Aircraft noise in Wisconsin towns

NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 394 Wisconsin towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 2; 16 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).

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Largest cities

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
Milwaukee59.0561,385
Madison511280,305
Green Bay59.2105,744
Kenosha48.998,211
Racine58.476,602
Appleton58.274,719
Eau Claire46.370,542
Waukesha48.970,446
Oshkosh47.166,184
Janesville32.866,102
West Allis51258,874
La Crosse33.351,327

Quietest towns

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

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
Gillett10.11,276
Wisconsin Dells10.23,344
Oconto Falls10.22,989
Redgranite10.22,021
Lac du Flambeau10.21,969
Galesville10.21,682
Legend Lake10.21,525
Keshena10.21,262
Monticello10.21,175
Lake Nebagamon10.21,133

Noisiest towns

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
Cudahy88217,706
Oak Creek75337,156
Greendale74214,472
St. Francis7409,377
Monona7398,536
DeForest73311,107
Middleton63522,967
Superior62626,423
South Milwaukee62520,211
Maple Bluff6231,308

All Wisconsin towns

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y

TownScoreLoud / dayPeople
A
Abbotsford102,321
Adams10.11,780
Albany20.61,074
Algoma10.23,217
Allouez45.013,839
Altoona33.19,287
Amery20.92,956
Amherst10.11,125
Antigo10.47,974
Appleton58.274,719
Arcadia10.13,796
Ashland10.37,878
Ashwaubenon51516,986
Athens101,069
Augusta10.11,524
B
Baldwin20.84,366
Bangor10.31,461
Baraboo32.112,554
Barneveld10.31,329
Barron10.33,663
Bayside33.14,369
Beaver Dam20.616,531
Belgium20.72,495
Belleville20.92,674
Bellevue33.616,730
Belmont101,006
Beloit33.036,342
Berlin20.45,611
Big Bend5111,501
Black Creek31.81,341
Black Earth31.91,448
Black River Falls103,587
Blair101,270
Bloomer10.13,708
Bloomfield32.04,847
Bohners Lake33.32,444
Bonduel20.71,410
Boscobel103,217
Boyceville20.61,099
Brice Prairie32.71,887
Brillion31.83,365
Bristol33.05,187
Brodhead21.23,212
Brookfield45.041,884
Brooklyn31.41,529
Brown Deer44.612,553
Browns Lake45.42,039
Buffalo City10.11,016
Burlington51011,040
Butler5131,766
C
Cadott20.31,474
Caledonia45.525,326
Cambridge32.41,668
Cameron10.21,857
Campbellsport20.61,934
Cashton10.31,167
Cedar Grove20.62,108
Cedarburg21.212,527
Chetek10.12,161
Chilton20.83,939
Chippewa Falls44.114,656
Clear Lake10.41,102
Cleveland20.91,574
Clinton33.02,227
Clintonville32.54,529
Colby101,926
Colfax10.21,188
Columbus31.65,448
Combined Locks44.93,654
Como21.22,631
Cornell10.11,413
Cottage Grove5118,880
Crandon10.11,703
Crivitz10.11,099
Cross Plains34.14,052
Cuba City10.12,126
Cudahy88217,706
Cumberland10.22,304
D
Dane44.91,088
Darien20.91,570
Darlington102,509
De Pere44.725,348
DeForest73311,107
Deerfield32.72,515
Delafield33.97,203
Delavan21.78,523
Delavan Lake21.62,649
Denmark20.82,422
Dickeyville101,017
Dodgeville20.65,085
Dousman21.42,418
