Planes overhead in BA2
Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol. 2,059 of its 2,180 postcodes measured, the ones in Bath and North East Somerset (33 PO boxes and other large-user postcodes left out), January to August 2026.
From Bristol
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Bristol flies, and that decides how many pass over BA2. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 54% of days
Up to 69
a day
Of its 2,059 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 227
- under 10
- 1,832
On a day it flies both ways, 21% of days
Up to 40
a day
Of its 2,059 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 199
- under 10
- 1,860
On a day it flies east, 25% of days
Up to 17
a day
Of its 2,059 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 9
- under 10
- 2,050
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 west54% of days | Both ways21% of days | Flying east25% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| BA2 0195 postcodes | 155 at 10 to 99 | 153 at 10 to 99 | 8 at 10 to 99 |
| BA2 1232 postcodes | 232 under 10 | 232 under 10 | 232 under 10 |
| BA2 2254 postcodes | 254 under 10 | 254 under 10 | 254 under 10 |
| BA2 3218 postcodes | 218 under 10 | 218 under 10 | 218 under 10 |
| BA2 4195 postcodes | 195 under 10 | 195 under 10 | 195 under 10 |
| BA2 5227 postcodes | 227 under 10 | 227 under 10 | 227 under 10 |
| BA2 6252 postcodes | 252 under 10 | 252 under 10 | 252 under 10 |
| BA2 7163 postcodes | 163 under 10 | 163 under 10 | 163 under 10 |
| BA2 8228 postcodes | 6 at 10 to 99 | 228 under 10 | 228 under 10 |
| BA2 995 postcodes | 66 at 10 to 99 | 46 at 10 to 99 | 1 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 BA2
BA1 BS31 BA3 BS39 BS30 BS14 BS15 BS4
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Bristol. 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.