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NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 361 Minnesota towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 2; 55 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).
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Largest cities
Town Score Loud / day People Minneapolis 8 68 425,115 St. Paul 6 20 303,820 Rochester 3 2.3 122,413 Duluth 4 6.4 87,680 Bloomington 6 26 87,398 Brooklyn Park 4 7.1 82,017 Woodbury 5 10 79,538 Plymouth 7 46 77,648 Lakeville 5 11 76,243 Blaine 6 35 73,774 Maple Grove 6 23 71,288 St. Cloud 2 1.5 71,013
Quietest towns
Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).
Town Score Loud / day People Coleraine 1 0.1 1,989 Mapleton 1 0.1 1,649 Warren 1 0.1 1,559 St. James 1 0.2 4,699 Sleepy Eye 1 0.2 3,482 Glenwood 1 0.2 2,637 Paynesville 1 0.2 2,558 Wells 1 0.2 2,398 Nisswa 1 0.2 2,122 Blooming Prairie 1 0.2 1,952
Noisiest towns
Town Score Loud / day People St. Louis Park 10 250 49,697 Inver Grove Heights 9 173 36,114 Mendota Heights 9 170 11,564 Richfield 8 103 36,445 Eden Prairie 8 82 62,166 Lauderdale 8 80 2,326 Eagan 8 74 67,396 Minneapolis 8 68 425,115 Burnsville 8 68 64,772 Wayzata 8 62 4,284
All Minnesota towns
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Town Score Loud / day People A Ada 1 0 1,703 Adrian 1 0.1 1,182 Afton 4 4.9 2,941 Aitkin 1 0.3 2,152 Albany 1 0.2 2,832 Albert Lea 5 7.2 18,269 Albertville 2 1.4 8,527 Alexandria 1 0.2 14,943 Andover 3 3.5 33,089 Annandale 2 0.6 3,424 Anoka 4 3.9 17,996 Apple Valley 7 48 55,336 Appleton 1 0 1,365 Arden Hills 5 15 9,461 Arlington 3 0.8 2,305 Atwater 1 0.2 1,085 Aurora 1 0 1,660 Austin 3 1.1 26,171 Avon 1 0.3 1,693 B Babbitt 1 0 1,376 Bagley 1 0 1,305 Barnesville 2 1.2 2,766 Baxter 1 0.1 9,092 Bayport 4 7.3 3,788 Becker 3 1.8 5,074 Belle Plaine 2 1.5 7,416 Bemidji 3 3.6 15,743 Benson 2 0.6 3,437 Big Lake 2 1.6 12,610 Blaine 6 35 73,774 Blooming Prairie 1 0.2 1,952 Bloomington 6 26 87,398 Blue Earth 2 0.6 3,163 Braham 1 0.2 1,793 Brainerd 2 0.5 14,563 Breckenridge 1 0.4 3,331 Breezy Point 1 0.2 2,754 Brooklyn Center 6 32 31,688 Brooklyn Park 4 7.1 82,017 Buffalo 5 11 16,541 Burnsville 8 68 64,772 Byron 3 2.6 6,803 C Caledonia 1 0.1 2,794 Cambridge 3 3.2 10,509 Canby 1 0.1 1,683 Cannon Falls 2 1.3 4,202 Carver 5 10 6,613 Centerville 4 5.4 