Planes overhead in WS4
Walsall, West Midlands. All 337 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 WS4. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 337 postcodes, 337 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 21 a day; of its 337 postcodes, 222 at 10 to 99, 115 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 40 a day; of its 337 postcodes, 337 at 10 to 99
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WS4 1234 postcodes | 234 under 10 | 119 at 10 to 99115 under 10 | 234 at 10 to 99 |
| WS4 2103 postcodes | 103 under 10 | 103 at 10 to 99 | 103 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 WS4
WS9 WS3 WS1 WS2 WS5 WS8 WV12 WS10
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.