Aircraft noise in Oklahoma towns
NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 222 Oklahoma towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 2; 18 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).
- 1 Minimal: 98
- 2–3 Minor: 77
- 4–5 Moderate: 29
- 6–7 Major: 14
- 8–9 Severe: 4
- 10 Extreme: 0
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Largest cities
| Town | Score | Loud / day | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 7 | 28 | 702,767 |
| Tulsa | 8 | 62 | 411,894 |
| Norman | 4 | 7.2 | 130,046 |
| Broken Arrow | 4 | 6.7 | 119,194 |
| Edmond | 4 | 5.8 | 98,103 |
| Lawton | 2 | 0.5 | 90,245 |
| Moore | 7 | 42 | 63,470 |
| Midwest City | 8 | 34 | 58,086 |
| Enid | 5 | 14 | 50,577 |
| Stillwater | 6 | 26 | 49,525 |
| Owasso | 5 | 12 | 41,162 |
| Bartlesville | 1 | 0.3 | 38,114 |
Quietest towns
Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).
| Town | Score | Loud / day | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCord | 1 | 0.1 | 1,440 |
| Chelsea | 1 | 0.2 | 1,994 |
| Cleora | 1 | 0.2 | 1,463 |
| Bartlesville | 1 | 0.3 | 38,114 |
| Tahlequah | 1 | 0.3 | 16,833 |
| Bristow | 1 | 0.3 | 4,258 |
| Cleveland | 1 | 0.3 | 3,223 |
| Atoka | 1 | 0.3 | 2,953 |
| Texanna | 1 | 0.3 | 2,261 |
| Hominy | 1 | 0.4 | 3,280 |
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Noisiest towns
| Town | Score | Loud / day | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany | 8 | 69 | 20,369 |
| Tulsa | 8 | 62 | 411,894 |
| Warr Acres | 8 | 60 | 10,472 |
| Midwest City | 8 | 34 | 58,086 |
| Jenks | 7 | 61 | 27,553 |
| Moore | 7 | 42 | 63,470 |
| Newcastle | 7 | 40 | 14,001 |
| The Village | 7 | 36 | 9,368 |
| Oklahoma City | 7 | 28 | 702,767 |
| Waukomis | 6 | 36 | 1,323 |
All Oklahoma towns
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y
| Town | Score | Loud / day | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | |||
| Ada | 3 | 3.0 | 16,611 |
| Altus | 2 | 0.7 | 18,635 |
| Alva | 1 | 0.3 | 4,978 |
| Anadarko | 4 | 4.9 | 5,518 |
| Antlers | 1 | 0.1 | 2,193 |
| Apache | 3 | 3.3 | 1,002 |
| Ardmore | 1 | 0.3 | 24,847 |
| Arkoma | 1 | 0.4 | 1,849 |
| Atoka | 1 | 0.3 | 2,953 |
| B | |||
| Barnsdall | 1 | 0.2 | 1,011 |
