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NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 142 West Virginia 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
Town Score Loud / day People Charleston 7 41 46,838 Huntington 2 0.5 45,325 Morgantown 2 0.6 30,429 Parkersburg 3 1.0 29,025 Wheeling 2 1.0 26,208 Martinsburg 3 2.5 18,935 Weirton 3 2.5 18,386 Fairmont 1 0.3 18,155 Beckley 1 0.1 16,576 Clarksburg 1 0.2 15,489 South Charleston 3 4.2 13,281 Teays Valley 1 0.4 13,175
Quietest towns
Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).
Town Score Loud / day People Washington 1 0.2 1,175 Culloden 1 0.3 3,061 Williamstown 1 0.3 2,955 Teays Valley 1 0.4 13,175 Hurricane 1 0.4 6,806 Bethlehem 1 0.4 2,553 Lubeck 1 0.4 1,311 Cheat Lake 2 0.4 7,988 Blennerhassett 2 0.4 3,089 Brookhaven 2 0.5 5,171
Noisiest towns
Town Score Loud / day People Charleston 7 41 46,838 Shannondale 4 5.3 3,358 Coal Fork 4 4.5 1,233 Rand 4 3.8 1,631 Buckhannon 4 1.6 5,055 Granville 4 1.6 1,371 South Charleston 3 4.2 13,281 Bolivar 3 3.5 1,005 Charles Town 3 3.5 7,672 Dunbar 3 3.5 7,163
All West Virginia towns
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Town Score Loud / day People A Alum Creek 2 0.9 1,749 Ansted 1 0.1 1,272 B Barboursville 1 0.2 4,355 Barrackville 1 0.1 1,201 Beaver 1 0 1,308 Beckley 1 0.1 16,576 Belington 1 0 1,789 Belle 3 2.0 1,106 Benwood 1 0.1 1,191 Bethlehem 1 0.4 2,553 Blennerhassett 2 0.4 3,089 Bluefield 1 0 9,272 Bluewell 1 0 2,184 Boaz 2 0.7 1,297 Bolivar 3 3.5 1,005 Bradley 1 0.2 2,040 Bridgeport 1 0 9,377 Brookhaven 2 0.5 5,171 Brush Fork 1 0 1,197 Buckhannon 4 1.6 5,055 Buffalo 2 0.5 1,205 C Ceredo 1 0 1,341 Charles Town 3 3.5 7,672 Charleston 7 41 46,838 Cheat Lake 2 0.4 7,988 Chesapeake 2 1.4 1,290 Chester 3 2.0 2,113 Clarksburg 1 0.2 15,489 Coal City 2 0.9 1,815 Coal Fork 4 4.5 1,233 Crab Orchard 1 0.1 2,678 Craigsville 1 0 2,213 Cross Lanes 2 0.8 9,995 Culloden 1 0.3 3,061 D Daniels 1 0 1,881 Despard 1 0.2 1,004 Dunbar 3 3.5 7,163 E Eleanor 2 0.7 1,517 Elkins 1 0 6,755 Elkview 2 1.2 1,222 F Fairlea 1 0.2 1,747 Fairmont 1 0.3 18,155 Fayetteville 1 0.4 2,804 Follansbee 3 1.9 2,692 Fort Ashby 1 0 1,380 G Gilbert Creek 1 0 1,090 Glen Dale 1 0.1 1,425 Glenville 1 0 1,079 Grafton 1 0 4,589 Granville 4 1.6 1,371 H Harrisville 1 0 1,554 Hinton 1 0 2,142 Hooverson Heights 3 2.0 2,590 Huntington 2 0.5 45,325 Hurricane 1 0.4 6,806 I Inwood 3 2.0 2,954 K Kenova 1 0 2,897 Keyser 1 0 4,843 Kingwood 1 0.1 2,956 L Lavalette 1 0.2 1,073 Lesage 2 0.3 1,358 Lewisburg 2 0.5 3,785 Logan 1 0 1,337 Lubeck 1 0.4 1,311 M Mabscott 1 0.2 1,282 MacArthur 1 0.1 1,500 Madison 1 0.1 2,742 Mallory 1 0 1,654 Mannington 1 0 1,916 Marmet 3 2.0 1,435 Martinsburg 3 2.5 18,935 McMechen 1 0.1 1,613 Milton 2 0.5 2,755 Mineralwells 2 1.2 1,950 Monongah 1 0 1,039 Montgomery 2 0.3 1,224 Moorefield 1 0 2,487 Morgantown 2 0.6 30,429 Moundsville 1 0.1 7,724 Mount Gay-Shamrock 1 0 1,779 Mount Hope 1 0.1 1,276 Mullens 1 0 1,383 N New Haven 1 0 1,418 New Martinsville 1 0 5,087 Newell 3 1.7 1,376 Nitro 2 0.9 6,426 Nutter Fort 1 0.2 1,454 O Oak Hill 1 0.3 7,849 Oceana 1 0 1,389 P Paden City 1 0 2,408 Parkersburg 3 1.0 29,025 Parsons 1 0 1,289 Pea Ridge 1 0.3 6,650 Pennsboro 1 0 1,014 Petersburg 1 0 2,268 Philippi 1 0.1 2,904 Pinch 2 0.8 3,262 Pleasant Valley 2 0.4 3,483 Point Pleasant 1 0 3,908 Princeton 1 0.3 5,642 Prosperity 1 0.2 1,498 R Rainelle 1 0 1,159 Rand 4 3.8 1,631 Ranson corporation 3 2.7 5,699 Ravenswood 1 0 3,819 Richwood 1 0 1,623 Ripley 1 0 3,043 Romney 1 0 1,753 Ronceverte 1 0.1 1,531 S Salem 1 0.1 1,482 Shady Spring 1 0 2,998 Shannondale 4 5.3 3,358 Shepherdstown 3 2.5 1,537 Shinnston 1 0.1 2,276 Sissonville 2 1.5 4,028 Sistersville 1 0 1,327 Sophia 1 0.1 1,082 South Charleston 3 4.2 13,281 Spencer 1 0 1,982 St. Albans 2 1.2 10,387 St. Marys 1 0.1 1,762 Stanaford 1 0 1,350 Star City 3 1.3 1,778 Stonewood 1 0.2 1,759 Summersville 1 0 3,344 T Teays Valley 1 0.4 13,175 Terra Alta 1 0.1 1,413 V Vienna 3 1.4 10,457 W Washington 1 0.2 1,175 Wayne 1 0.1 1,395 Weirton 3 2.5 18,386 Welch 1 0 3,414 Wellsburg 3 2.0 2,302 West Liberty 3 1.4 1,441 Weston 1 0.1 3,776 Westover 2 1.2 4,043 Wheeling 2 1.0 26,208 White Sulphur Springs 1 0 2,187 Wiley Ford 1 0.1 1,026 Williamson 1 0 2,831 Williamstown 1 0.3 2,955 Winfield 2 0.5 2,368
Loud / day: aircraft louder than 60 dBA outdoors per day. Flight data November 13, 2025 to November 11, 2026. How the score works .