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Aircraft noise in Georgia towns
NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 355 Georgia towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 3; 56 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).
1 Minimal: 87 2–3 Minor: 137 4–5 Moderate: 75 6–7 Major: 32 8–9 Severe: 15 10 Extreme: 9
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Largest cities
Town Score Loud / day People Atlanta 5 11 510,823 Columbus 2 0.4 201,877 Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance) 4 6.2 200,884 Macon-Bibb County 2 1.2 156,512 Savannah 6 27 147,748 Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) 4 7.1 128,628 South Fulton 10 548 110,920 Sandy Springs 6 18 105,793 Roswell 5 12 91,706 Warner Robins 4 1.1 84,537 Johns Creek 5 10 81,108 Alpharetta 5 13 67,056
Quietest towns
Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).
Town Score Loud / day People McCaysville 1 0.1 1,169 Dublin 1 0.2 16,008 Cuthbert 1 0.2 2,915 Clarkesville 1 0.2 2,135 Brooklet 1 0.2 2,063 Buena Vista 1 0.2 1,539 Omega 1 0.2 1,320 Rochelle 1 0.2 1,138 Forsyth 1 0.3 4,901 Cleveland 1 0.3 3,539
Noisiest towns
Town Score Loud / day People Conley 10 1,051 6,228 College Park 10 968 13,867 South Fulton 10 548 110,920 East Point 10 547 38,115 Forest Park 10 542 19,368 Lake City 10 516 2,896 Hapeville 10 313 6,691 Candler-McAfee 10 297 23,025 Fairburn 10 259 16,661 Panthersville 9 210 9,749
All Georgia towns
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Town Score Loud / day People A Abbeville 1 0.3 2,844 Acworth 5 12 22,379 Adairsville 2 1.0 5,052 Adel 2 1.0 5,700 Alamo 1 0.1 2,811 Albany 4 5.3 66,877 Alma 1 0 3,472 Alpharetta 5 13 67,056 Americus 3 2.0 15,703 Aragon 3 1.1 1,502 Arcade 3 2.8 1,980 Arlington 2 0.5 1,149 Ashburn 2 0.6 4,196 Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) 4 7.1 128,628 Atlanta 5 11 510,823 Auburn 6 18 9,688 Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance) 4 6.2 200,884 Austell 5 8.9 8,148 Avondale Estates 8 97 3,524 B Bainbridge 2 1.5 14,423 Baldwin 5 9.9 4,003 Ball Ground 3 3.6 3,039 Barnesville 2 0.9 6,329 Baxley 1 0.1 4,945 Belvedere Park 9 189 15,152 Berkeley Lake 5 14 2,029 Blackshear 1 0 3,646 Blakely 5 5.8 5,218 Bloomingdale 8 75 3,129 Blue Ridge 1 0.1 1,233 Bogart 3 2.2 1,350 Bonanza 5 11 3,135 Boston 1 0.4 1,216 Bowdon 2 0.6 2,211 Braselton 3 2.8 15,538 Bremen 3 2.8 7,712 Brookhaven 7 62 57,945 Brooklet 1 0.2 2,063 Broxton 1 0.3 1,075 Brunswick 4 5.7 15,404 Buena Vista 1 0.2 1,539 Buford 4 6.8 18,273 Butler 3 2.9 1,832 Byron 3 2.4 6,132 C Cairo 1 0.4 10,007 Calhoun 3 2.0 18,900 Camilla 2 1.1 5,089 Candler-McAfee 10 297 23,025 Canton 4 6.9 36,857 Carrollton 3 2.4 27,793 Cartersville 3 3.7 24,937 Cave Spring 1 0.4 1,204 Cedartown 2 0.8 10,300 Centerville 3 1.9 8,470 Chamblee 9 202 31,841 Chatsworth 3 1.0 4,883 Chattahoochee Hills 7 53 3,361 Chattanooga Valley 3 3.5 3,846 Chester 2 0.7 1,477 Chickamauga 3 3.4 3,057 Clarkesville 1 0.2 2,135 Clarkston 6 31 14,396 Claxton 1 0.1 2,474 Clayton 1 0.2 2,063 Clermont 2 1.1 1,126 Cleveland 1 0.3 3,539 Cochran 3 1.5 4,749 College Park 10 968 13,867 Colquitt 5 2.8 1,894 Columbus 2 0.4 201,877 Comer 1 0.2 1,599 Commerce 2 0.6 8,287 Conley 10 1,051 6,228 Conyers 6 28 19,505 Cordele 2 0.8 9,868 Cornelia 5 14 5,309 Country Club Estates 4 5.7 8,545 Covington 3 2.8 14,677 Cumming 4 5.0 9,471 Cusseta-Chattahoochee County unified government 3 0.2 8,661 Cuthbert 1 0.2 2,915 D Dacula 5 11 7,650 Dahlonega 2 1.0 7,585 Dallas 4 7.0 14,985 Dalton 2 1.4 34,508 Darien 3 1.9 1,678 Davisboro 1 0.1 1,939 Dawson 2 1.5 4,200 Dawsonville 2 1.7 4,627 Decatur 8 96 24,307 Deenwood 1 0.2 2,146 Demorest 2 0.6 2,046 Dock Junction 3 3.5 7,721 Donalsonville 4 2.8 2,826 Doraville 7 55 10,780 Douglas 2 0.4 11,769 Douglasville 7 48 39,049 Druid Hills 7 16 14,568 Dublin 1 0.2 16,008 Duluth 5 11 32,350 Dunwoody 6 31 51,713 Dutch Island 4 6.2 1,257 E East Dublin 1 0.2 2,499 East Ellijay 1 0.2 1,394 East Griffin 3 3.9 1,451 East Newnan 6 23 1,321 East Point 10 547 38,115 Eastman 3 2.8 5,568 Eatonton 2 0.5 6,579 Echols County consolidated government 1 0 3,709 Edison 1 0.3 1,177 Elberton 1 0.3 4,778 Ellaville 2 0.3 1,541 Ellijay 1 0.4 1,938 Emerson 3 4.3 1,437 Enigma 1 0.4 1,098 Euharlee 3 3.5 4,168 Evans 3 2.5 29,011 Experiment 4 6.0 2,894 F Fair Oaks 6 21 8,225 Fairburn 10 259 16,661 Fairview 4 5.4 6,769 Fayetteville 6 21 20,083 Fitzgerald 2 0.6 8,942 Flowery Branch 3 3.3 11,607 Folkston 2 0.6 4,684 Forest Park 10 542 19,368 Forsyth 1 0.3 4,901 Fort Oglethorpe 6 27 10,598 Fort Stewart 2 0.6 4,924 Fort Valley 3 1.9 8,868 Franklin Springs 1 0.1 1,167 G Gainesville 6 25 47,265 Garden City 5 14 10,373 Georgetown 5 8.1 11,823 Georgetown-Quitman County unified government 1 0.2 2,280 Glennville 1 0 5,245 Gordon 1 0.3 1,742 Grantville 4 4.7 3,278 Gray 1 0.4 3,513 Grayson 6 20 4,975 Greensboro 1 0.3 3,605 