Monthly Aircraft Noise Complaint Counts by Community

Counts of aircraft noise complaints by community and by month are collected by the Aircraft Noise Abatement Office. The data is used to understand community concerns and manage aircraft noise, and is presented at SFO Airport Community Roundtable meetings.

Use Cases

• Analyze complaint count trends by month to identify seasonal noise patterns.
• Compare complaint counts across different community areas to locate noise hotspots.
• Use monthly complaint data to evaluate the impact of noise abatement initiatives.

Strengths

• Data is collected via multiple official channels including a hotline, online forms, and direct correspondence.
• Data is structured for monthly reporting to the SFO Airport Community Roundtable.
• Published by the City of San Francisco, indicating an official government source.

Limitations

• The dataset is a summary of counts, lacking detailed individual complaint records.
• Specific data dimensions like row count, column names, and sample size are unavailable.
• The description references a more detailed dataset for data from August 2019 onward, suggesting this summary may be less current.

Provenance

Source

City of San Francisco, Aircraft Noise Abatement Office.

Collection Method

Collected via Complaint Hotline, Online Complaint Form, emails, letters, and telephone calls.

Time Range

Monthly reporting; detailed data is available from August 2019.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, though the summary nature may limit detail.

Geography

Communities around San Francisco International Airport (SFO).