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What is being done in your area?

developing programs that minimize noise impacts on surrounding communities

For more than 40 years, the Port of Oakland has endeavored to develop programs that minimize noise impacts on surrounding communities. Noise abatement procedures (NAP) at Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK) are based on the voluntary actions that air traffic controllers and pilots may take to help reduce the impacts of aircraft noise on communities adjacent to the airport. The airport has no authority over the movement of aircraft or the direction of flight. The authority to regulate flight patterns of aircraft is vested exclusively in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

The following are general guidelines and techniques we ask operators to follow to help minimize the noise impact produced by aircraft in your area.

SFO Noise Mitigation

Based on your location, you are more likely to be affected by aircraft operating out of the San Francisco International Airport (SFO). SFO might have noise abatement efforts in place that may more significantly help reduce noise in your area. For information about noise abatement at SFO, you can visit the SFO Aircraft Noise website.

SFO Aircraft Noise Website

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View live flight tracks and noise levels using our WebTrak Flight and Noise tracker.

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What Type of Aircraft Operations Affect You?

Are you affected by overflights? understand what these overflights are and why they are in your area.

The term “overflight” refers to the flight of an aircraft over a particular area. In today’s modern age, overflights can be common in all areas, but they are especially common near airports. The San Francisco Bay Area is home to 3 major airports as well as many small airports, so overflights are common throughout the region. If you are affected by overflights in your area, it is important to understand what these overflights are and why they are in your area before we can work together to come up with helpful solutions to aircraft noise issues.

What affects your area on a standard weather day?

SFO Airline Operations at Various Altitudes.

Based on your location, you are more likely to be affected by aircraft operating out of San Francisco International (SFO) because they are typically more frequent and or at lower altitudes than other airport traffic that commonly passes over your area. However, SFO is a major Bay Area Airport with very complex airspace that is intertwined with Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK) and San Jose International Airport (SJC) airspace, so it is possible to be affected by more than one Bay Area Airport.

To find more information on SFO’s operations and flight patterns, view the SFO Noise Website.

SFO Noise

Want to see more?

View live flight tracks and noise levels using our WebTrak Flight and Noise tracker.

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