3,927 Champlin 3 4.0 22,856 Chanhassen 5 15 25,937 Chaska 5 11 29,034 Chatfield 2 0.4 2,993 Chisago City 3 2.0 5,698 Chisholm 1 0 4,687 Circle Pines 6 26 4,919 Clara City 1 0.1 1,360 Clearwater 3 1.2 2,106 Cloquet 6 22 12,570 Cohasset 1 0.1 2,714 Cokato 2 0.6 2,770 Cold Spring 2 0.7 4,259 Coleraine 1 0.1 1,989 Cologne 4 4.8 2,075 Columbia Heights 6 19 22,278 Columbus 3 2.8 4,266 Coon Rapids 4 6.0 63,377 Corcoran 5 9.2 7,719 Cottage Grove 7 63 42,056 Cottonwood 1 0.1 1,138 Credit River 5 9.7 5,575 Crookston 1 0.4 7,268 Crosby 2 0.8 2,355 Crosslake 1 0 2,431 Crystal 7 48 21,906 D Dassel 2 0.5 1,526 Dawson 1 0 1,433 Dayton 5 13 10,157 Deephaven 7 54 3,740 Delano 3 2.9 7,142 Dellwood 4 5.5 1,149 Detroit Lakes 1 0 9,981 Dilworth 5 8.9 4,772 Dodge Center 3 3.8 2,928 Duluth 4 6.4 87,680 Dundas 3 2.0 1,758 E Eagan 8 74 67,396 Eagle Lake 6 19 3,251 East Bethel 3 3.7 12,189 East Grand Forks 3 3.9 8,929 East Gull Lake 2 1.0 1,120 Eden Prairie 8 82 62,166 Eden Valley 2 0.5 1,061 Edgerton 1 0.1 1,249 Edina 7 53 53,348 Elbow Lake 1 0 1,281 Elgin 1 0.1 1,148 Elk River 3 2.3 27,342 Elko New Market 3 4.4 5,048 Ely 1 0 3,223 Esko 3 1.9 1,869 Eveleth 1 0.1 3,434 Excelsior 7 32 2,277 Eyota 1 0.1 2,019 F Fairfax 1 0.2 1,213 Fairmont 2 1.2 10,240 Falcon Heights 7 40 4,984 Faribault 4 5.1 24,642 Farmington 5 12 23,909 Fergus Falls 1 0.1 14,214 Foley 2 0.8 2,673 Forest Lake 3 4.6 20,685 Fosston 1 0 1,382 Frazee 1 0.1 1,308 Fridley 5 7.9 30,156 Fulda 1 0.1 1,333 G Gaylord 1 0.3 2,326 Gilbert 1 0.2 1,664 Glencoe 2 1.2 5,672 Glenwood 1 0.2 2,637 Glyndon 4 5.2 1,358 Golden Valley 6 23 21,211 Goodhue 1 0.3 1,245 Goodview 1 0 4,087 Grand Marais 1 0 1,321 Grand Meadow 2 0.4 1,131 Grand Rapids 1 0.3 11,271 Granite Falls 1 0.1 2,685 Grant 4 4.8 3,932 Greenfield 3 3.8 2,865 H Ham Lake 4 4.6 16,726 Hanover 4 5.5 3,977 Harmony 1 0 1,042 Harris 2 1.2 1,139 Hastings 6 27 22,121 Hawley 2 1.0 2,283 Hayfield 2 0.8 1,356 Hermantown 5 9.6 10,202 Hibbing 1 0.1 15,979 Hinckley 1 0.2 1,936 Hopkins 5 11 18,589 Howard Lake 2 0.9 2,186 Hoyt Lakes 1 0 1,990 Hugo 3 3.2 16,501 Hutchinson 3 4.1 14,701 I Independence 4 6.3 3,644 International Falls 1 0 5,603 Inver Grove Heights 9 173 36,114 Isanti 3 2.9 7,370 J Jackson 1 0 3,272 Janesville 3 2.8 2,468 Jordan 3 3.4 6,752 K Kasson 2 1.3 7,126 Kenyon 2 0.5 1,878 L La Crescent 2 1.2 5,294 Lake City 2 0.4 