About NoiseAbove
Airport noise maps usually stop at the airport fence: official studies cover the busiest airports and the loudest few miles around them. But people live under helicopter routes, flight-school practice areas, crop-dusting fields, military training routes and the approach paths of small airports too, and those don't show up on most maps.
NoiseAbove estimates aircraft noise everywhere in the 50 states from what actually flew. It takes a year of recorded flight tracks for every aircraft that broadcasts its position (airliners, business jets, small planes, helicopters, crop dusters and some military aircraft), works out how loud each one was on the ground, and sums it up for every 1.5 km square.
What you get
- A 1–10 score for any address, town or point on the map, from minimal to extreme.
- How often loud aircraft pass by day and by night, and the average sound level.
- What makes the noise: airliners, helicopters, small planes, military and more.
- A confidence rating and blind-spot map, because flight-tracking coverage near the ground has gaps.
- Context: nearby airports, military airfields, training routes and special-use airspace.
Who it's for
Home buyers and renters checking a neighborhood, people who work from home or sleep lightly, and anyone curious about what's flying overhead. Research has linked aircraft noise to lower home values, so it's worth checking before you buy.
Browse by town
Every US town and city with 1,000 or more people has its own page: score, loud overflights by day and night, what makes the noise, nearby airports and military flying, and how it compares with the rest of the state. Start at aircraft noise by state.
How it's made
The methodology page explains the score, the noise model, its limits and every data source. The results are estimates, not measurements: please read the limits before relying on a score.
Contact
Questions, corrections, data requests or partnership ideas: hello@noiseabove.com.
If a score looks wrong where you live (for example a busy helicopter route that isn't showing up), tell us the location and what you hear. Local reports help find gaps in flight-tracking coverage.