Where is airplane noise not a huge issue in DC metro? Does this place exist?

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Anonymous wrote:It's like a faint rumble of thunder in the distance. I can't understand how anyone is bothered by this, unless you previously lived in the middle of nowhere with any outside sound ever. And yes, I live very very close to an airport.

If you hear a faint rumble in the distance, you are not experiencing the type of noise that the OP and others are speaking about. It is much more than that

PS - I know, because I have experienced both living close to an airport.

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Anonymous wrote:This is such a problem in the DC area. I recently sold my home in Potomac because I could no longer handle the insane plane noise in Potomac. I couldn't open the windows to my house it was so bad. I've been house hunting in the DMV for a neighborhood with tolerable plane noise, and it is very, very difficult to find. I've probably looked at 25 neighborhoods thus far in DC, Maryland and Virginia, and all of them had plane noise.

Some many parts of the DMV are becoming increasingly uninhabitable due to the amount of plane noise growing here every year. And yes people are complaining - both IAD and DCA have had record levels of noise complaints in the past few years, but the FAA ignores them. The FAA exists to insure airlines make money, not that people on the ground have a decent place to live.

I've know talked to several people trying to get out of Potomac because they cannot stand the plane noise anymore. Bethesda isn't much better.

I've lived in Old Town, Arlington, Fairfax, and Baltimore and never had a problem with plane noise. Obviously you need to expand your search.

Actually, plenty of people in Old Town, Arlington, Fairfax and Baltimore have problems with plane noise. I know, because I've sat-in on multiple FAA community roundtables in the past five years where people from all of those communities were represented. You were lucky enough to live in pockets where it wasn't a problem. Those are all big areas - just because you didn't experience a problem in the specific area where you lived, doesn't mean other people in the community didn't. The definition of a problem is not it only exists if it's happening to you.

This is obviously a mission for you. Five years and you're still complaining? Why haven't you moved? There are always people upset with something. That's life.

DP - the PP could move, but part of the issue is that just because you don't have aviation noise today in a particular place, doesn't mean you won't have it tomorrow.

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Anonymous wrote:This is such a problem in the DC area. I recently sold my home in Potomac because I could no longer handle the insane plane noise in Potomac. I couldn't open the windows to my house it was so bad. I've been house hunting in the DMV for a neighborhood with tolerable plane noise, and it is very, very difficult to find. I've probably looked at 25 neighborhoods thus far in DC, Maryland and Virginia, and all of them had plane noise.

Some many parts of the DMV are becoming increasingly uninhabitable due to the amount of plane noise growing here every year. And yes people are complaining - both IAD and DCA have had record levels of noise complaints in the past few years, but the FAA ignores them. The FAA exists to insure airlines make money, not that people on the ground have a decent place to live.

I've know talked to several people trying to get out of Potomac because they cannot stand the plane noise anymore. Bethesda isn't much better.

Have friends in Avenel, and the plane noise there is surprising. We live in McLean by the ALB, and it's not like that. Not sure why.

What is the ALB?

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Anonymous wrote:Potentially dumb question. We live in McLean and I’m always curious as to what the majority of helicopter traffic is from. Military? Corporate/personal? Anyone know the major takeoff/landing spots?

It is a mix of hospital, police and military. There may be some corporate out of Tyson's but I have never confirmed that. There is some traffic back and forth from Langley to the Pentagon. The police and the hospital one are fairly frequent.

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Anonymous wrote:This is such a problem in the DC area. I recently sold my home in Potomac because I could no longer handle the insane plane noise in Potomac. I couldn't open the windows to my house it was so bad. I've been house hunting in the DMV for a neighborhood with tolerable plane noise, and it is very, very difficult to find. I've probably looked at 25 neighborhoods thus far in DC, Maryland and Virginia, and all of them had plane noise.

Some many parts of the DMV are becoming increasingly uninhabitable due to the amount of plane noise growing here every year. And yes people are complaining - both IAD and DCA have had record levels of noise complaints in the past few years, but the FAA ignores them. The FAA exists to insure airlines make money, not that people on the ground have a decent place to live.

I've know talked to several people trying to get out of Potomac because they cannot stand the plane noise anymore. Bethesda isn't much better.

I've lived in Old Town, Arlington, Fairfax, and Baltimore and never had a problem with plane noise. Obviously you need to expand your search.

Actually, plenty of people in Old Town, Arlington, Fairfax and Baltimore have problems with plane noise. I know, because I've sat-in on multiple FAA community roundtables in the past five years where people from all of those communities were represented. You were lucky enough to live in pockets where it wasn't a problem. Those are all big areas - just because you didn't experience a problem in the specific area where you lived, doesn't mean other people in the community didn't. The definition of a problem is not it only exists if it's happening to you.

This is obviously a mission for you. Five years and you're still complaining? Why haven't you moved? There are always people upset with something. That's life.

DP - the PP could move, but part of the issue is that just because you don't have aviation noise today in a particular place, doesn't mean you won't have it tomorrow.

Welcome to life in a major city! Airplanes may fly over your house. Enjoy the convenience of being able to fly to nearly any major city on earth either nonstop or one stop from our city’s airports.

[Anonymous]

Have you ever been to Gravelly Point? There's no way it's worse than gravelly point, and that's what it's like at my house. It's fine - white noise. OP likely has misophonia or some other sort of odd tic/irritation.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you ever been to Gravelly Point? There's no way it's worse than gravelly point, and that's what it's like at my house. It's fine - white noise. OP likely has misophonia or some other sort of odd tic/irritation.

OP obviously has some sort of illness. OP should see s medical specialist.

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Yeah, apparently science has its money on people who live under a flight path needing a medical specialist or two…

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OP is correct

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Anonymous wrote:OP is correct

Why did you post twice? OP need medical assistance… would be best for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you ever been to Gravelly Point? There's no way it's worse than gravelly point, and that's what it's like at my house. It's fine - white noise. OP likely has misophonia or some other sort of odd tic/irritation.

You live 500 ft from the end of a runway? You should have realized that before you bought your house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’re on Capitol Hill and while we don’t have airplane noise, there has been a huge uptick in circling helicopters. It was BAD this summer (they always seemed to be circling at like 11pm at night) but it’s recently calmed down.

Agree that plane noise isn’t a big problem in the Hill. But occasionally you’ll get a fighter jet fly by and that will share the house.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you ever been to Gravelly Point? There's no way it's worse than gravelly point, and that's what it's like at my house. It's fine - white noise. OP likely has misophonia or some other sort of odd tic/irritation.

You live 500 ft from the end of a runway? You should have realized that before you bought your house.

I live 2.5 miles from the airport and love it, but the sound near gravelly point and my house aren't much different. And white noise essentially.

OP sounds insane, to be honest.