Planes overhead in B71
Sandwell, West Midlands. All 679 of its postcodes measured (8 PO boxes and other large-user postcodes left out), 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 B71. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 38% of days
Up to 1
a day
Of its 679 postcodes:
- under 10
- 679
On a day it flies both ways, 24% of days
Up to 16
a day
Of its 679 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 566
- under 10
- 113
On a day it flies east, 38% of days
Up to 25
a day
Of its 679 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 651
- under 10
- 28
Each sector's bar splits its postcodes by how many planes pass over them a day; the figure above it counts those in the busiest band the sector reaches. The list above gives the whole district's counts.
| Sector | Flying west38% of days | Both ways24% of days | Flying east38% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| B71 1194 postcodes | 194 under 10 | 194 at 10 to 99 | 194 at 10 to 99 |
| B71 2192 postcodes | 192 under 10 | 192 at 10 to 99 | 192 at 10 to 99 |
| B71 3187 postcodes | 187 under 10 | 74 at 10 to 99 | 159 at 10 to 99 |
| B71 4106 postcodes | 106 under 10 | 106 at 10 to 99 | 106 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. PO boxes and other postcodes for organisations that receive a lot of post are left out: they sit at a delivery office or a business, not at homes.
Near B71
B70 WS10 WS5 DY4 B69 B21 WS1 B66
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.