Planes overhead in WS2
Walsall, West Midlands. All 739 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 WS2. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 739 postcodes, 739 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 13 a day; of its 739 postcodes, 324 at 10 to 99, 415 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 20 a day; of its 739 postcodes, 728 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WS2 0142 postcodes | 142 under 10 | 10 at 10 to 99132 under 10 | 142 at 10 to 99 |
| WS2 7163 postcodes | 163 under 10 | 2 at 10 to 99161 under 10 | 152 at 10 to 9911 under 10 |
| WS2 8225 postcodes | 225 under 10 | 103 at 10 to 99122 under 10 | 225 at 10 to 99 |
| WS2 9209 postcodes | 209 under 10 | 209 at 10 to 99 | 209 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 WS2
WS1 WV12 WS10 WS3 WS4 WV13 WS5 B71
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.