Aircraft noise in Vermont towns

NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 43 Vermont towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 1; 1 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).

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Largest cities

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
Burlington51544,528
South Burlington46.721,043
Rutland10.215,630
Essex Junction45.710,817
Bennington109,074
Barre108,387
Winooski8608,251
Montpelier107,991
Brattleboro10.37,414
St. Albans20.66,935
Middlebury10.16,588
St. Johnsbury10.16,193

Quietest towns

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

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
Lyndonville20.51,211
St. Albans20.66,935
Vergennes20.62,566
Milton21.11,861
Essex Junction45.710,817
South Burlington46.721,043
Swanton47.82,385
Burlington51544,528
Winooski8608,251

Noisiest towns

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
Winooski8608,251
Burlington51544,528
Swanton47.82,385
South Burlington46.721,043
Essex Junction45.710,817
Milton21.11,861
St. Albans20.66,935
Vergennes20.62,566
Lyndonville20.51,211
Chester20.41,005

All Vermont towns

A B C E F H J L M N P R S V W

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
A
Arlington101,213
B
Barre108,387
Bellows Falls10.12,769
Bennington109,074
Brandon101,648
Brattleboro10.37,414
Bristol10.42,030
Burlington51544,528
C
Castleton101,485
Chester20.41,005
E
Enosburg Falls10.11,345
Essex Junction45.710,817
F
Fair Haven102,269
H
Hardwick101,345
J
Johnson10.11,327
L
Lyndonville20.51,211
M
Manchester Center102,120
Middlebury10.16,588
Milton21.11,861
Montpelier107,991
Morrisville10.12,334
N
Newport10.14,336
North Bennington101,705
Northfield102,101
P
Poultney101,098
R
Randolph101,974
Richford101,361
Rutland10.215,630
S
South Barre101,219
South Burlington46.721,043
Springfield10.13,979
St. Albans20.66,935
St. Johnsbury10.16,193
Swanton47.82,385
V
Vergennes20.62,566
W
Waterbury10.21,763
West Brattleboro10.12,740
West Rutland10.12,024
White River Junction10.42,286
Wilder10.41,690
Williamstown10.11,162
Windsor10.22,066
Winooski8608,251

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