Aircraft noise in Rhode Island towns

NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 23 Rhode Island towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 4; 5 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).

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Largest cities

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
Providence45.3190,792
Warwick86782,999
Cranston62182,635
Pawtucket44.575,321
East Providence73846,900
Woonsocket32.343,135
Newport61724,717
Central Falls45.622,543
Westerly45.217,936
Newport East62511,769
Valley Falls44.511,547
Greenville33.68,658

Quietest towns

Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
Pascoag21.24,577
Chepachet21.41,675
Harrisville21.61,605
Ashaway32.21,485
Woonsocket32.343,135
Hope Valley32.61,612
Tiverton33.17,557
Bradford33.31,406
Greenville33.68,658
Cumberland Hill34.67,934

Noisiest towns

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
Warwick86782,999
East Providence73846,900
Newport East62511,769
Cranston62182,635
Newport61724,717
Melville59.71,320
Narragansett Pier58.23,409
Kingston47.06,974
Central Falls45.622,543
Providence45.3190,792

All Rhode Island towns

A B C E G H K M N P T V W

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
A
Ashaway32.21,485
B
Bradford33.31,406
C
Central Falls45.622,543
Chepachet21.41,675
Cranston62182,635
Cumberland Hill34.67,934
E
East Providence73846,900
G
Greenville33.68,658
H
Harrisville21.61,605
Hope Valley32.61,612
K
Kingston47.06,974
M
Melville59.71,320
N
Narragansett Pier58.23,409
Newport61724,717
Newport East62511,769
P
Pascoag21.24,577
Pawtucket44.575,321
Providence45.3190,792
T
Tiverton33.17,557
V
Valley Falls44.511,547
W
Warwick86782,999
Westerly45.217,936
Woonsocket32.343,135

Loud / day: aircraft louder than 60 dBA outdoors per day. Flight data November 13, 2025 to November 11, 2026. How the score works.