at 10 to 99147 under 10 | 192 at 10 to 9990 under 10 | 207 at 10 to 9975 under 10 |
| WA15 8253 postcodes | 37 at 10 to 99216 under 10 | 67 at 10 to 99186 under 10 | 82 at 10 to 99171 under 10 |
| WA15 9199 postcodes | 35 at 10 to 99164 under 10 | 92 at 10 to 99107 under 10 | 123 at 10 to 9976 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 WA15
WA14 M23 M90 M33 M22 M21 M32 M20
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.