Planes overhead in NG7
City of Nottingham, Nottingham. All 1,136 of its postcodes measured (44 PO boxes and other large-user postcodes left out), January to August 2026.
From East Midlands
Planes land and take off into the wind, so the weather decides which way East Midlands flies, and that decides how many pass over NG7. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 58% of days
Up to 10
a day
Of its 1,136 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 90
- under 10
- 1,046
On a day it flies both ways, 20% of days
Up to 6
a day
Of its 1,136 postcodes:
- under 10
- 1,136
On a day it flies east, 22% of days
Up to 1
a day
Of its 1,136 postcodes:
- under 10
- 1,136
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 west58% of days | Both ways20% of days | Flying east22% of days |
|---|---|---|---|
| NG7 1226 postcodes | 226 under 10 | 226 under 10 | 226 under 10 |
| NG7 2222 postcodes | 90 at 10 to 99 | 222 under 10 | 222 under 10 |
| NG7 3171 postcodes | 171 under 10 | 171 under 10 | 171 under 10 |
| NG7 496 postcodes | 96 under 10 | 96 under 10 | 96 under 10 |
| NG7 5155 postcodes | 155 under 10 | 155 under 10 | 155 under 10 |
| NG7 6135 postcodes | 135 under 10 | 135 under 10 | 135 under 10 |
| NG7 7131 postcodes | 131 under 10 | 131 under 10 | 131 under 10 |
1 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 NG7
NG8 NG2 NG9 NG11 NG12 DE74 LE12 LE14
The councils
Where these figures come from
Counted from community flight tracking, checked against the CAA's monthly totals for East Midlands. 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.