Aircraft noise in Alaska towns

NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 64 Alaska towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 3; 6 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).

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Largest cities

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
Anchorage10.3286,075
Fairbanks83131,856
Juneau10.131,555
Badger31.419,482
Knik-Fairview51014,923
College62112,964
Wasilla48.59,945
Sitka10.18,282
Tanaina32.68,197
Ketchikan108,079
Kalifornsky32.57,850
Kenai6187,746

Quietest towns

Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
Valdez10.13,805
Craig10.11,041
Anchor Point10.21,930
Sutton-Alpine10.21,447
Susitna North10.21,260
Healy10.21,021
Fishhook10.34,679
Willow20.42,102
Salcha20.61,095
Bear Creek20.71,956

Noisiest towns

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
Fairbanks83131,856
Palmer6336,378
Kotzebue6282,979
College62112,964
Farmers Loop6214,853
Kenai6187,746
Big Lake5113,350
Homer5116,040
Ridgeway5112,022
Soldotna5104,577

All Alaska towns

A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R S T U V W

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
A
Akutan101,586
Anchor Point10.21,930
Anchorage10.3286,075
B
Badger31.419,482
Bear Creek20.71,956
Bethel106,292
Big Lake5113,350
Butte45.03,246
C
Chena Ridge59.25,791
Cohoe21.21,364
College62112,964
Cordova32.32,473
Craig10.11,041
D
Deltana102,251
Diamond Ridge21.21,156
Dillingham10.32,126
E
Eielson AFB32.82,647
Ester33.12,422
F
Fairbanks83131,856
Farm Loop33.01,028
Farmers Loop6214,853
Fishhook10.34,679
Fritz Creek21.21,932
G
Gateway46.15,552
Goldstream33.03,557
H
Haines101,713
Healy10.21,021
Homer5116,040
Hooper Bay101,308
Houston34.52,146
J
Juneau10.131,555
K
Kalifornsky32.57,850
Kenai6187,746
Ketchikan108,079
Knik-Fairview51014,923
Kodiak48.45,354
Kodiak Station45.41,301
Kotzebue6282,979
L
Lazy Mountain21.01,479
M
Meadow Lakes34.27,570
Metlakatla101,405
N
Nikiski32.44,493
Nome103,639
North Pole33.32,427
P
Palmer6336,378
Petersburg102,948
Prudhoe Bay102,174
R
Ridgeway5112,022
S
Salcha20.61,095
Seward46.32,735
Sitka10.18,282
Soldotna5104,577
Steele Creek32.36,662
Sterling33.05,617
Susitna North10.21,260
Sutton-Alpine10.21,447
T
Tanaina32.68,197
Tok30.61,258
U
Unalaska104,214
Utqiaġvik104,694
V
Valdez10.13,805
W
Wasilla48.59,945
Willow20.42,102
Wrangell102,064

Loud / day: aircraft louder than 60 dBA outdoors per day. Flight data November 13, 2025 to November 11, 2026. How the score works.