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NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 125 Connecticut towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 3; 21 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).
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Largest cities
Town Score Loud / day People Bridgeport 4 8.1 148,028 Stamford 7 49 136,226 New Haven 4 6.1 135,319 Hartford 4 6.9 119,669 Waterbury 3 2.0 114,990 Norwalk 5 15 92,458 Danbury 5 17 86,124 New Britain 4 5.3 74,080 West Hartford 3 3.2 63,268 Bristol 4 4.0 61,601 Meriden 4 6.6 60,111 West Haven 4 5.9 54,790
Quietest towns
Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).
Town Score Loud / day People Canaan 2 0.6 1,212 Torrington 2 0.8 35,550 Litchfield 2 0.9 1,210 Quinebaug 2 0.9 1,133 Stafford Springs 2 1.0 4,988 Plainfield Village 2 1.0 2,557 Wauregan 2 1.0 1,205 New Preston 2 1.0 1,182 Northwest Harwinton 2 1.1 3,252 Baltic 2 1.2 1,250
Noisiest towns
Town Score Loud / day People Byram 8 116 4,146 Glenville 8 98 2,327 Thompsonville 8 70 8,577 Pemberwick 8 70 3,680 Suffield Depot 8 70 1,325 Sherwood Manor 8 63 5,410 Stamford 7 49 136,226 Tariffville 7 33 1,324 Weatogue 7 26 2,776 Southport 6 23 1,585
All Connecticut towns
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Town Score Loud / day People A Ansonia 4 4.6 19,008 B Baltic 2 1.2 1,250 Bethel 3 4.2 9,549 Bethlehem Village 3 2.8 2,021 Blue Hills 6 16 2,901 Branford Center 5 12 5,819 Bridgeport 4 8.1 148,028 Bristol 4 4.0 61,601 Broad Brook 6 22 4,069 Byram 8 116 4,146 C Canaan 2 0.6 1,212 Canton Valley 4 6.0 1,580 Cheshire Village 3 3.5 5,786 Chester Center 3 2.7 1,558 Clinton 2 1.6 3,368 Colchester 2 1.7 4,781 Collinsville 4 5.6 3,746 Conning Towers-Nautilus Park 4 5.3 8,834 Cos Cob 6 18 6,770 Coventry Lake 2 1.4 2,990 Crystal Lake 3 2.3 1,945 D Danbury 5 17 86,124 Danielson 3 3.4 4,219 Deep River Center 3 3.7 2,484 Derby 4 4.5 12,406 Durham 3 2.4 2,933 E East Brooklyn 3 3.1 1,638 East Hampton 2 1.9 2,691 East Hartford 5 14 51,252 East Haven 5 9.8 29,257 Essex Village 3 2.1 2,495 G Gales Ferry 3 3.0 1,162 Georgetown 3 3.4 1,805 Glastonbury Center 5 12 7,387 Glenville 8 98 2,327 Greenwich 5 15 12,942 Groton 6 21 9,302 Guilford Center 3 2.9 2,597 H Hartford 4 6.9 119,669 Hazardville 5 11 4,599 Heritage Village 3 3.0 3,736 Higganum 3 2.1 1,698 J Jewett City 2 1.3 3,451 K Kensington 4 4.3 8,459 L Lake Pocotopaug 3 2.6 3,436 Litchfield 2 0.9 1,210 Long Hill 6 20 4,205 M Madison Center 3 2.3 2,290 Manchester 5 12 30,577 Meriden 4 6.6 60,111 Middletown 3 2.5 47,984 Milford city (balance) 4 7.1 50,421 Moodus 2 1.5 1,413 Moosup 2 1.3 3,231 Mystic 3 3.8 4,205 N Naugatuck 4 4.9 31,820 New Britain 4 5.3 74,080 New Hartford Center 4 5.4 1,385 New Haven 4 6.1 135,319 New London 5 11 27,560 New Milford 2 1.5 6,523 New Preston 2 1.0 1,182 Newington 3 4.0 30,562 Newtown 3 4.3 1,953 Niantic 3 2.7 3,114 Noank 4 8.5 1,796 North Granby 5 8.0 1,944 North Grosvenor Dale 2 1.4 1,530 North Haven 4 5.1 24,093 Northwest Harwinton 2 1.1 3,252 Norwalk 5 15 92,458 Norwich 5 4.2 39,881 O Oakville 3 1.9 9,047 Old Greenwich 6 18 6,611 Old Mystic 3 4.6 3,554 Old Saybrook Center 3 2.9 2,039 Orange 3 3.8 13,956 Oxoboxo River 2 1.8 3,165 P Pawcatuck 3 3.5 5,624 Pemberwick 8 70 3,680 Plainfield Village 2 1.0 2,557 Poquonock Bridge 6 21 1,727 Portland 3 2.8 5,862 Putnam 3 1.2 7,214 Q Quinebaug 2 0.9 1,133 R Ridgefield 5 15 7,645 Riverside 5 11 8,416 Rockville 4 6.0 7,474 S Salmon Brook 6 17 2,324 Saybrook Manor 2 1.8 1,052 Shelton 3 3.4 42,144 Sherwood Manor 8 63 5,410 Simsbury Center 6 17 5,836 Somers 6 18 1,789 South Coventry 2 1.4 1,483 South Windham 3 2.5 1,421 South Woodstock 2 1.3 1,291 Southport 6 23 1,585 Southwood Acres 5 12 7,657 Stafford Springs 2 1.0 4,988 Stamford 7 49 136,226 Storrs 3 1.8 15,344 Suffield Depot 8 70 1,325 T Tariffville 7 33 1,324 Terramuggus 3 2.1 1,025 Terryville 3 2.7 5,387 Thomaston 3 1.9 1,910 Thompsonville 8 70 8,577 Torrington 2 0.8 35,550 W Wallingford Center 4 6.4 18,209 Waterbury 3 2.0 114,990 Waterford 4 5.1 2,887 Watertown 3 2.7 3,574 Wauregan 2 1.0 1,205 Weatogue 7 26 2,776 West Hartford 3 3.2 63,268 West Haven 4 5.9 54,790 West Simsbury 3 2.9 2,447 Westbrook Center 3 2.5 2,413 Wethersfield 4 8.2 26,668 Willimantic 3 4.1 17,737 Windsor Locks 6 18 12,498 Winsted 3 3.0 7,712 Woodbury Center 3 2.1 1,294 Woodmont 4 5.3 2,372
Loud / day: aircraft louder than 60 dBA outdoors per day. Flight data November 13, 2025 to November 11, 2026. How the score works .