Planes overhead in OL9
Oldham, Greater Manchester. All 953 of its postcodes measured (19 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 OL9. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 70% of days
Up to 29
a day
Of its 953 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 909
- under 10
- 44
On a day it flies both ways, 10% of days
Up to 15
a day
Of its 953 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 771
- under 10
- 182
On a day it flies east, 20% of days
Up to 1
a day
Of its 953 postcodes:
- under 10
- 953
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OL9 0194 postcodes | 194 at 10 to 99 | 193 at 10 to 99 | 194 under 10 |
| OL9 6158 postcodes | 158 at 10 to 99 | 158 at 10 to 99 | 158 under 10 |
| OL9 7175 postcodes | 169 at 10 to 99 | 131 at 10 to 99 | 175 under 10 |
| OL9 8174 postcodes | 151 at 10 to 99 | 74 at 10 to 99 | 174 under 10 |
| OL9 9252 postcodes | 237 at 10 to 99 | 215 at 10 to 99 | 252 under 10 |
9 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 OL9
OL8 OL1 M24 OL2 OL4 M40 M9 OL7
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.