Planes overhead in WA14
Trafford, Greater Manchester. 1,038 of its 1,094 postcodes measured, the ones in Trafford (37 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 WA14. Across its postcodes, January to August 2026:
On a day it flies west, 70% of days
Up to 73
a day
Of its 1,038 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 806
- under 10
- 232
On a day it flies both ways, 10% of days
Up to 42
a day
Of its 1,038 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 912
- under 10
- 126
On a day it flies east, 20% of days
Up to 26
a day
Of its 1,038 postcodes:
- 10 to 99
- 1,021
- under 10
- 17
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA14 1155 postcodes | 155 at 10 to 99 | 155 at 10 to 99 | 155 at 10 to 99 |
| WA14 2226 postcodes | 134 at 10 to 99 | 218 at 10 to 99 | 226 at 10 to 99 |
| WA14 3166 postcodes | 26 at 10 to 99 | 48 at 10 to 99 | 151 at 10 to 99 |
| WA14 4226 postcodes | 226 at 10 to 99 | 226 at 10 to 99 | 226 at 10 to 99 |
| WA14 5265 postcodes | 265 at 10 to 99 | 265 at 10 to 99 | 263 at 10 to 99 |
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 WA14
WA15 M33 M23 M31 M90 M22 M41 M44
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.