Planes overhead in WS3
Walsall, West Midlands. 991 of its 1,003 postcodes measured, the ones in Walsall, 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 WS3. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 991 postcodes, 991 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 16 a day; of its 991 postcodes, 95 at 10 to 99, 896 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 32 a day; of its 991 postcodes, 499 at 10 to 99, 492 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WS3 1247 postcodes | 247 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99246 under 10 | 243 at 10 to 994 under 10 |
| WS3 2265 postcodes | 265 under 10 | 265 under 10 | 47 at 10 to 99218 under 10 |
| WS3 3263 postcodes | 263 under 10 | 263 under 10 | 7 at 10 to 99256 under 10 |
| WS3 4171 postcodes | 171 under 10 | 72 at 10 to 9999 under 10 | 157 at 10 to 9914 under 10 |
| WS3 545 postcodes | 45 under 10 | 22 at 10 to 9923 under 10 | 45 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 WS3
WS4 WS2 WV12 WS1 WS9 WS8 WV13 WS5
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.