Planes overhead in WV12
Walsall and Wolverhampton, West Midlands. All 503 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 WV12. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): under 1 a day at all 503 of its postcodes
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 7 a day; of its 503 postcodes, 503 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 11 a day; of its 503 postcodes, 119 at 10 to 99, 384 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WV12 4210 postcodes | 210 under 10 | 210 under 10 | 119 at 10 to 9991 under 10 |
| WV12 5291 postcodes | 291 under 10 | 291 under 10 | 291 under 10 |
| WV12 92 postcodes | 2 under 10 | 2 under 10 | 2 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 WV12
WV13 WS2 WS3 WS1 WS10 WS4 WV14 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.