Planes overhead in M24
Rochdale, Oldham, Bury and Manchester, Greater Manchester. All 1,248 of its postcodes measured (21 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 M24. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 70% of days
Up to 36
a day
Of its 1,248 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 1,248
On a day it flies both ways, 10% of days
Up to 19
a day
Of its 1,248 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 1,132
- under 10
- 116
On a day it flies east, 20% of days
Up to 1
a day
Of its 1,248 postcodes:
- under 10
- 1,248
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| M24 1270 postcodes | 270 at 10 to 99 | 173 at 10 to 99 | 270 under 10 |
| M24 2328 postcodes | 328 at 10 to 99 | 328 at 10 to 99 | 328 under 10 |
| M24 4271 postcodes | 271 at 10 to 99 | 252 at 10 to 99 | 271 under 10 |
| M24 5226 postcodes | 226 at 10 to 99 | 226 at 10 to 99 | 226 under 10 |
| M24 6153 postcodes | 153 at 10 to 99 | 153 at 10 to 99 | 153 under 10 |
4 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 M24
M9 OL9 OL10 M40 M25 OL1 M45 OL8
The councils
- Rochdale: noise and liveability score
- Oldham: noise and liveability score
- Bury: noise and liveability score
- Manchester: noise and liveability score
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.