Planes overhead in M19
Manchester and Stockport, Greater Manchester. All 801 of its postcodes measured (6 PO boxes and other large-user postcodes left out), January to August 2026.
From Manchester
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way Manchester flies, and that decides how many pass over M19. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 70% of days
Up to 2
a day
Of its 801 postcodes:
- under 10
- 801
On a day it flies both ways, 10% of days
Up to 33
a day
Of its 801 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 194
- under 10
- 607
On a day it flies east, 20% of days
Up to 66
a day
Of its 801 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 268
- under 10
- 533
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 west70% of days | Both ways10% of days | Flying east20% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| M19 1304 postcodes | 304 under 10 | 194 at 10 to 99 | 254 at 10 to 99 |
| M19 2280 postcodes | 280 under 10 | 280 under 10 | 14 at 10 to 99 |
| M19 3217 postcodes | 217 under 10 | 217 under 10 | 217 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 M19
SK4 M14 M20 SK5 SK1 SK3 M16 M21
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for Manchester. 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.