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[quote=Anonymous]I found this very useful when moving to the area. There are noise sensor networks for both DCA and IAD.

https://webtrak.emsbk.com/dca

https://webtrak.emsbk.com/iad

You can watch (not in real time, delayed by about an hour) the noise levels rise and fall with planes on various flight paths in the area. Historical data is also available, beyond that data feed, so you can look at different times of day.

Once I had the dB levels, I googled to find charts of what a certain number of decibels equated to in noise levels. (As loud as a normal conversation? As a drill? etc.).

This stuff is out there, it's public. As someone who was looking at buying in the area, once I picked up from the forums here that there were places where airport noise was an issue, I started googling and that's how I came across the sensor network info. (I also looked at flood maps and other historical flood data, tornado records, water treatment/sewage plants in the area, etc.) I know that most people don't do that level of due diligence, but it certainly helps avoid some things.

Even with the level of research I did, though, I didn't realize there are still helicopters from Mt. Weather that frequently fly over so low that my house shakes. It's very, very difficult to catch every possibility of something disruptive, when you don't live in an area already. 
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