Planes overhead in BS15
South Gloucestershire and City of Bristol, Bristol. All 1,131 of its postcodes measured (31 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 BS15. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 54% of days
Up to 15
a day
Of its 1,131 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 586
- under 10
- 545
On a day it flies both ways, 21% of days
Up to 19
a day
Of its 1,131 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 691
- under 10
- 440
On a day it flies east, 25% of days
Up to 33
a day
Of its 1,131 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 333
- under 10
- 798
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS15 1282 postcodes | 187 at 10 to 99 | 54 at 10 to 99 | 282 under 10 |
| BS15 3227 postcodes | 227 under 10 | 137 at 10 to 99 | 176 at 10 to 99 |
| BS15 4274 postcodes | 274 at 10 to 99 | 274 at 10 to 99 | 274 under 10 |
| BS15 8176 postcodes | 26 at 10 to 99 | 54 at 10 to 99 | 25 at 10 to 99 |
| BS15 9172 postcodes | 99 at 10 to 99 | 172 at 10 to 99 | 132 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 BS15
BS30 BS16 BS5 BS4 BS31 BS7 BS14 BS34
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.