Planes overhead in WS10
Sandwell and Walsall, West Midlands. All 932 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 WS10. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 932 postcodes, 932 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 16 a day; of its 932 postcodes, 828 at 10 to 99, 104 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 25 a day; of its 932 postcodes, 931 at 10 to 99, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WS10 0228 postcodes | 228 under 10 | 204 at 10 to 9924 under 10 | 227 at 10 to 991 under 10 |
| WS10 115 postcodes | 15 under 10 | 15 at 10 to 99 | 15 at 10 to 99 |
| WS10 7177 postcodes | 177 under 10 | 177 at 10 to 99 | 177 at 10 to 99 |
| WS10 8271 postcodes | 271 under 10 | 191 at 10 to 9980 under 10 | 271 at 10 to 99 |
| WS10 9241 postcodes | 241 under 10 | 241 at 10 to 99 | 241 at 10 to 99 |
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 WS10
WS2 B71 WS1 WV13 DY4 WV14 WS5 B70
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.