As global air traffic continues to grow, the aviation industry faces mounting pressure to reduce aircraft noise ...

A scale developed originally by K.D. Kryter in 1959 to attempt to measure the perceived noisiness of jet aircraft by observers on the ground. The scale has been adopted by the International Standards ...

Aircraft noise at night has been shown to affect sleep ... keeping conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes under control, and taking medication including cholesterol-lowering drugs ...

People who live adjacent to airports or under flight paths—and thus are exposed to a high degree of consistent aircraft noise—are more likely to have worse heart function regardless of other clinical ...

They say the increasing aircraft noise and number of planes coming and ... Hughes Aerospace worked with air traffic control towers, Fort Myers Regional Airport (RSW) and those who manage FAA ...

New study highlights the urgent need for updated aviation noise policies in the United States.

Monthly noise complaints received by the airport ... “The airport and county can only control aircraft when the wheels are on the ground,” Stout said in an interview. “After the wheels ...