Durand10.11,843
E
Eagle21.52,146
Eagle Lake44.51,192
Eagle River20.71,617
East Troy5134,707
Eau Claire46.370,542
Edgar10.31,444
Edgerton20.95,991
Elkhorn21.610,230
Ellsworth20.63,298
Elm Grove46.36,316
Elroy10.11,326
Evansville20.95,823
F
Fall Creek21.21,413
Fall River20.81,792
Fennimore102,759
Fitchburg44.432,284
Fond du Lac32.944,300
Fontana-on-Geneva Lake32.71,890
Fort Atkinson21.312,350
Fox Crossing48.118,947
Fox Lake10.41,603
Fox Point44.56,608
Franklin51235,485
Frederic10.11,147
Fredonia20.72,284
French Island5174,207
G
Galesville10.21,682
Genoa City32.32,948
Germantown31.621,020
Gillett10.11,276
Glendale44.312,919
Glenwood City10.41,304
Grafton21.512,608
Grantsburg10.21,347
Green Bay59.2105,744
Green Lake20.71,024
Greendale74214,472
Greenfield51136,916
Greenville51213,286
Greenwood101,112
H
Hales Corners5117,522
Hammond20.81,851
Harrison46.414,524
Hartford44.915,894
Hartland34.410,065
Hayward21.02,584
Hazel Green10.11,177
Hilbert21.41,211
Hillsboro101,420
Hobart61810,960
Holmen45.511,581
Horicon20.83,773
Hortonville31.83,364
Howard32.620,775
Howards Grove21.63,251
Hudson33.915,473
Hurley10.31,555
Hustisford21.41,083
I
Independence10.11,472
Iola10.11,203
Ixonia31.91,624
J
Jackson21.88,000
Janesville32.866,102
Jefferson21.37,646
Johnson Creek21.53,441
Juneau49.32,534
K
Kaukauna33.317,493
Kenosha48.998,211
Keshena10.21,262
Kewaskum20.84,435
Kewaunee10.12,798
Kiel20.73,956
Kimberly46.27,626
King20.61,750
Kohler31.62,235
Kronenwetter20.98,539
L
La Crosse33.351,327
Lac du Flambeau10.21,969
Ladysmith10.13,087
Lake Delton20.73,629
Lake Geneva32.58,684
Lake Hallie43.87,310
Lake Koshkonong20.71,204
Lake Mills21.56,602
Lake Nebagamon10.21,133
Lake Ripley31.71,779
Lake Wazeecha20.92,651
Lake Wisconsin32.24,189
Lake Wissota20.62,738
Lancaster103,896
Lannon33.52,290
Lauderdale Lakes32.41,172
Legend Lake10.21,525
Little Chute45.712,178
Little Round Lake20.51,081
Lodi33.63,199
Lomira21.32,680
Loyal101,187
Luck10.21,067
Luxemburg20.42,753
M
Madison511280,305
Maine21.22,616
Manawa20.51,405
Manitowoc32.734,568
Maple Bluff6231,308
Marathon City20.51,560
Marinette20.911,045
Marion10.11,294
Markesan10.51,375
Marshall45.23,810
Marshfield20.518,736
Mauston10.14,176
Mayville20.65,138
Mazomanie21.81,750
McFarland5119,460
Medford104,406
Menasha51018,069
Menomonee Falls32.639,700
Menomonie45.116,642
Mequon32.325,489
Merrill10.19,089
Merton33.73,566
Middleton63522,967
Milton21.05,658
Milwaukee59.0561,385
Mineral Point102,563
Mishicot10.31,423
Mondovi10.12,848
Monona7398,536
Monroe10.310,439
Montello10.31,449
Monticello10.21,175
Mosinee46.34,538
Mount Horeb21.07,756
Mount Pleasant45.927,727
Mukwonago46.28,492
Muscoda10.11,262
Muskego61825,312
N
Nashotah32.51,310
Neenah51127,453
Neillsville102,311
Nekoosa10.32,409
New Berlin58.440,260
New Glarus20.42,208
New Holstein32.23,012
New Lisbon102,537
New London20.97,398
New Richmond51310,705
Newburg21.21,132
Niagara10.11,579
North Fond du Lac46.05,366
North Hudson46.63,888
