Is Studio City loud from Burbank airport?

Yes — Studio City is the single most complaint-heavy neighborhood under Hollywood Burbank operations. Southbound jets departing Runway 15 turn south and pass overhead just below the 101 Freeway. After the FAA's NextGen / SoCal Metroplex flight-path changes took effect in 2017, those departures concentrated onto tighter GPS tracks and dropped lower over the area, and annual noise complaints across the affected communities jumped from a few hundred into the hundreds of thousands. Drop a pin on the map above to see your specific street's exposure.

Why are planes flying over Sherman Oaks?

Sherman Oaks sits directly under the southbound Runway 15 departure corridor below the 101 Freeway. When the FAA introduced NextGen RNAV departure procedures in 2017, southbound climb-outs from Burbank were funneled onto narrower satellite-based tracks that cross south of the 101 over Studio City, Sherman Oaks and Encino. That concentration — more flights over a tighter line, at lower altitude — is why residents noticed a sudden increase in overhead jet traffic that earlier years did not have.

Why doesn't Burbank airport have a mandatory curfew?

Because the FAA has repeatedly blocked one. In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the City of Burbank's own 11 PM–7 AM jet curfew in City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, ruling that aircraft noise regulation is federally preempted. Decades later the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority ran a formal FAR Part 161 study seeking to convert the voluntary 10 PM–7 AM curfew into a mandatory one; the FAA disapproved that application in 2009, finding only two of the six required statutory criteria were met. So the curfew stays voluntary.

Which Los Angeles neighborhoods near Burbank airport are quietest?

Because Hollywood Burbank's noise falls south (Runway 15 departures) and east (Runway 8 arrivals), areas to the north-west and far west of the field are the least affected — Sun Valley to the north-west, and Van Nuys and Tarzana to the west, all sit off the main corridors. The hardest-hit neighborhoods are directly south of the runway: Magnolia Park, Toluca Lake, Studio City and Sherman Oaks. The map above lets you check any address before you commit to it.

How do I report airplane noise from Hollywood Burbank Airport?

Contact the airport's 24-hour Noise Concerns Hotline on 1-800-441-0409, or file online through the noise section of the Hollywood Burbank Airport website (hollywoodburbankairport.com/noise). Logged complaints feed the Airport Authority's noise reporting and its ongoing work with the FAA on the disputed southern-shift flight tracks. Note that the actual flight paths are controlled by the FAA, not the airport, which is why the City of Los Angeles has separately sued the FAA over the post-2017 procedures.

Is Toluca Lake or Magnolia Park loud from plane noise?

Yes — both sit squarely under the Runway 15 southbound departure track and are among the most exposed neighborhoods because they're close to the field, so aircraft are still low and climbing. Magnolia Park is immediately off the south end of the runway, with departures overhead at low altitude, and Toluca Lake is directly on the same outbound line. Use the pin-drop tool above to compare specific streets, since exposure drops off noticeably a few blocks east or west of the centerline.

Does this map cover all flights at Burbank?

The heatmap and route-density layers are built from ADS-B tracking, which captures the commercial jet traffic that drives the southern-shift noise. A small amount of general-aviation and helicopter traffic in the busy San Fernando Valley airspace — including activity associated with nearby Van Nuys Airport — may not be fully ADS-B-equipped, but those are not the main source of the Runway 15 departure noise that affects Studio City and Sherman Oaks.

Los Angeles Flight Path Noise Map – Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR)

Name: Aircraft noise observations near Hollywood Burbank Airport
Creator: Flight Path Noise
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Aircraft noise around Los Angeles in October 2026

Loudest neighborhoods near Los Angeles: Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Magnolia Park (Burbank), Toluca Lake. Quietest: Van Nuys, Tarzana, La Cañada Flintridge, Sun Valley. Busiest around 10 AM local time averaging 757 flights/day. Source: Flight Path Noise monitoring data, 30 days to 2026-10-18.

