Small airport noise levels
So I am currently house hunting, and I found a "perfect" place that I am really excited about. Unfortunately the property is located about a mile from an end of a small airport. I have been trying to figure out how much noise I should be expecting from planes flying overhead. I have talked to the people operating the field, and they had trouble explaining how noisy it would be (they seem to be so used to such things they dont register it anymore), but they could confirm that they could fly over as low as 300 to 500 ft above the property. Appearently single and maybe double engine private planes.
Can anyone who experienced such a situation tell me what I should expect? I a lawnmower outside the window? A busy highway noise? Gentle noise of a distant ocean?
I will try to see of I can see one of the planes take off in that area, but without any schedules I dont know how easy it will be to see one.
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Basically, for me, living near the airport (and the noise associated with it) isn't that bad compared to living near a busy road where people find it necessary to blast their car stereos. One thing you might want to keep in mind though is how much time you spend outdoors on your patio or in your yard, because that is when it might bug you.
Noise-wise they'll be quieter than the neighbor's lawnmower, and tomorrow afternoon I'll go to the Lansing airport's park that's lined up with the runway and record a YouTube video to give you a good idea of what it would be like to have a commuter jet land or take off (depending on the wind)
Edit edit: the Park's just under a mile from the end of the runway so that will give a good idea of landing noise, but take-off wise it's a long runway so might not be the best
Edit edit edit: I live two miles from the airport, but it's SE from the runway, and we can hear UPS's 767 whenever it takes off and lands (because it's a big ole plane) but other than that you really only notice helicopters that fly close to the house
I'd imagine that if it's a small airport with single to twin engine planes the noise shouldn't be too bad. I mean, it's not like it's an international hub launching 747s all day and night or something.
Chances are that if there is any noise, you'll get used to it pretty quickly to the point where you don't notice it at all.
I live about 2 miles from a small airport myself (Centennial airport), I don't hear anything from it. But it's mostly small single engine planes and I have 1-25 between me and it.
When I worked closer to the airport (a mile and a half to north east), the noise from the planes was, if noticeable at all, indistinguishable from regular traffic noise.
Did a bit of searching and found this, it's a real time tracker for incoming and outgoing flights allowing you to register and view noise complaints. You may want to check and see if your potential neighbor airport has a similar tool on their website.
It is Quakertown Airport (KUKT).
Thanks a bunch, this is really helpful!
House is located about 1.1 miles East of the SE end of the runway, so my concern was about stuff flying directly above. Did not have much of a concept of the noise levels involved.
That will show if people are flying in that have filed a flight plan
You should also ask the airport how many landings/takeoffs they have a day.
There's NOTHING listed on flight aware, so probably not many
And only 100LL is available at the airport, so if turboprops come in the better have FOB
Oh jeez, i'll be stuck on this website for hours.
Well, under the landing zone for a runway.
Well, I have spoken with the airport staff and they were squirrely about giving me a number, citing that it varies greatly, but on nice Sundays it gets busy.
Wikipedia and the airport site claims an average of 81 "aircraft operations" a day, but I am not sure what classifies as an operation.
An operation is usually a take-off or a landing. It could possibly refer to something else, but that's the standard as far as I am aware.
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My family is within a mile or so of Renton Airfield. The cessna come in low over our hill to land and are throttling down. The private jets throttle up and over us as well. The noise isn't too bad.
The jumbo jets can be heard all over but are not obscene.
I think the big questions to ask are......
how big are the planes landing?
Are they taking off (throttle up = more noise) or landing (throttle down = less noise) they fly over your house?
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I honestly didn't notice the planes other than looking up at them and trying to figure out what type they were, and the occasional rumble. However, the state route that my house was on was 99% of the time louder than the airport noise.
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I formally lived in the landing path of Zamperini Field and the only planes that are annoying are old WWII planes. Everything else was easily ignored. No double-panned windows. Police helicopters were much louder.
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They are great, in moderation or on the ground not making noise.
Not every day though. Around Memorial Day, we would also get an uptick in vintage planes taking off and landing. We were also close to Long Beach airport where some of the larger WWII planes would have to arrive/depart from (think bombers).
I know there is at least one P-51 Mustang at Zamp. And you could always hear it take off and land. Cessna's are quiet. WWII fighters are not.
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Ya, you'll probably notice the noise in the first few weeks/months, but after a while, you'll have situations where you'll have visitors over and they'll ask you what that noise is and you'll respond
"What noise?"
I used to live about 200 feet from the LAX south runway (that is used for most take-offs), and agree with this. No double-paned windows for me, so I'd pause conversation if something heavy wastaking off, but for the most part, it's fine.
I also used to live in Torrance, though not next to Zamperini Field, which makes me wonder if @Nija is failing at his attempt to dopplegang me.
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Um... I mean, yeah, planes. You can get used to them.
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Noise level is subjective of course so the only way to know is to be there.
This might be helpful?
I asked him what he thought; response was (bearing in mind that my dad flies a two-seater Cessna so is generally in favour of planes -- but the airfield he flies from is very much the same size as the one in this thread):
The primary reason airports used to be bad was the industrial area that surrounds them and the cheap hotels and strip clubs. I'd say if you don't have either of those things I would not worry at all.
Can you not just go park next to the house and eat some Taco Bell in your car and read a book for a couple hours one day?
Edit: The air horn on a tug boat is a billion times worse than any small aircraft.
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