Would you buy a house under a flight path?

[Anonymous]

I used to live on a Naval Air Station, so obviously planes all the time and we were very close to the airfield. Fighters and big transport planes. It really didn't bother us much.

[Anonymous]

Glen Echo, near Macarthur=not too bad

[Anonymous]

Pretty hard to avoid them in the close in DMV

[Anonymous]

I used to live under the O'Hare flight path. I'd never do that again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to live under the O'Hare flight path. I'd never do that again.

How close were you to the airport, it makes all the difference if you're 10 miles away vs 3, etc

[Anonymous]

I would probably try to avoid being on the main flight path if possible. Not easy in this area if you live anywhere near the river or DCA. That said, if I knowingly bought a home on the flight path, I wouldn't complain about it after. My big pet peeve is people who buy homes near airports and then complain about the noise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live on a flight path and its fine. Houses in my neighborhood sell for high amounts in a few days so there seem to be buyers.

What neighborhood, PP?

Between Mass and Macarthur in Bethesda

[Anonymous]

Several in-demand Bethesda neighborhoods are near the flight path (Glen Echo, Canin John, GEH) and it doesn't seem to stop people from buying

[Anonymous]

It's difficult to get around this issue unless you live way way out in the suburbs.

[Anonymous]

I'm very sensitive to noise and airplane noise doesn't bother me.

I'm a pilot, but still...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm very sensitive to noise and airplane noise doesn't bother me.

I'm a pilot, but still...

I'm sure it doesn't bother you when you're sitting in the cockpit, but how about at 5:30 when several planes are flying at 2000 feet directly above your house, and pretty much continuing until midnight at 3 minute intervals?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm very sensitive to noise and airplane noise doesn't bother me.

I'm a pilot, but still...

I'm sure it doesn't bother you when you're sitting in the cockpit, but how about at 5:30 when several planes are flying at 2000 feet directly above your house, and pretty much continuing until midnight at 3 minute intervals?

Where is it that bad?

[Anonymous]

People seem to confuse being able to notice the planes and being impacted by it. There are plane over most of Arlington, close in McLean, West
Bethesda and the palisades/Georgetown and those just happen to be the most exspencive and desirable areas in the metro area. Would it be better without them sure but it isn't like there isn't noise in other areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depends. Bethesda, DC or Arlington, yes. Chantilly, no.

What's the difference?

Um, bigger planes are louder.

-np

[Anonymous]

Where are you looking, OP?