Planes overhead in BS29
North Somerset, Bristol. All 137 of its postcodes measured, 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 BS29. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 54% of days
Up to 19
a day
Of its 137 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 18
- under 10
- 119
On a day it flies both ways, 21% of days
Up to 10
a day
Of its 137 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 2
- under 10
- 135
On a day it flies east, 25% of days
Up to 2
a day
Of its 137 postcodes:
- under 10
- 137
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS29 6137 postcodes | 18 at 10 to 99 | 2 at 10 to 99 | 137 under 10 |
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 BS29
BS24 BS22 BS23 BS49 BS21 BS40 BS41 BS20
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.