North Prairie32.32,198
O
Oak Creek75337,156
Oakfield21.41,057
Oconomowoc21.718,682
Oconto31.94,621
Oconto Falls10.22,989
Okauchee Lake32.04,422
Omro32.63,623
Onalaska33.019,018
Oostburg20.63,101
Oregon33.711,676
Orfordville21.21,481
Osceola46.82,872
Oshkosh47.166,184
Osseo101,787
P
Paddock Lake34.82,986
Palmyra32.81,693
Pardeeville20.52,051
Park Falls20.32,369
Peshtigo20.73,387
Pewaukee62116,293
Pewaukee46.68,195
Phillips10.21,516
Platteville10.111,128
Pleasant Prairie32.421,818
Plover20.614,110
Plymouth21.78,908
Port Edwards34.41,761
Port Washington20.812,763
Portage21.510,126
Potter Lake58.91,107
Powers Lake32.11,615
Poynette31.92,558
Prairie du Chien105,373
Prairie du Sac45.84,370
Prescott5164,485
Princeton10.31,262
Pulaski21.34,049
R
Racine58.476,602
Randolph20.41,769
Random Lake20.71,574
Raymond59.03,943
Redgranite10.22,021
Reedsburg10.210,190
Reedsville20.71,196
Rhinelander34.18,185
Rib Mountain21.35,651
Rice Lake10.19,012
Richfield32.211,841
Richland Center10.14,944
Rio21.51,131
Ripon46.37,766
River Falls32.716,935
River Hills43.81,563
Roberts21.82,092
Rochester45.13,776
Rosendale21.61,033
Rothschild31.65,514
S
Salem Lakes45.914,367
Sauk City45.73,475
Saukville20.74,260
Schofield6212,154
Seymour32.81,418
Seymour32.23,515
Sharon32.11,565
Shawano33.59,237
Sheboygan21.149,686
Sheboygan Falls32.38,187
Shell Lake101,384
Sherwood44.93,222
Shorewood61713,603
Shorewood Hills47.52,182
Shullsburg101,192
Sister Bay10.21,165
Slinger21.86,363
Somers45.18,140
Somerset33.03,220
South Milwaukee62520,211
Sparta109,842
Spencer10.11,812
Spooner10.12,468
Spring Green10.41,537
Spring Valley20.71,423
St. Croix Falls20.72,252
St. Francis7409,377
St. Peter21.61,489
Stanley103,798
Stevens Point32.625,752
Stoughton44.313,044
Stratford10.31,581
Strum10.21,057
Sturgeon Bay20.69,861
Sturtevant46.26,735
Suamico33.313,225
Summit21.75,287
Sun Prairie51437,890
Superior62626,423
Sussex34.112,162
T
Tainter Lake10.42,242
Theresa21.11,256
Thiensville21.33,284
Thorp10.11,775
Tichigan45.05,133
Tomah109,452
Tomahawk10.23,385
Trempealeau20.71,880
Turtle Lake10.11,037
Twin Lakes32.66,362
Two Rivers10.311,169
U
Union Grove45.65,152
V
Vernon45.37,456
Verona33.715,815
Viroqua104,437
W
Wales33.42,947
Walworth32.22,803
Washburn10.42,032
Waterford44.35,744
Waterloo32.63,611
Watertown33.522,692
Waukesha48.970,446
Waukesha45.68,484
Waunakee51115,152
Waupaca20.56,333
Waupun10.411,039
Wausau33.539,968
Wautoma10.12,220
Wauwatosa57.247,038
West Allis51258,874
West Baraboo32.51,582
West Bend34.131,886
West Milwaukee5133,997
West Salem20.65,298
Westby10.22,366
Westfield101,323
Weston33.715,969
Weyauwega21.21,760
Whitefish Bay44.714,553
Whitehall101,616
Whitewater20.815,627
Whiting21.51,598
Williams Bay32.02,981
Wind Lake58.05,342
Wind Point6161,636
Windsor59.99,456
Winneconne32.52,502
Wisconsin Dells10.23,344
Wisconsin Rapids45.318,670
Woodville10.51,409
Wrightstown32.73,699
Y
Yorkville46.23,244

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