Aircraft noise in Delaware towns

NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 52 Delaware towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 3.5; 9 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).

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Largest cities

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
Wilmington62071,675
Dover43.639,894
Newark45.830,169
Middletown33.625,022
Bear48.019,371
Brookside51214,353
Glasgow49.114,303
Hockessin51013,527
Milford32.013,289
Smyrna46.913,277
Pike Creek Valley59.311,217
Seaford20.48,735

Quietest towns

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

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
Long Neck10.41,980
Laurel20.44,275
Ocean View20.52,937
Millville20.62,049
Delmar20.82,216
Millsboro20.97,637
Selbyville21.03,184
Rehoboth Beach21.21,220
Bethany Beach21.71,059
Bridgeville31.22,829

Noisiest towns

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
Claymont81148,253
Wilmington Manor7577,889
Bellefonte6261,233
New Castle6265,549
Cheswold6262,257
Edgemoor6235,677
Elsmere6216,157
Wilmington62071,675
Greenville6172,326
Delaware City5131,905

All Delaware towns

B C D E F G H K L M N O P R S T W

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
B
Bear48.019,371
Bellefonte6261,233
Bethany Beach21.71,059
Blades20.51,295
Bridgeville31.22,829
Brookside51214,353
C
Camden31.54,188
Cheswold6262,257
Claymont81148,253
Clayton46.74,399
D
Delaware City5131,905
Delmar20.82,216
Dover43.639,894
Dover Base Housing58.93,450
E
Edgemoor6235,677
Elsmere6216,157
F
Felton32.01,356
Frederica44.61,116
G
Georgetown46.97,873
Glasgow49.114,303
Greenville6172,326
Greenwood32.21,089
H
Harrington32.13,860
Highland Acres32.73,459
Hockessin51013,527
K
Kent Acres33.41,890
L
Laurel20.44,275
Lewes51.93,604
Long Neck10.41,980
M
Middletown33.625,022
Milford32.013,289
Millsboro20.97,637
Millville20.62,049
Milton32.13,675
N
New Castle6265,549
Newark45.830,169
North Star45.37,980
O
Ocean View20.52,937
P
Pike Creek47.77,898
Pike Creek Valley59.311,217
R
Rehoboth Beach21.21,220
Rising Sun-Lebanon32.93,391
Riverview31.92,456
Rodney Village32.31,487
S
Seaford20.48,735
Selbyville21.03,184
Smyrna46.913,277
T
Townsend33.32,832
W
Wilmington62071,675
Wilmington Manor7577,889
Woodside East41.72,316
Wyoming31.51,868

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