Planes overhead in WN7
Wigan, Greater Manchester. All 1,212 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 WN7. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (70% of days): up to 3 a day; of its 1,212 postcodes, 1,212 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (10% of days): up to 8 a day; of its 1,212 postcodes, 1,212 under 10
- On a day it flies east (20% of days): up to 14 a day; of its 1,212 postcodes, 133 at 10 to 99, 1,079 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WN7 1233 postcodes | 233 under 10 | 233 under 10 | 233 under 10 |
| WN7 2256 postcodes | 256 under 10 | 256 under 10 | 256 under 10 |
| WN7 3223 postcodes | 223 under 10 | 223 under 10 | 223 under 10 |
| WN7 4239 postcodes | 239 under 10 | 239 under 10 | 54 at 10 to 99185 under 10 |
| WN7 5256 postcodes | 256 under 10 | 256 under 10 | 79 at 10 to 99177 under 10 |
| WN7 95 postcodes | 5 under 10 | 5 under 10 | 5 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 WN7
M46 M29 BL5 WN2 M38 M28 WN4 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.