| Bartlesville | 1 | 0.3 | 38,114 |
| Beaver | 1 | 0 | 1,262 |
| Beggs | 2 | 1.1 | 1,186 |
| Bethany | 8 | 69 | 20,369 |
| Bethel Acres | 3 | 2.0 | 3,198 |
| Bixby | 5 | 9.1 | 30,698 |
| Blackwell | 1 | 0.4 | 6,072 |
| Blanchard | 3 | 3.3 | 9,663 |
| Boise City | 1 | 0 | 1,109 |
| Boley | 1 | 0.1 | 1,086 |
| Bristow | 1 | 0.3 | 4,258 |
| Broken Arrow | 4 | 6.7 | 119,194 |
| Broken Bow | 1 | 0 | 4,222 |
| Buffalo | 1 | 0 | 1,015 |
| Burns Flat | 1 | 0.5 | 1,902 |
| Bushyhead | 2 | 0.7 | 1,314 |
| Byng | 2 | 1.1 | 1,406 |
| C | |||
| Cache | 1 | 0.2 | 3,135 |
| Caddo | 1 | 0.3 | 1,055 |
| Calera | 2 | 0.9 | 3,023 |
| Carnegie | 2 | 0.9 | 1,373 |
| Catoosa | 6 | 16 | 7,510 |
| Central High | 1 | 0.3 | 1,228 |
| Chandler | 2 | 0.5 | 2,924 |
| Checotah | 2 | 0.6 | 3,083 |
| Chelsea | 1 | 0.2 | 1,994 |
| Cherokee | 1 | 0.1 | 1,446 |
| Chickasha | 3 | 2.1 | 16,745 |
| Choctaw | 5 | 8.6 | 12,240 |
| Chouteau | 1 | 0.2 | 2,133 |
| Claremore | 3 | 3.3 | 20,385 |
| Cleora | 1 | 0.2 | 1,463 |
| Cleveland | 1 | 0.3 | 3,223 |
| Clinton | 1 | 0.3 | 8,383 |
| Coalgate | 2 | 0.4 | 1,666 |
| Colbert | 2 | 0.6 | 1,076 |
| Collinsville | 6 | 24 | 9,296 |
| Comanche | 1 | 0.3 | 1,404 |
| Commerce | 1 | 0 | 2,266 |
| Copeland | 1 | 0.1 | 1,629 |
| Coweta | 2 | 1.1 | 10,786 |
| Crescent | 2 | 0.5 | 1,372 |
| Cushing | 2 | 0.6 | 8,391 |
| D | |||
| Davis | 2 | 0.8 | 2,800 |
| Del City | 5 | 9.9 | 21,312 |
| Dewey | 1 | 0.3 | 3,419 |
| Dickson | 1 | 0.2 | 1,351 |
| Drumright | 1 | 0.1 | 2,535 |
| Duncan | 2 | 0.7 | 23,170 |
| Durant | 2 | 0.6 | 20,296 |
| E | |||
| Edmond | 4 | 5.8 | 98,103 |
| El Reno | 3 | 2.9 | 19,216 |
| Elgin | 2 | 0.5 | 3,612 |
| Elk City | 1 | 0.1 | 11,279 |
| Enid | 5 | 14 | 50,577 |
| Eufaula | 3 | 1.2 | 2,833 |
| F | |||
| Fairfax | 1 | 0.1 | 1,103 |
| Fairland | 1 | 0 | 1,105 |
| Fairview | 2 | 0.6 | 2,661 |
| Fletcher | 3 | 2.1 | 1,245 |
| Forest Park | 5 | 11 | 1,046 |
| Fort Gibson | 2 | 0.5 | 3,831 |
| Frederick | 2 | 1.6 | 3,419 |
| G | |||
| Geronimo | 3 | 2.4 | 1,164 |
| Glenpool | 6 | 28 | 14,349 |
| Goldsby | 5 | 8.8 | 3,321 |
| Granite | 1 | 0.1 | 1,628 |
| Grove | 2 | 1.0 | 7,293 |
| Guthrie | 5 | 12 | 11,398 |
| Guymon | 1 | 0.1 | 12,287 |
| H | |||
| Harrah | 3 | 2.1 | 6,534 |
