Planes overhead in WS1
Walsall, West Midlands. All 622 of its postcodes measured, January to August 2026.
From Birmingham
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Birmingham flies, and that decides how many pass over WS1. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 622 postcodes, 622 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 13 a day; of its 622 postcodes, 507 at 10 to 99, 115 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 19 a day; of its 622 postcodes, 611 at 10 to 99, 11 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 west38% of days | Both ways24% of days | Flying east38% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| WS1 1108 postcodes | 108 under 10 | 108 at 10 to 99 | 108 at 10 to 99 |
| WS1 2164 postcodes | 164 under 10 | 119 at 10 to 9945 under 10 | 162 at 10 to 992 under 10 |
| WS1 3179 postcodes | 179 under 10 | 116 at 10 to 9963 under 10 | 170 at 10 to 999 under 10 |
| WS1 4124 postcodes | 124 under 10 | 117 at 10 to 997 under 10 | 124 at 10 to 99 |
| WS1 947 postcodes | 47 under 10 | 47 at 10 to 99 | 47 at 10 to 99 |
1 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 WS1
WS5 WS2 WS4 WS10 WS3 B71 WV12 WS9
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Birmingham. 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.