A new report on noise from the European Environment Agency supports the findings of the ANASE Study and shows that people are disturbed by much lower levels of aircraft noise than has been previously admitted. The study shows how many people are annoyed by aircraft noise, not merely the number exposed to it. For example, at a noise level of 55 dB, 27% are highly annoyed by aircraft noise, but only 3% are highly annoyed by rail noise and 6% by road noise.

The European Good Practice Guide: www.eea.europa.eu/publications/good-practice-guide-on-noise