Gresham Park 6 13 7,432 Griffin 5 11 24,044 Grovetown 3 2.3 17,580 Gumlog 1 0.1 2,146 Guyton 4 6.0 2,925 H Hahira 2 1.1 3,459 Hamilton 2 1.3 1,763 Hampton 7 39 9,162 Hannahs Mill 3 1.9 3,298 Hapeville 10 313 6,691 Hardwick 2 0.9 3,930 Harlem 2 1.2 3,992 Hartwell 1 0.1 4,638 Hawkinsville 2 0.6 4,100 Hazlehurst 1 0.1 4,071 Henderson 3 3.8 1,647 Hephzibah 4 4.4 3,815 Heron Bay 3 4.2 3,384 Hiawassee 2 0.5 1,002 Hinesville 2 0.6 36,181 Hiram 4 7.6 5,353 Hogansville 2 1.6 3,234 Holly Springs 3 2.5 19,540 Homer 1 0.3 1,647 Homerville 1 0 2,327 Hoschton 4 4.3 5,388 I Indian Springs 5 13 2,241 Irondale 4 5.6 7,446 Isle of Hope 3 3.3 2,402 Ivey 1 0.2 1,026 J Jackson 4 4.7 5,854 Jasper 3 3.7 4,970 Jefferson 3 2.8 15,756 Jesup 1 0.1 10,065 Johns Creek 5 10 81,108 Jonesboro 5 15 6,140 K Kennesaw 7 43 34,683 Kings Bay Base 3 1.3 1,777 Kingsland 2 0.7 20,343 L LaFayette 3 2.2 7,044 LaGrange 3 2.9 32,343 Lake City 10 516 2,896 Lake Park 1 0.3 1,485 Lakeland 1 0.1 3,008 Lakeview 5 14 4,839 Lakeview Estates 7 36 2,695 Lavonia 1 0.1 2,167 Lawrenceville 7 35 31,015 Leesburg 3 1.1 3,553 Lilburn 5 9.4 15,862 Lincolnton 1 0.2 1,419 Lindale 2 0.8 4,191 Lithia Springs 4 8.1 15,491 Lithonia 8 76 2,583 Locust Grove 3 2.6 11,199 Loganville 5 12 16,516 Lookout Mountain 4 5.4 1,671 Louisville 1 0.2 2,289 Lovejoy 4 3.8 12,080 Ludowici 1 0.2 1,846 Lula 2 1.6 2,993 Lyons 1 0.3 4,195 M Mableton 7 42 37,115 Macon-Bibb County 2 1.2 156,512 Madison 1 0.3 4,964 Manchester 2 0.4 3,528 Marietta 5 11 62,769 Martinez 3 4.2 35,795 Maysville 2 1.3 2,167 McCaysville 1 0.1 1,169 McDonough 3 3.2 32,138 McRae-Helena 2 0.5 4,759 Metter 1 0.2 3,986 Midway 2 1.4 2,253 Milledgeville 3 2.1 16,486 Millen 2 0.3 2,960 Milton 4 5.4 41,383 Monroe 3 2.5 15,929 Montezuma 2 0.5 2,898 Montgomery 3 4.0 4,523 Monticello 2 0.6 2,833 Morgan 2 0.6 1,800 Morrow 3 1.9 6,395 Moultrie 2 0.9 14,565 Mount Airy 3 3.4 1,472 Mount Vernon 1 0 1,975 Mount Zion 5 11 2,022 Mountain Park 6 22 11,554 N Nahunta 1 0.2 1,028 Nashville 2 0.3 4,945 Nelson 3 2.2 1,168 Newnan 5 16 44,940 Nicholls 1 0 2,896 Nicholson 1 0.4 1,878 Norcross 5 16 18,043 North Decatur 8 84 16,698 North Druid Hills 8 75 18,947 O Oakwood 5 14 6,412 Ocilla 1 0.3 2,949 Omega 1 0.2 1,320 Oxford 6 20 2,294 P Palmetto 8 69 5,021 Panthersville 9 210 9,749 Peachtree City 4 7.4 40,193 Peachtree Corners 6 24 42,136 Pearson 1 0 1,825 Pelham 1 0.4 3,432 Pembroke 2 0.8 2,839 Pendergrass 3 2.7 1,805 Perry 3 2.9 24,029 Pine Mountain 