5,315 Lake Crystal 1 0.4 2,502 Lake Elmo 5 11 13,756 Lake Shore 1 0 1,121 Lake St. Croix Beach 4 6.3 1,008 Lakefield 1 0 1,717 Lakeland 4 6.0 1,660 Lakeville 5 11 76,243 Lauderdale 8 80 2,326 Le Center 2 1.1 2,517 Le Sueur 2 0.9 4,221 Lester Prairie 2 1.1 1,901 Lewiston 1 0 1,507 Lexington 5 16 3,059 Lindstrom 2 1.1 5,008 Lino Lakes 4 8.8 22,376 Litchfield 2 1.4 6,541 Little Canada 6 17 10,297 Little Falls 1 0 9,095 Little Rock 1 0 1,208 Long Lake 7 37 1,923 Long Prairie 1 0 3,707 Lonsdale 3 3.8 4,937 Luverne 2 0.8 4,918 M Madelia 2 0.5 2,375 Madison 1 0 1,491 Madison Lake 6 21 1,301 Mahnomen 1 0 1,210 Mahtomedi 4 8.7 8,184 Mankato 5 5.0 45,742 Mantorville 3 1.9 1,101 Maple Grove 6 23 71,288 Maple Lake 3 4.7 2,209 Maple Plain 5 10 1,646 Mapleton 1 0.1 1,649 Maplewood 6 19 39,958 Marshall 1 0 13,906 Mayer 3 2.1 2,528 Medford 3 2.0 1,368 Medina 5 17 7,039 Melrose 1 0.1 3,611 Menahga 1 0 1,347 Mendota Heights 9 170 11,564 Milaca 2 1.0 3,053 Minneapolis 8 68 425,115 Minneota 1 0 1,348 Minnetonka 7 52 52,463 Minnetrista 4 6.6 8,791 Montevideo 1 0.3 5,235 Montgomery 2 1.0 3,508 Monticello 2 1.3 14,831 Montrose 2 1.1 3,906 Moorhead 5 13 45,202 Moose Lake 1 0.4 3,004 Mora 2 0.3 3,787 Morris 1 0.2 5,140 Morristown 3 2.3 1,006 Mound 6 26 8,895 Mounds View 5 15 12,782 Mountain Iron 1 0 2,854 Mountain Lake 1 0.1 1,946 N New Brighton 6 18 22,228 New Hope 7 34 20,705 New London 1 0.1 1,284 New Prague 3 1.9 8,240 New Richland 1 0.2 1,216 New Ulm 6 32 13,925 New York Mills 1 0 1,355 Newport 7 34 5,321 Nicollet 3 2.2 1,112 Nisswa 1 0.2 2,122 North Branch 2 0.7 11,791 North Mankato 2 1.6 14,091 North Oaks 4 7.3 5,163 North St. Paul 6 23 12,574 Northfield 4 5.9 21,020 Norwood Young America 3 4.3 3,811 Nowthen 3 2.5 4,519 O Oak Grove 3 1.9 9,194 Oak Park Heights 5 11 4,678 Oakdale 6 18 28,226 Olivia 2 0.7 2,289 Orono 7 38 8,119 Oronoco 1 0.3 1,781 Ortonville 1 0 1,984 Osakis 1 0 1,752 Osseo 5 9.4 2,521 Otsego 3 2.3 23,241 Owatonna 5 13 26,534 P Park Rapids 1 0.1 4,302 Parkers Prairie 1 0 1,028 Paynesville 1 0.2 2,558 Pelican Rapids 1 0.1 2,597 Pequot Lakes 1 0.2 2,464 Perham 1 0 3,666 Pierz 1 0.3 1,460 Pine City 1 0.2 3,711 Pine Island 2 0.4 3,871 Pipestone 2 1.3 4,103 Plainview 1 0.1 3,527 Plymouth 7 46 77,648 Preston 1 0.2 1,324 Princeton 3 3.8 5,312 Prior Lake 6 21 28,027 Proctor 4 6.6 3,087 R Ramsey 4 4.7 28,560 Red