| Hartshorne | 1 | 0.2 | 1,896 |
| Haskell | 4 | 5.4 | 1,690 |
| Healdton | 1 | 0.1 | 2,353 |
| Heavener | 1 | 0 | 3,024 |
| Helena | 3 | 3.3 | 1,534 |
| Hennessey | 2 | 1.7 | 2,174 |
| Henryetta | 2 | 0.8 | 5,612 |
| Hinton | 3 | 2.5 | 4,907 |
| Hobart | 1 | 0.1 | 3,358 |
| Holdenville | 1 | 0.1 | 5,918 |
| Hollis | 1 | 0.1 | 1,721 |
| Hominy | 1 | 0.4 | 3,280 |
| Hooker | 1 | 0.2 | 1,715 |
| Hugo | 1 | 0 | 5,190 |
| I | |||
| Idabel | 1 | 0 | 6,971 |
| Inola | 2 | 1.4 | 1,892 |
| J | |||
| Jay | 1 | 0.1 | 2,458 |
| Jenks | 7 | 61 | 27,553 |
| Jones | 4 | 7.2 | 3,169 |
| Justice | 4 | 4.3 | 1,324 |
| K | |||
| Kellyville | 3 | 3.5 | 1,034 |
| Kenwood | 1 | 0.1 | 1,224 |
| Kiefer | 3 | 4.5 | 2,255 |
| Kingfisher | 2 | 1.4 | 5,057 |
| Kingston | 1 | 0.2 | 1,475 |
| Konawa | 1 | 0.4 | 1,268 |
| Krebs | 3 | 1.2 | 2,070 |
| L | |||
| Langston | 2 | 0.7 | 1,692 |
| Laverne | 1 | 0 | 1,189 |
| Lawton | 2 | 0.5 | 90,245 |
| Lexington | 3 | 2.6 | 2,032 |
| Lindsay | 2 | 0.6 | 2,866 |
| Locust Grove | 1 | 0.1 | 1,392 |
| Lone Grove | 1 | 0.1 | 5,190 |
| Longtown | 2 | 0.5 | 2,739 |
| Luther | 3 | 3.2 | 1,587 |
| M | |||
| Madill | 2 | 0.5 | 4,028 |
| Mangum | 1 | 0.1 | 2,740 |
| Mannford | 2 | 1.4 | 3,335 |
| Marietta | 1 | 0.2 | 2,841 |
| Marlow | 2 | 1.5 | 4,495 |
| Maysville | 2 | 0.5 | 1,083 |
| McAlester | 4 | 5.8 | 18,140 |
| McCord | 1 | 0.1 | 1,440 |
| McLoud | 3 | 1.9 | 4,488 |
| Meeker | 2 | 0.6 | 1,020 |
| Miami | 1 | 0 | 12,866 |
| Midwest City | 8 | 34 | 58,086 |
| Minco | 2 | 1.7 | 1,517 |
| Moore | 7 | 42 | 63,470 |
| Mooreland | 1 | 0 | 1,139 |
| Morris | 2 | 1.1 | 1,321 |
| Muldrow | 1 | 0.2 | 3,341 |
| Muskogee | 2 | 0.8 | 36,873 |
| Mustang | 5 | 15 | 23,270 |
| N | |||
| New Cordell | 1 | 0.1 | 2,716 |
| Newcastle | 7 | 40 | 14,001 |
| Newkirk | 1 | 0.1 | 2,176 |
| Nichols Hills | 6 | 22 | 3,826 |
| Nicoma Park | 5 | 10 | 2,289 |
| Noble | 4 | 5.6 | 7,739 |
| Norman | 4 | 7.2 | 130,046 |
| Nowata | 1 | 0.1 | 3,551 |
| O | |||
| Oakhurst | 5 | 15 | 2,185 |
| Okarche | 3 | 2.2 | 1,176 |
| Okeene | 3 | 3.2 | 1,046 |
| Okemah | 1 | 0.2 | 3,051 |
| Oklahoma City | 7 | 28 | 702,767 |
| Okmulgee | 3 | 4.2 | 11,376 |
| Oologah | 3 | 1.7 | 1,335 |
| Owasso | 5 | 12 | 41,162 |
| P | |||
