The Port of Seattle operates a system of noise monitors at 24 permanent sites throughout the greater Seattle area. The majority of the monitors are placed in close-in communities within five miles of the airport. Other monitors are placed farther out to capture aircraft overflight noise for various arrival and departure flight paths. Data from the noise monitoring systems provide a general perspective on aircraft noise and are not intended to be inclusive of every community.
Noise monitors are just one component of a comprehensive suite of tools the Port uses to understand aircraft noise impacts. Other tools include monitoring and tracking flight paths, types of aircraft being flown, winds, runway usage, and periodically performing sophisticated modeling of the impacts. There are no plans at this time to add or change any permanent noise monitor locations.
