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NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 101 Maine towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 2; 3 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).
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Largest cities
Town Score Loud / day People Portland 6 27 69,104 Lewiston 2 0.8 38,404 Bangor 4 6.1 31,628 South Portland 7 51 26,840 Auburn 3 2.2 24,793 Biddeford 2 0.8 22,367 Sanford 3 3.4 22,251 Saco 4 5.9 20,960 Westbrook 3 2.1 20,564 Augusta 1 0.2 19,102 Waterville 3 2.5 16,823 Brunswick 6 19 15,175
Quietest towns
Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).
Town Score Loud / day People Dover-Foxcroft 1 0.3 2,528 Dexter 1 0.3 2,158 Mechanic Falls 1 0.4 2,237 Norridgewock 1 0.4 1,438 Wiscasset 1 0.4 1,097 Boothbay Harbor 1 0.4 1,086 East Millinocket 2 0.3 1,567 Gardiner 2 0.5 6,159 Farmingdale 2 0.5 1,970 Richmond 2 0.5 1,760
Noisiest towns
Town Score Loud / day People South Portland 7 51 26,840 Portland 6 27 69,104 Brunswick 6 19 15,175 Falmouth 5 9.2 1,855 Falmouth Foreside 5 8.5 1,511 South Eliot 4 6.7 3,550 Bangor 4 6.1 31,628 Old Orchard Beach 4 6.1 8,624 Belfast 4 6.0 7,069 Saco 4 5.9 20,960
All Maine towns
A B C D E F G H K L M N O P R S T V W Y
Town Score Loud / day People A Auburn 3 2.2 24,793 Augusta 1 0.2 19,102 B Bangor 4 6.1 31,628 Bar Harbor 1 0 2,552 Bath 2 1.0 8,844 Belfast 4 6.0 7,069 Berwick 3 3.1 2,187 Biddeford 2 0.8 22,367 Boothbay Harbor 1 0.4 1,086 Brewer 4 2.9 9,646 Bridgton 1 0 2,071 Brunswick 6 19 15,175 Bucksport 3 3.8 2,885 C Calais 1 0 3,126 Camden 2 0.7 3,570 Cape Neddick 3 3.0 2,568 Caribou 1 0 7,431 Castine 1 0.3 1,029 Chisholm 1 0.1 1,380 Clinton 1 0.2 1,419 Cumberland Center 3 2.1 2,499 D Damariscotta 1 0.1 1,142 Dexter 1 0.3 2,158 Dixfield 1 0 1,076 Dover-Foxcroft 1 0.3 2,528 E East Millinocket 2 0.3 1,567 Eastport 1 0 1,300 Ellsworth 2 0.9 8,711 F Fairfield 2 0.7 2,638 Falmouth 5 9.2 1,855 Falmouth Foreside 5 8.5 1,511 Farmingdale 2 0.5 1,970 Farmington 1 0 4,288 Fort Fairfield 1 0 1,825 Fort Kent 1 0 2,488 Freeport 2 1.0 1,485 Fryeburg 1 0 1,631 G Gardiner 2 0.5 6,159 Gorham 2 1.7 6,882 Greenville 1 0.1 1,257 H Hallowell 2 0.8 2,613 Hampden 4 5.2 4,343 Houlton 1 0 4,856 Howland 2 0.5 1,096 K Kennebunk 2 1.5 5,214 Kennebunkport 2 0.7 1,238 Kittery 3 2.7 4,562 Kittery Point 3 2.7 1,012 L Lake Arrowhead 2 0.7 3,071 Lewiston 2 0.8 38,404 Limestone 1 0 1,075 Lincoln 3 1.4 2,884 Lisbon Falls 2 0.8 4,100 Livermore Falls 1 0.2 1,594 M Machias 1 0 1,274 Madawaska 1 0 2,967 Madison 1 0 2,630 Mechanic Falls 1 0.4 2,237 Mexico 1 0 1,743 Milford 2 1.4 2,233 Millinocket 2 0.6 4,466 Milo 1 0.1 1,847 N Newport 2 0.9 1,776 Norridgewock 1 0.4 1,438 North Berwick 3 2.9 1,615 North Windham 2 1.1 4,904 Norway 1 0 2,748 O Oakland 2 1.5 2,602 Old Orchard Beach 4 6.1 8,624 Old Town 3 2.7 7,431 Orono 3 2.9 9,474 Oxford 1 0.1 1,263 P Pittsfield 3 1.3 3,150 Portland 6 27 69,104 Presque Isle 2 0.8 8,677 R Randolph 2 1.6 1,772 Richmond 2 0.5 1,760 Rockland 3 1.1 7,031 Rumford 1 0 4,218 S Saco 4 5.9 20,960 Sanford 3 3.4 22,251 Skowhegan 1 0.1 6,297 South Eliot 4 6.7 3,550 South Paris 1 0 2,267 South Portland 7 51 26,840 South Windham 2 1.0 1,374 Steep Falls 2 0.9 1,139 T Thomaston 2 1.3 1,875 Topsham 3 3.6 5,931 V Van Buren 1 0 1,937 W Waldoboro 1 0.2 1,233 Waterville 3 2.5 16,823 West Kennebunk 3 2.6 1,176 Westbrook 3 2.1 20,564 Wilton 1 0 2,198 Winslow 2 0.8 7,794 Winterport 3 2.4 1,340 Winthrop 2 0.9 2,650 Wiscasset 1 0.4 1,097 Y Yarmouth 2 1.4 5,869 York Harbor 3 2.1 3,033
Loud / day: aircraft louder than 60 dBA outdoors per day. Flight data November 13, 2025 to November 11, 2026. How the score works .