Police Helicopter to Birmingham Airport

Friday, 1 May 2026 | 16:08 | From West Oxfordshire

Flight path map showing Police Helicopter route from West Oxfordshire to Birmingham Airport

On Friday, 1 May 2026 at 16:08, a Police Helicopter departed from West Oxfordshire to Birmingham Airport. It was the Police Helicopter with registration number G-POLJ. The flight lasted 32 minutes. During that period, the aircraft travelled 58 miles at an average speed of 111 miles per hour at a maximum altitude of 1200 feet.

Helicopter: G-POLJ

The helicopter G-POLJ is used by the British police. The helicopter is deployed in pursuits, missing persons cases and other incidents where a helicopter provides added value.

Photo: Alec Wilson

59 miles

1200 feet

111 mph

32 minutes

16:08

16:40

Flight tracking overview, altitude and location

Route

Birmingham Airport, Birmingham, West Midlands16:40

Garretts Green, Birmingham16:38

Sparkbrook, Birmingham16:37

Balsall Heath, Birmingham16:36

Sparkbrook, Birmingham16:35

Balsall Heath, Birmingham16:35

Wake Green, Birmingham16:34

Sparkbrook, Birmingham16:34

Wake Green, Birmingham16:32

Sparkbrook, Birmingham16:32

Wake Green, Birmingham16:30

Sparkbrook, Birmingham16:30

Balsall Heath, Birmingham16:30

Wake Green, Birmingham16:29

Sparkbrook, Birmingham16:29

Balsall Heath, Birmingham16:29

Wake Green, Birmingham16:28

Balsall Heath, Birmingham16:27

Wake Green, Birmingham16:27

Yardley Wood, Birmingham16:26

Yardley Wood, Solihull16:26

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire16:26

Shirley, Solihull16:25

Solihull, Solihull16:25

Tanworth in Arden CP, Warwickshire16:23

Ullenhall, Warwickshire16:22

Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire16:22

Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire16:21

Wootton Wawen CP, Warwickshire16:21

Aston Cantlow, Warwickshire16:21

Wilmcote CP, Warwickshire16:20

Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire16:20

Wilmcote CP, Warwickshire16:20

Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire16:19

Binton, Warwickshire16:19

Clifford Chambers, Warwickshire16:19

Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire16:18

Clifford Chambers, Warwickshire16:18

Shackleton Village, Warwickshire16:18

Lower Quinton, Warwickshire16:17

Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire16:17

Home Farm Airstrip, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire16:17

Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire16:16

Ilmington CP, Warwickshire16:16

Tredington CP, Warwickshire16:15

Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire16:14

Willington, Warwickshire16:14

Burmington, Warwickshire16:14

Todenham, Gloucestershire16:13

Cherington, Warwickshire16:13

Little Wolford, Warwickshire16:13

Long Compton, Warwickshire16:12

Great Rollright, Oxfordshire16:11

Over Norton, Oxfordshire16:11

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire16:10

Heythrop, Oxfordshire16:10

Enstone, Oxfordshire16:09

West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire16:08

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