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NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 140 New Mexico towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 1; 5 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).
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Largest cities
Town Score Loud / day People Albuquerque 6 27 560,274 Las Cruces 1 0.1 114,892 Rio Rancho 3 3.7 110,660 Santa Fe 1 0.4 89,167 Roswell 3 4.4 47,109 Farmington 1 0 46,237 South Valley 7 28 40,976 Hobbs 2 1.6 39,386 Clovis 1 0 37,612 Carlsbad 1 0 31,499 Alamogordo 4 5.1 31,284 Gallup 1 0 20,451
Quietest towns
Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).
Town Score Loud / day People Mesilla 1 0.1 1,792 Keeler Farm 1 0.1 1,305 Elephant Butte 1 0.3 1,443 La Union 1 0.3 1,106 Santa Fe 1 0.4 89,167 Moriarty 1 0.4 2,010 Laguna 2 0.4 1,241 Los Alamos 2 0.5 12,019 Socorro 2 0.5 8,361 White Rock 2 0.5 5,725
Noisiest towns
Town Score Loud / day People South Valley 7 28 40,976 Albuquerque 6 27 560,274 North Valley 6 18 11,333 Los Ranchos de Albuquerque 6 18 5,828 Ponderosa Pine 6 15 1,195 La Cienega 5 10 3,819 Paradise Hills 5 9.0 4,256 Bosque Farms 5 7.2 4,076 Holloman AFB 5 4.8 3,054 Corrales 4 7.8 8,616
All New Mexico towns
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Town Score Loud / day People A Agua Fria 2 0.6 2,800 Alamo 1 0 1,085 Alamogordo 4 5.1 31,284 Albuquerque 6 27 560,274 Angel Fire 1 0 1,176 Anthony 1 0.2 8,726 Arenas Valley 1 0 1,522 Arroyo Seco 1 0 1,785 Artesia 1 0.1 12,326 Atoka 1 0 1,077 Aztec 1 0 6,130 B Bayard 1 0.1 2,064 Belen 3 2.3 7,474 Berino 1 0.2 1,441 Bernalillo 4 3.6 9,114 Black Rock 1 0 1,323 Bloomfield 1 0 7,349 Boles Acres 4 4.4 1,638 Bosque Farms 5 7.2 4,076 C Cannon AFB 1 0.1 2,245 Capitan 1 0.1 1,393 Carlsbad 1 0 31,499 Carnuel 4 2.7 1,232 Chaparral 1 0.2 14,631 Chimayo 1 0.1 3,177 Church Rock 1 0 1,128 Clayton 1 0 2,581 Clovis 1 0 37,612 Columbus 1 0 1,450 Corrales 4 7.8 8,616 Crownpoint 1 0 2,278 D Deming 3 0.7 14,603 Dexter 2 1.6 1,054 Doña Ana 1 0.1 1,211 Dulce 1 0 2,743 E Edgewood 1 0.1 6,130 El Cerro 4 4.5 2,953 El Cerro Mission 4 4.4 4,657 El Rancho 1 0.4 1,199 El Valle de Arroyo Seco 2 0.5 1,440 Eldorado at Santa Fe 1 0.1 6,130 Elephant Butte 1 0.3 1,443 Española 1 0.3 10,431 Estancia 1 0.1 1,295 Eunice 2 0.6 2,944 F Farmington 1 0 46,237 Flora Vista 1 0 2,191 G Gallup 1 0 20,451 Grants 1 0.1 8,996 H Hatch 1 0 1,568 Hobbs 2 1.6 39,386 Holloman AFB 5 4.8 3,054 Hurley 1 0.2 1,230 J Jal 1 0 2,105 Jarales 3 1.8 2,475 Jemez Pueblo 1 0.4 1,788 K Keeler Farm 1 0.1 1,305 L La Cienega 5 10 3,819 La Huerta 1 0 1,246 La Luz 2 1.4 1,697 La Mesilla 1 0.3 1,772 La Puebla 2 0.7 1,186 La Union 1 0.3 1,106 Laguna 2 0.4 1,241 Las Cruces 1 0.1 114,892 Las Maravillas 3 2.4 1,628 Las Vegas 1 0 12,905 Lee Acres 1 0 5,858 Lordsburg 1 0 2,203 Los Alamos 2 0.5 12,019 Los Chaves 4 6.6 5,446 Los Lunas 4 4.8 19,079 Los Ranchos de Albuquerque 6 18 5,828 Loving 1 0 1,330 Lovington 1 0 11,237 M McIntosh 1 0.1 1,484 Meadow Lake 4 5.0 4,708 Mescalero 1 0 1,338 Mesilla 1 0.1 1,792 Mesquite 1 0.1 1,112 Milan 1 0 2,457 Monterey Park 3 2.8 1,567 Moriarty 1 0.4 2,010 N Nambe 1 0.2 1,818 Navajo 1 0 1,645 North Hobbs 3 3.0 5,391 North Valley 6 18 11,333 O Ohkay Owingeh 1 0.4 1,143 P Paradise Hills 5 9.0 4,256 Pecos 1 0 1,380 Peralta 4 5.6 3,428 Placitas 2 1.4 4,977 Pojoaque 4 4.8 1,907 Ponderosa Pine 6 15 1,195 Portales 1 0 11,859 Q Questa 1 0 1,797 R Radium Springs 1 0 1,699 Ranchos de Taos 1 0 2,518 Raton 1 0 5,978 Rio Communities 2 1.2 4,907 Rio Rancho 3 3.7 110,660 Roswell 3 4.4 47,109 Ruidoso 1 0 7,663 Ruidoso Downs 1 0 2,579 S San Felipe Pueblo 3 2.6 2,404 San Miguel 1 0.2 1,153 San Ysidro 1 0.1 2,090 Sandia Heights 2 0.9 3,193 Sandia Knolls 1 0.1 1,208 Santa Clara 1 0 1,608 Santa Clara Pueblo 1 0.3 1,018 Santa Fe 1 0.4 89,167 Santa Rosa 1 0 2,769 Santa Teresa 2 1.1 4,258 Santo Domingo Pueblo 3 2.9 2,456 Sausal 3 2.6 1,056 Shiprock 1 0 8,295 Silver City 1 0 9,377 Skyline-Ganipa 1 0.2 1,224 Socorro 2 0.5 8,361 South Valley 7 28 40,976 Spencerville 1 0 1,258 Sunland Park 3 1.7 17,689 T Taos 1 0 6,427 Taos Pueblo 1 0 1,135 Thoreau 1 0 1,865 Tome 4 4.6 1,867 Truth or Consequences 4 5.9 6,000 Tucumcari 1 0 5,123 Tularosa 2 0.6 2,599 Twin Lakes 1 0 1,052 U University Park 1 0.1 4,192 Upper Fruitland 1 0 1,662 V Vado 1 0.1 3,194 Valencia 3 3.8 2,192 W Waterflow 1 0 1,670 West Hammond 1 0 2,790 White Rock 2 0.5 5,725 White Sands 1 0.1 1,651 Z Zuni Pueblo 1 0 6,302
Loud / day: aircraft louder than 60 dBA outdoors per day. Flight data November 13, 2025 to November 11, 2026. How the score works .