Planes overhead in WV13
Walsall and Wolverhampton, West Midlands. All 508 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 WV13. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): under 1 a day at all 508 of its postcodes
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 9 a day; of its 508 postcodes, 508 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 14 a day; of its 508 postcodes, 382 at 10 to 99, 126 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WV13 1172 postcodes | 172 under 10 | 172 under 10 | 162 at 10 to 9910 under 10 |
| WV13 2156 postcodes | 156 under 10 | 156 under 10 | 156 at 10 to 99 |
| WV13 3180 postcodes | 180 under 10 | 180 under 10 | 64 at 10 to 99116 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 WV13
WV12 WV14 WS10 WS2 WS1 DY4 WS3 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.