4 5.5 1,281 Pooler 5 8.1 29,544 Port Wentworth 7 46 14,468 Porterdale 3 1.8 1,884 Powder Springs 4 8.2 18,950 Putney 2 1.1 2,898 Q Quitman 1 0.2 4,036 R Raoul 3 2.8 2,558 Ray City 1 0.2 1,020 Redan 8 92 33,015 Reed Creek 1 0.1 2,604 Reidsville 1 0 2,563 Remerton 3 2.7 1,265 Resaca 2 0.8 1,145 Richland 1 0.3 1,406 Richmond Hill 3 2.6 18,459 Rincon 3 4.2 11,624 Ringgold 4 4.5 3,435 Riverdale 4 5.2 14,672 Robins AFB 3 1.6 1,170 Rochelle 1 0.2 1,138 Rockmart 2 1.4 5,231 Rome 2 1.1 38,111 Rossville 5 8.2 3,991 Roswell 5 12 91,706 Royston 1 0.1 2,670 Russell 6 24 1,203 S Sandersville 1 0.1 5,536 Sandy Springs 6 18 105,793 Savannah 6 27 147,748 Scottdale 8 78 10,631 Senoia 6 23 5,929 Shannon 2 1.5 1,862 Skidaway Island 3 3.0 8,341 Smyrna 5 17 56,566 Snellville 5 15 22,067 Social Circle 2 1.2 5,330 Soperton 1 0 2,899 South Fulton 10 548 110,920 Sparks 2 1.0 2,029 Sparta 1 0.1 1,320 Springfield 3 2.5 3,284 St. Marys 3 3.6 19,537 St. Simons 2 1.4 12,743 Statesboro 1 0.4 34,452 Statham 3 2.1 3,102 Stockbridge 9 139 35,452 Stone Mountain 6 24 6,553 Stonecrest 8 110 60,677 Sugar Hill 4 5.8 25,889 Summerville 1 0.1 4,420 Sunnyside 1 0.2 1,303 Suwanee 4 7.8 22,913 Swainsboro 1 0.2 7,611 Sylvania 3 0.4 2,630 Sylvester 2 0.4 5,436 T Talahi Island 4 5.5 1,248 Tallapoosa 2 0.5 3,201 Temple 4 5.5 6,360 Tennille 1 0 1,825 Thomaston 2 1.2 9,876 Thomasville 2 0.7 18,558 Thomson 2 0.8 6,860 Thunderbolt 5 7.7 2,539 Tifton 3 2.4 17,357 Toccoa 2 0.6 9,303 Trenton 2 0.4 2,226 Trion 1 0.2 1,969 Tucker 6 28 36,975 Twin City 1 0.1 1,714 Tybee Island 3 4.3 3,119 Tyrone 7 49 7,949 U Unadilla 2 1.2 3,169 Union City 9 184 27,832 Union Point 1 0.4 1,789 Unionville 4 4.4 1,845 V Valdosta 4 3.5 55,025 Varnell 3 1.7 2,227 Vidalia 1 0.2 10,741 Vienna 2 0.4 2,845 Villa Rica 4 7.8 18,703 Vinings 5 16 9,734 W Wadley 1 0.1 1,569 Walnut Grove 4 7.1 1,575 Walthourville 1 0.2 3,913 Warner Robins 4 1.1 84,537 Warrenton 1 0.2 1,875 Washington 2 0.9 3,634 Watkinsville 2 1.0 3,631 Waycross 1 0.1 13,714 Waynesboro 2 0.8 5,607 Webster County unified government 1 0.1 2,337 West Point 3 2.4 3,605 Whitemarsh Island 4 6.0 6,792 Willacoochee 1 0.1 1,243 Wilmington Island 4 4.7 15,138 Winder 4 4.2 19,669 Winterville 3 3.8 1,195 Woodbine 2 0.7 1,059 Woodstock 4 5.4 38,473 Wrens 1 0.2 2,127 Wrightsville 1 0 3,586 Z Zebulon 3 2.4 1,324
Loud / day: aircraft louder than 60 dBA outdoors per day. Flight data November 13, 2025 to November 11, 2026. How the score works .