Planes overhead in NG8
City of Nottingham and Broxtowe, Nottingham. All 1,157 of its postcodes measured (36 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 NG8. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 58% of days
Up to 10
a day
Of its 1,157 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 41
- under 10
- 1,116
On a day it flies both ways, 20% of days
Up to 5
a day
Of its 1,157 postcodes:
- under 10
- 1,157
On a day it flies east, 22% of days
Up to 1
a day
Of its 1,157 postcodes:
- under 10
- 1,157
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NG8 1161 postcodes | 8 at 10 to 99 | 161 under 10 | 161 under 10 |
| NG8 2228 postcodes | 33 at 10 to 99 | 228 under 10 | 228 under 10 |
| NG8 3182 postcodes | 182 under 10 | 182 under 10 | 182 under 10 |
| NG8 4157 postcodes | 157 under 10 | 157 under 10 | 157 under 10 |
| NG8 5227 postcodes | 227 under 10 | 227 under 10 | 227 under 10 |
| NG8 6202 postcodes | 202 under 10 | 202 under 10 | 202 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 NG8
NG7 NG9 NG2 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.