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NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 89 Montana towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 1; 4 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).
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Largest cities
Town Score Loud / day People Billings 6 20 120,864 Missoula 4 5.0 77,757 Great Falls 1 0 60,422 Bozeman 6 30 57,305 Butte-Silver Bow (balance) 1 0.2 35,701 Helena 1 0.2 34,464 Kalispell 3 0.6 29,886 Belgrade 8 111 12,509 Anaconda-Deer Lodge County 1 0 9,673 Havre 1 0 9,330 Whitefish 3 2.2 9,163 Livingston 1 0.1 8,908
Quietest towns
Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).
Town Score Loud / day People Helena 1 0.2 34,464 Bigfork 1 0.2 4,270 Somers 1 0.4 1,109 East Missoula 2 0.4 2,157 Helena Valley Southeast 2 0.5 8,227 Evergreen 2 0.5 7,616 Lolo 2 0.9 3,892 Laurel 2 1.5 7,193 Kalispell 3 0.6 29,886 Frenchtown 3 0.8 1,825
Noisiest towns
Town Score Loud / day People Belgrade 8 111 12,509 Four Corners 7 34 3,146 Bozeman 6 30 57,305 Billings 6 20 120,864 Three Forks 5 19 1,986 Lockwood 4 6.4 6,797 Helena Flats 4 5.1 1,043 Manhattan 4 5.0 2,109 Missoula 4 5.0 77,757 Orchard Homes 4 3.6 5,197
All Montana towns
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Town Score Loud / day People A Absarokee 1 0 1,150 Anaconda-Deer Lodge County 1 0 9,673 B Baker 1 0 1,800 Belgrade 8 111 12,509 Big Sky 1 0 2,308 Big Timber 1 0 1,686 Bigfork 1 0.2 4,270 Billings 6 20 120,864 Bonner-West Riverside 1 0.3 1,663 Boulder 1 0.1 1,283 Bozeman 6 30 57,305 Browning 1 0 1,005 Butte-Silver Bow (balance) 1 0.2 35,701 C Chinook 1 0 1,160 Choteau 1 0 1,787 Clancy 1 0 1,661 Clinton 1 0 1,052 Colstrip 1 0 2,055 Columbia Falls 3 3.8 5,723 Columbus 1 0 1,906 Conrad 1 0 2,402 Crow Agency 1 0 1,616 Cut Bank 1 0 3,017 D Deer Lodge 1 0 3,030 Dillon 1 0 4,176 E East Helena 3 1.5 2,138 East Missoula 2 0.4 2,157 Ennis 1 0 1,047 Eureka 1 0 1,533 Evergreen 2 0.5 7,616 F Forsyth 1 0 1,616 Fort Belknap Agency 1 0 1,293 Fort Benton 1 0 1,425 Four Corners 7 34 3,146 Frenchtown 3 0.8 1,825 G Glasgow 1 0 3,180 Glendive 1 0 4,796 Great Falls 1 0 60,422 H Hamilton 3 2.3 5,268 Hardin 1 0 3,709 Havre 1 0 9,330 Helena 1 0.2 34,464 Helena Flats 4 5.1 1,043 Helena Valley Northeast 1 0.1 2,995 Helena Valley Northwest 1 0 3,482 Helena Valley Southeast 2 0.5 8,227 Helena Valley West Central 1 0.1 7,883 Helena West Side 1 0.1 1,637 K Kalispell 3 0.6 29,886 L Lakeside 1 0.1 2,669 Lame Deer 1 0 2,052 Laurel 2 1.5 7,193 Lewistown 1 0 6,149 Libby 1 0 3,169 Lincoln 1 0 1,013 Livingston 1 0.1 8,908 Lockwood 4 6.4 6,797 Lolo 2 0.9 3,892 M Malmstrom AFB 1 0 3,472 Malta 1 0 1,872 Manhattan 4 5.0 2,109 Miles City 1 0 8,438 Missoula 4 5.0 77,757 Montana City 1 0.2 2,715 N North Browning 1 0 2,408 O Orchard Homes 4 3.6 5,197 P Pablo 1 0 2,254 Plains 1 0 1,222 Plentywood 1 0 1,647 Polson 1 0 5,613 R Red Lodge 1 0.1 2,610 Ronan 1 0 2,172 Roundup 1 0 1,960 S Seeley Lake 1 0 1,659 Shelby 1 0 3,270 Sidney 1 0 6,112 Somers 1 0.4 1,109 South Browning 1 0 1,785 Stevensville 3 2.0 2,210 Sun Prairie 1 0 1,630 T Thompson Falls 1 0 1,472 Three Forks 5 19 1,986 Townsend 1 0 2,133 W West Glendive 1 0 1,948 West Yellowstone 1 0 1,222 White Sulphur Springs 1 0 1,022 Whitefish 3 2.2 9,163 Whitehall 1 0.1 1,080 Wolf Point 1 0 2,517
Loud / day: aircraft louder than 60 dBA outdoors per day. Flight data November 13, 2025 to November 11, 2026. How the score works .