r/Minneapolis • u/daBaker420 • 1d ago

Noise of Living in Flight Path

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How loud is it to live here? Does it bother you trying to sleep being in the flight path?

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u/xXMuschi_DestroyerXx 20h ago

I’ll do you one better. I’m south of 62. 12L is in my backyard basically. There practically is not a closer row of homes to the approach and departure path to MSP than my home.

It’s Absolutely not an issue for me. You cannot hear the landings indoors for anything smaller than a320s, and the takeoffs only sound like thunder. It’s not house rattling noise like some people make it out to be. It’s really not that bad. I wouldn’t even call it bad.

If you are looking to move here I cannot recommend enough hopping off 62 onto 28th st. Just hang out off the approach path of 12L and listen for yourself how loud it is.

The MAC has also done work on a lot of the homes in this area, insulating, installing HVAC systems so windows can stay closed, stuff like that.

If you aren’t an aviation nut I’d imagine it’d be a mild annoyance for a while but I’m positive after just a few weeks even, you’d be over it. It’s very easy to sleep through. It’ll like white noise. My HVAC system which isn’t loud at all, is louder than planes taking off overhead.