Lake 1 0 1,731 Red Lake Falls 1 0.2 1,336 Red Wing 2 1.1 16,756 Redby 1 0 1,334 Redwood Falls 2 0.5 5,059 Renville 1 0.1 1,265 Rice 2 0.5 2,177 Rice Lake 4 9.0 4,160 Richfield 8 103 36,445 Richmond 1 0.3 1,503 Robbinsdale 6 22 13,968 Rochester 3 2.3 122,413 Rock Creek 2 0.2 1,782 Rockford 3 3.8 4,734 Rockville 2 0.6 2,426 Rogers 4 4.9 13,617 Roseau 1 0.1 2,692 Rosemount 7 42 27,590 Roseville 6 28 35,451 Royalton 1 0.3 1,281 Rush City 3 2.6 3,344 Rushford 1 0 1,861 S Sandstone 1 0.1 2,473 Sartell 2 1.1 19,726 Sauk Centre 1 0.1 4,610 Sauk Rapids 3 3.0 13,775 Savage 7 41 32,999 Scandia 2 1.4 3,944 Scanlon 3 2.0 1,004 Shafer 2 0.6 1,195 Shakopee 6 24 47,158 Sherburn 1 0.1 1,050 Shoreview 4 8.8 26,374 Shorewood 6 20 7,526 Silver Bay 1 0.1 1,812 Slayton 1 0 1,977 Sleepy Eye 1 0.2 3,482 South St. Paul 7 52 20,664 Spicer 1 0.1 1,081 Spring Grove 1 0 1,219 Spring Lake Park 5 11 7,049 Spring Park 7 36 1,640 Spring Valley 2 0.5 2,459 Springfield 1 0.1 1,992 St. Anthony 7 47 9,970 St. Augusta 2 0.9 3,678 St. Bonifacius 4 8.2 2,162 St. Charles 1 0 4,037 St. Cloud 2 1.5 71,013 St. Francis 2 1.6 8,442 St. James 1 0.2 4,699 St. Joseph 2 0.8 6,788 St. Louis Park 10 250 49,697 St. Michael 3 1.9 21,034 St. Paul 6 20 303,820 St. Paul Park 7 64 5,371 St. Peter 2 1.5 12,291 Stacy 3 1.6 1,700 Staples 1 0 3,035 Starbuck 1 0.3 1,405 Stewartville 3 3.3 6,904 Stillwater 4 6.0 19,240 T Taylors Falls 2 0.9 1,054 Thief River Falls 1 0 8,821 Tonka Bay 7 36 1,539 Tracy 1 0 2,040 Truman 1 0.1 1,064 Two Harbors 2 0.8 3,531 Tyler 1 0 1,104 V Vadnais Heights 5 11 12,632 Victoria 5 16 11,493 Vineland 1 0.1 1,001 Virginia 1 0.1 8,291 W Wabasha 2 0.4 2,592 Waconia 5 11 13,742 Wadena 1 0 4,331 Waite Park 2 1.3 8,396 Wanamingo 1 0.3 1,107 Warren 1 0.1 1,559 Warroad 1 0 1,959 Waseca 2 1.7 9,221 Watertown 3 2.7 4,791 Waterville 2 1.5 1,752 Watkins 2 0.5 1,017 Waverly 2 1.0 2,121 Wayzata 8 62 4,284 Wells 1 0.2 2,398 West St. Paul 6 31 21,722 Wheaton 1 0 1,339 White Bear Lake 5 9.0 23,363 Willmar 3 0.9 21,335 Windom 1 0.2 4,797 Winnebago 2 0.1 1,383 Winona 1 0 26,029 Winsted 3 3.3 2,225 Winthrop 1 0.3 1,328 Woodbury 5 10 79,538 Worthington 1 0.1 13,614 Wyoming 2 1.5 8,116 Z Zimmerman 3 1.9 6,762 Zumbrota 2 0.4 4,005
Loud / day: aircraft louder than 60 dBA outdoors per day. Flight data November 13, 2025 to November 11, 2026. How the score works .