Flights by hour · last 30 days

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Average daily traffic

757

flights / day · 22,702 total

Busiest hour

10 AM

peak 90 dB

Loudest hour

noon

peak 95 dB

Loudest residential area

Magnolia Park (Burbank)

67 dB avg · ~343 flights/day · Busy road

Immediately off the south end of Runway 15; departures climb low directly overhead

Does Los Angeles Airport have a curfew?

No — only a voluntary night curfew (10 PM–7 AM), not legally binding.

Hollywood Burbank has a voluntary night curfew from 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM local time. During those hours the airport asks operators not to take off or land noisier aircraft, and scheduled commercial flights are timetabled for the 7 AM–10 PM window. Crucially the curfew is voluntary, not mandatory: the airport reports over 99% compliance by scheduled carriers, but private, cargo and delayed flights are not legally bound by it. Exceptions also exist for emergencies, weather and air-traffic-control delays.

Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR/KBUR) is a compact, single-terminal airport wedged into the dense San Fernando Valley, which means its noise footprint falls almost entirely on residential neighborhoods rather than open land or water. Its defining noise story is the “southern shift”: after the FAA’s NextGen / SoCal Metroplex changes took effect in 2017, departing jets on Runway 15 began turning south earlier and lower over communities below the 101 Freeway — Studio City, Sherman Oaks and Encino — and annual noise complaints exploded from a few hundred into the hundreds of thousands. The airport has only a voluntary night curfew, because the FAA, and earlier the U.S. Supreme Court, repeatedly blocked attempts at a mandatory one. The result is an airport where the community, the City of Los Angeles and the FAA have been in open conflict over flight tracks for years, including litigation.

Which neighborhoods are quietest — and which aren’t

Hollywood Burbank has two asphalt runways. The primary 15/33 (2,099 m / 6,886 ft) is the longer, better-equipped runway and handles most airliner departures; Runway 15 points south-east, so jets taking off climb out directly over the neighborhoods south of the field. The crosswind 8/26 (1,768 m / 5,802 ft) is shorter, but Runway 8 (pointing east) is the preferred arrival runway because it has the only ILS and clear terrain on the approach — so landings track in from the east over Glendale and Pasadena.

Area	Aircraft noise	Why
Studio City	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Epicenter of the southern shift; Runway 15 departures turn overhead just south of the 101
Sherman Oaks	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Directly under the southbound Runway 15 corridor below the 101
Magnolia Park (Burbank)	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Immediately off the south end of Runway 15; departures climb low overhead
Toluca Lake	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Squarely on the Runway 15 southbound departure track, close to the field
Encino	✈︎✈︎	Western edge of the southern-shift departure fan
North Hollywood	✈︎✈︎	Under the early southbound climb-out, west of the centerline
Glendale	✈︎✈︎	Under the Runway 8 approach when aircraft land to the east
Valley Village	✈︎✈︎	Western side of the Runway 15 departure spread
Burbank (central)	✈︎✈︎	Airport-adjacent; ground noise plus arrivals/departures
Pasadena	✈︎✈︎	Further out on the Runway 8 arrival path from the east
Van Nuys	✈︎	West of the field; mostly Van Nuys Airport traffic
Tarzana	✈︎	Far western fringe of the departure fan
La Cañada Flintridge	✈︎	East/north-east of the field, off the main tracks
Sun Valley	✈︎	North-west of the field, off the south-flow and east-arrival corridors

If aircraft noise is the deciding factor, the practical move around Burbank is to stay north-west or west of the field — Sun Valley, Van Nuys and Tarzana sit clear of both the Runway 15 departure fan and the Runway 8 arrival path. The neighborhoods to avoid if you’re noise-sensitive are the ones strung along the southbound departure line: Magnolia Park and Toluca Lake right off the runway, then Studio City and Sherman Oaks under the post-2017 shift. Because exposure falls off sharply a few blocks east or west of the departure centerline, the difference between a loud street and a tolerable one can be small — drop a pin on the map above before you commit.

