COMMUNITY REACTION TO AIRCRAFT NOISE AROUND SMALLER CITY AIRPORTS

This report presents the results of a study of community reaction to jet aircraft noise in the vicinity of airports in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Reno, Nevada. These cities were surveyed in order to obtain data for comparison with that obtained in larger cities during a previous study. (The cities studied earlier were Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York.) The purpose of the present effort was to observe the relative reaction under conditions of lower noise exposure and in less highly urbanized areas, and to test the previously developed predictive equation for annoyance under such circumstances. In Chattanooga and Reno a total of 1960 personal interviews based upon questionnaires were obtained. Aircraft noise measurements were made concurrently and aircraft operations logs were maintained for several weeks in each city to permit computation of noise exposures. The survey respondents were chosen randomly from various exposure zones.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Project sponsorship was from NASA.
• Corporate Authors:

  Tracor, Incorporated

  6500 Tracor Lane
  Austin, TX  United States  78721
• Authors:
  • Connor, W K
  • Patterson, H P
• Publication Date: 1972-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 191 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft noise; Airport noise; Communities; Environmental impact analysis; Environmental impacts; Interviewing; Jet propelled aircraft; Measurement; Noise; Questionnaires; Small cities
• Uncontrolled Terms: Noise measurement
• Old TRIS Terms: Community reactions; Noise exposure
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00075379
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: FLIGHT TRANSPORTATION LABORATORY, MIT DEPT. OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
• Report/Paper Numbers: NASA CR-2104
• Contract Numbers: NASA1-10216
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM