Planes overhead in OL1
Oldham, Greater Manchester. All 697 of its postcodes measured (80 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 OL1. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 70% of days
Up to 30
a day
Of its 697 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 697
On a day it flies both ways, 10% of days
Up to 15
a day
Of its 697 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 667
- under 10
- 30
On a day it flies east, 20% of days
Up to 1
a day
Of its 697 postcodes:
- under 10
- 697
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OL1 182 postcodes | 82 at 10 to 99 | 82 at 10 to 99 | 82 under 10 |
| OL1 2200 postcodes | 200 at 10 to 99 | 200 at 10 to 99 | 200 under 10 |
| OL1 3171 postcodes | 171 at 10 to 99 | 171 at 10 to 99 | 171 under 10 |
| OL1 4222 postcodes | 222 at 10 to 99 | 192 at 10 to 99 | 222 under 10 |
| OL1 922 postcodes | 22 at 10 to 99 | 22 at 10 to 99 | 22 under 10 |
6 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 OL1
OL4 OL2 OL9 OL8 OL5 M24 OL3 OL6
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.