Planes overhead in WS5
Walsall and Sandwell, West Midlands. All 377 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 WS5. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): up to 1 a day; of its 377 postcodes, 377 under 10
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 11 a day; of its 377 postcodes, 5 at 10 to 99, 372 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 16 a day; of its 377 postcodes, 56 at 10 to 99, 321 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WS5 3180 postcodes | 180 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99179 under 10 | 23 at 10 to 99157 under 10 |
| WS5 4197 postcodes | 197 under 10 | 4 at 10 to 99193 under 10 | 33 at 10 to 99164 under 10 |
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 WS5
WS1 B71 WS2 WS10 WS4 WS9 B44 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.