Flight patterns and runway use

Prevailing winds in the Valley are from the south, so the preferred configuration has airliners departing south on Runway 15 and landing from the east on Runway 8. Runway 8 is favored for arrivals because it carries the airport’s only ILS and has clear terrain on the approach. When the wind swings to the north, the operation reverses: arrivals make visual approaches to Runway 33 over the Santa Monica Mountains, and the lighter crosswind Runway 8/26 sees more use. Because 15/33 is the longer, better-equipped runway, it stays the strongly preferred departure runway in either flow.

Departures off Runway 15 are the dominant noise source. Under the FAA’s NextGen / SoCal Metroplex procedures introduced in 2017, southbound departures were concentrated onto tighter GPS-based tracks that cross south of the 101 Freeway over Studio City, Sherman Oaks and Encino — the change that triggered the southern shift. Redesigned RNAV departure procedures place waypoints in that same corridor, which is why the dispute has centered on a small band of Valley neighborhoods rather than a broad arc. There is no over-water escape valve here: unlike coastal airports that can route climb-outs over the sea, Burbank’s inland Valley location means essentially all departure and arrival noise falls over housing.

The route-density layer on the map above shows this clearly: a bright, concentrated corridor running south-east from Runway 15 across the central Valley, plus a secondary arrival band tracking in from the east toward Runway 8. The tightness of the southbound corridor is the visual signature of NextGen — many flights stacked along one narrow line rather than spread across a wider fan.

When is it quietest?

Burbank’s voluntary curfew shapes the daily rhythm, but with an important caveat: because it is voluntary, the overnight quiet is not guaranteed the way a hard curfew would be.

Voluntary curfew (10 PM – 7 AM): scheduled commercial flights are timetabled outside this window, and the airport reports over 99% compliance — so most nights are genuinely quiet. But private, cargo and delayed flights are not legally bound, and weather or ATC delays can push a late arrival through.
7 AM – 9 AM: morning departure bank ramps up; Runway 15 southbound climb-outs over the southern neighborhoods are at their most frequent.
Midday (10 AM – 3 PM): steady, moderate traffic.
Late afternoon / early evening (4 PM – 8 PM): second peak, as domestic returns arrive on Runway 8 from the east and a final departure push goes out before the curfew.
9 PM – 10 PM: tapers as carriers land ahead of the 10 PM voluntary curfew.

Wind direction matters as much as the clock. A northerly shift flips arrivals onto Runway 33 over the Santa Monica Mountains and changes which neighborhoods are under the approach, so a street that is quiet in the usual south flow can pick up traffic when the wind turns. For your specific address, the hourly profile on the map above reflects the actual recent pattern.

How to check noise at your specific address

The map above answers the question “is this spot loud?” for any address near Burbank. Three steps:

Search your address or postcode in the bar at the bottom of the map.
Drop a pin — click the location marker that appears.
Read the noise report in the sidebar: average daily noise (Leq), peak observed dB, flights per day passing within 2 km, and an hourly breakdown.

Switch on the Noise Heatmap layer (orange/red = louder) and the Route Density layer (purple/magenta = busier corridors) to see the Runway 15 southbound corridor and the Runway 8 eastern arrival path light up. Most addresses west and north-west of the field land in the quieter zone; the high-exposure band runs south from the runway through Magnolia Park, Toluca Lake, Studio City and Sherman Oaks. If you live under the southern shift and want to log a complaint, the airport’s 24-hour Noise Concerns Hotline is 1-800-441-0409.

