Planes overhead in BS20
North Somerset, Bristol. All 823 of its postcodes measured (37 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 BS20. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 54% of days
Up to 2
a day
Of its 823 postcodes:
- under 10
- 823
On a day it flies both ways, 21% of days
Up to 8
a day
Of its 823 postcodes:
- under 10
- 823
On a day it flies east, 25% of days
Up to 15
a day
Of its 823 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 807
- under 10
- 16
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS20 0173 postcodes | 173 under 10 | 173 under 10 | 170 at 10 to 99 |
| BS20 6222 postcodes | 222 under 10 | 222 under 10 | 222 at 10 to 99 |
| BS20 7290 postcodes | 290 under 10 | 290 under 10 | 277 at 10 to 99 |
| BS20 8138 postcodes | 138 under 10 | 138 under 10 | 138 at 10 to 99 |
2 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. 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 BS20
BS11 BS21 BS8 BS41 BS10 BS49 BS7 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.