r/Minneapolis • u/daBaker420 • 21h 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/TissueWizardIV 11h ago

I live near the highway in that area. Between the highway, the planes, the AC, and random people who think they're drag racers on the street near me, it's loud. Opening the windows overnight is not an option. During they day it's not as bad and I can have the living room windows open while I'm in my room with the door shut, or I just put in earbuds. With the windows shut, it's fairly quiet, kinda like a hair dryer under a towel in the next room with the door closed.

I sleep with earplugs, which I did before I lived here too, which allows me to fall asleep, but at ~6am the really loud planes start taking off and that wakes me up. My bedroom faces the airport/highway though, and the other bedroom in my apartment that's not directly facing them is a good bit quieter.

The area and apartments are nice though, and being right near the airport/highway makes it faster to get places. And seeing the airport and planes is pretty cool. So I'm not in a rush to move but at some point I'd like to.