| Panama | 1 | 0.3 | 1,302 |
| Park Hill | 1 | 0.2 | 3,909 |
| Pauls Valley | 2 | 0.5 | 6,053 |
| Pawhuska | 1 | 0.2 | 2,926 |
| Pawnee | 1 | 0.1 | 1,944 |
| Perkins | 2 | 1.0 | 3,270 |
| Perry | 2 | 1.1 | 4,424 |
| Piedmont | 4 | 6.2 | 8,804 |
| Pink | 3 | 1.6 | 2,139 |
| Pocola | 2 | 1.0 | 4,527 |
| Ponca City | 2 | 0.6 | 24,306 |
| Poteau | 1 | 0.1 | 9,075 |
| Prague | 1 | 0.4 | 2,400 |
| Pryor Creek | 1 | 0.2 | 9,636 |
| Purcell | 4 | 4.2 | 6,864 |
| R | |||
| Roland | 1 | 0.2 | 3,818 |
| Rush Springs | 1 | 0.3 | 1,008 |
| S | |||
| Salina | 1 | 0.1 | 1,097 |
| Sallisaw | 1 | 0.1 | 8,641 |
| Sand Springs | 4 | 8.3 | 20,075 |
| Sapulpa | 5 | 12 | 22,981 |
| Sayre | 1 | 0 | 4,793 |
| Seminole | 2 | 0.5 | 7,262 |
| Shattuck | 1 | 0 | 1,210 |
| Shawnee | 6 | 21 | 31,803 |
| Skiatook | 5 | 12 | 8,760 |
| Slaughterville | 3 | 2.8 | 4,257 |
| Snyder | 2 | 0.6 | 1,250 |
| Spencer | 6 | 26 | 3,890 |
| Sperry | 5 | 12 | 1,148 |
| Spiro | 1 | 0.3 | 2,172 |
| Stigler | 1 | 0.2 | 2,756 |
| Stillwater | 6 | 26 | 49,525 |
| Stilwell | 1 | 0.1 | 3,771 |
| Stratford | 1 | 0.2 | 1,411 |
| Stroud | 1 | 0.1 | 2,829 |
| Sulphur | 1 | 0.2 | 4,880 |
| T | |||
| Tahlequah | 1 | 0.3 | 16,833 |
| Tecumseh | 3 | 2.4 | 6,335 |
| Texanna | 1 | 0.3 | 2,261 |
| The Village | 7 | 36 | 9,368 |
| Thomas | 1 | 0.1 | 1,137 |
| Tishomingo | 1 | 0.1 | 3,062 |
| Tonkawa | 1 | 0.4 | 2,995 |
| Tulsa | 8 | 62 | 411,894 |
| Turley | 5 | 9.4 | 2,756 |
| Tuttle | 4 | 7.6 | 8,373 |
| U | |||
| Union City | 3 | 3.7 | 2,022 |
| V | |||
| Verdigris | 4 | 6.6 | 5,736 |
| Vian | 1 | 0.1 | 1,388 |
| Vinita | 1 | 0 | 5,312 |
| W | |||
| Wagoner | 2 | 0.8 | 8,375 |
| Walters | 3 | 3.6 | 2,359 |
| Warner | 1 | 0.2 | 1,609 |
| Warr Acres | 8 | 60 | 10,472 |
| Watonga | 1 | 0.2 | 2,606 |
| Waukomis | 6 | 36 | 1,323 |
| Waurika | 1 | 0.3 | 1,838 |
| Weatherford | 2 | 1.3 | 12,023 |
| West Siloam Springs | 2 | 1.4 | 1,056 |
| Westville | 2 | 0.5 | 1,406 |
| Wetumka | 1 | 0.1 | 1,135 |
| Wewoka | 1 | 0.2 | 3,084 |
| Wilburton | 2 | 0.2 | 2,293 |
| Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1,426 |
| Wister | 1 | 0.1 | 1,058 |
| Woodward | 1 | 0 | 11,753 |
| Wynnewood | 1 | 0.3 | 1,927 |
| Y | |||
| Yale | 1 | 0.1 | 1,069 |
| Yukon | 6 | 19 | 26,388 |