Planes overhead in WV14
Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall and Sandwell, West Midlands. All 1,041 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 WV14. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
- On a day it flies west (38% of days): under 1 a day at all 1,041 of its postcodes
- On a day it flies both ways (24% of days): up to 10 a day; of its 1,041 postcodes, 1 at 10 to 99, 1,040 under 10
- On a day it flies east (38% of days): up to 15 a day; of its 1,041 postcodes, 281 at 10 to 99, 760 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WV14 0185 postcodes | 185 under 10 | 185 under 10 | 23 at 10 to 99162 under 10 |
| WV14 421 postcodes | 21 under 10 | 21 under 10 | 21 under 10 |
| WV14 6180 postcodes | 180 under 10 | 180 under 10 | 42 at 10 to 99138 under 10 |
| WV14 7111 postcodes | 111 under 10 | 111 under 10 | 101 at 10 to 9910 under 10 |
| WV14 8296 postcodes | 296 under 10 | 1 at 10 to 99295 under 10 | 115 at 10 to 99181 under 10 |
| WV14 9248 postcodes | 248 under 10 | 248 under 10 | 248 under 10 |
13 of its postcodes have a position ONS estimates, so their figures may be for a spot a few hundred metres away.
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 WV14
DY4 WV13 WS10 WV12 WS2 B71 B70 B69
The councils
- Wolverhampton: noise and liveability score
- Dudley: noise and liveability score
- Walsall: noise and liveability score
- Sandwell: noise and liveability score
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.