Frequently asked questions

Is Studio City loud from Burbank airport?: Yes — Studio City is the single most complaint-heavy neighborhood under Hollywood Burbank operations. Southbound jets departing Runway 15 turn south and pass overhead just below the 101 Freeway. After the FAA's NextGen / SoCal Metroplex flight-path changes took effect in 2017, those departures concentrated onto tighter GPS tracks and dropped lower over the area, and annual noise complaints across the affected communities jumped from a few hundred into the hundreds of thousands. Drop a pin on the map above to see your specific street's exposure.
Why are planes flying over Sherman Oaks?: Sherman Oaks sits directly under the southbound Runway 15 departure corridor below the 101 Freeway. When the FAA introduced NextGen RNAV departure procedures in 2017, southbound climb-outs from Burbank were funneled onto narrower satellite-based tracks that cross south of the 101 over Studio City, Sherman Oaks and Encino. That concentration — more flights over a tighter line, at lower altitude — is why residents noticed a sudden increase in overhead jet traffic that earlier years did not have.
Why doesn't Burbank airport have a mandatory curfew?: Because the FAA has repeatedly blocked one. In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the City of Burbank's own 11 PM–7 AM jet curfew in City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, ruling that aircraft noise regulation is federally preempted. Decades later the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority ran a formal FAR Part 161 study seeking to convert the voluntary 10 PM–7 AM curfew into a mandatory one; the FAA disapproved that application in 2009, finding only two of the six required statutory criteria were met. So the curfew stays voluntary.
Which Los Angeles neighborhoods near Burbank airport are quietest?: Because Hollywood Burbank's noise falls south (Runway 15 departures) and east (Runway 8 arrivals), areas to the north-west and far west of the field are the least affected — Sun Valley to the north-west, and Van Nuys and Tarzana to the west, all sit off the main corridors. The hardest-hit neighborhoods are directly south of the runway: Magnolia Park, Toluca Lake, Studio City and Sherman Oaks. The map above lets you check any address before you commit to it.
How do I report airplane noise from Hollywood Burbank Airport?: Contact the airport's 24-hour Noise Concerns Hotline on 1-800-441-0409, or file online through the noise section of the Hollywood Burbank Airport website (hollywoodburbankairport.com/noise). Logged complaints feed the Airport Authority's noise reporting and its ongoing work with the FAA on the disputed southern-shift flight tracks. Note that the actual flight paths are controlled by the FAA, not the airport, which is why the City of Los Angeles has separately sued the FAA over the post-2017 procedures.
Is Toluca Lake or Magnolia Park loud from plane noise?: Yes — both sit squarely under the Runway 15 southbound departure track and are among the most exposed neighborhoods because they're close to the field, so aircraft are still low and climbing. Magnolia Park is immediately off the south end of the runway, with departures overhead at low altitude, and Toluca Lake is directly on the same outbound line. Use the pin-drop tool above to compare specific streets, since exposure drops off noticeably a few blocks east or west of the centerline.
Does this map cover all flights at Burbank?: The heatmap and route-density layers are built from ADS-B tracking, which captures the commercial jet traffic that drives the southern-shift noise. A small amount of general-aviation and helicopter traffic in the busy San Fernando Valley airspace — including activity associated with nearby Van Nuys Airport — may not be fully ADS-B-equipped, but those are not the main source of the Runway 15 departure noise that affects Studio City and Sherman Oaks.

Sources and further reading

Noise — Hollywood Burbank Airport (Voluntary Curfew, Noise Issues, Noise Rules) — Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority
Hollywood Burbank Airport — Wikipedia — Wikipedia
Noise Compatibility Program for Hollywood Burbank Airport, Burbank, Los Angeles County, California — FAA / U.S. Federal Register
LA Sues FAA Over Noise Complaints Sparked By New Flight Patterns Out Of Burbank Airport — CBS News Los Angeles
Court rejects LA's attempt to shift Burbank Airport flight paths — Courthouse News Service

Data updated 2026-10-18 — live ADS-B monitoring, rolling 30-day statistics (methodology). Article text revised 2026-05-30.

30 dB	Whisper
45 dB	Quiet residential
55 dB	Normal conversation
65 dB	Busy road
75 dB	Vacuum cleaner
85 dB	Heavy traffic
95 dB	Motorcycle nearby

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Does Los Angeles Airport have a curfew?

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