Why are private jets flying so low over Hackensack and Rutherford?

Teterboro sits directly beneath the arrival airspace for Newark, LaGuardia and JFK, so its traffic is held unusually low. Aircraft on the ILS to Runway 6 must cross the DANDY fix at just 1,300 feet (lowered from 1,500 feet in January 2026 to deconflict from Newark departures), which puts Gulfstreams and Challengers over Rutherford, East Rutherford and Carlstadt at altitudes most airports reserve for short final. On south-flow days, arrivals to Runway 19 descend over Hackensack and the Pascack Valley towns instead. Drop a pin on the map above to see exactly which flow crosses your street.

How busy is Teterboro Airport?

Very — Teterboro logged 172,499 aircraft movements in 2024, roughly 390 business-jet flights a day, making it America's busiest dedicated business-jet airport. There are no airlines: a 100,000 lb weight limit has kept airliners off the field since 1977, so nearly everything overhead is a private jet, turboprop or helicopter.

Which towns near Teterboro get the most jet noise?

Moonachie and Hasbrouck Heights border the field itself and see traffic from both runways. South Hackensack sits off the Runway 24 threshold, Carlstadt and Rutherford lie under the low ILS Runway 6 final, and Hackensack is under the Runway 19 arrival and Runway 1 departure corridor. Lodi, Teaneck and Secaucus get comparatively little direct overflight. The pin-drop map above shows the exposure for any specific address.

How do I complain about Teterboro Airport noise?

Call the Port Authority's Teterboro noise hotline on 800-225-1071 (or 201-288-8828), or file through the TEB Airport Noise Office at aircraftnoise.panynj.gov. Complaints are reviewed with the Teterboro Aircraft Noise Abatement Advisory Committee (TANAAC), the long-running forum where the surrounding boroughs press for changes to procedures.

Why don't airliners fly out of Teterboro?

Aircraft over 100,000 lb have been barred from taking off at Teterboro since 1977, a restriction federally codified in 2003. That weight cap excludes virtually all airliners, which is why the airport handles only business jets, smaller general-aviation aircraft and helicopters despite being just 19 km from Midtown Manhattan.

What noise limits does Teterboro enforce?

Teterboro is one of the few US airports with mandatory departure noise limits. Departures on Runway 24 — the noise-critical runway pointing at Hasbrouck Heights — may not exceed 80 dB(A) between 10 PM and 7 AM, or 90 dB(A) during the day; the limit on Runways 1, 19 and 6 and for helicopters is 95 dB(A) at all times. An operator that violates the limits three times within two years is prohibited from using the airport.

Teterboro Flight Path Noise Map – Teterboro Airport (TEB)

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Aircraft noise around Teterboro in October 2026

Loudest neighborhoods near Teterboro: Moonachie, Hasbrouck Heights, Hackensack, South Hackensack, Carlstadt. Quietest: Teaneck, Secaucus, Lodi. Busiest around 4 PM local time averaging 628 flights/day. Source: Flight Path Noise monitoring data, 30 days to 2026-10-19.

Flights by hour · last 30 days

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Average daily traffic

628

flights / day · 18,842 total

Busiest hour

4 PM

peak 95 dB

Loudest hour

4 PM

peak 95 dB

Loudest residential area

Rutherford

69 dB avg · ~362 flights/day · Busy road

Overflown by the straight-in ILS 6 final — an offset-approach proposal to move arrivals east of Rutherford was studied but not approved by the FAA

Does Teterboro Airport have a curfew?

No — only a voluntary 11 PM – 6 AM restraint. Teterboro stays open 24/7.

Teterboro has no mandatory curfew. The Port Authority asks operators to observe a voluntary restraint on all non-essential operations between 11 PM and 6 AM, but the airport remains open around the clock and an operator who flies in that window receives only a compliance-reminder letter. What does have teeth is a pair of mandatory measures on a wider 10 PM – 7 AM night window — Runway 19 becomes the preferred departure runway (climbing out over the Meadowlands rather than housing) and the Runway 24 departure noise limit tightens to 80 dB(A); an operator that exceeds a limit three times within two years is banned from the airport. A separate 100,000 lb weight cap, in place since 1977 and federally codified in 2003, keeps airliners off the field entirely, so overnight noise is a question of which business-jet operators respect the voluntary window.

Teterboro (TEB/KTEB) is America’s busiest dedicated business-jet airport — 172,499 aircraft movements in 2024, roughly 390 private-jet flights a day — dropped into some of the densest suburbs in the United States, with homes in Moonachie and Hasbrouck Heights starting at the airport fence. Because TEB sits beneath the arrival streams for Newark, LaGuardia and JFK, its traffic is held unusually low: aircraft on the ILS to Runway 6 must cross the DANDY fix at just 1,300 feet, so Gulfstreams and Challengers pass over Rutherford, Carlstadt and Moonachie at altitudes most airports reserve for short final. There is no mandatory curfew — only a voluntary 11 PM – 6 AM restraint — but the airport enforces rare teeth elsewhere: a 100,000 lb weight cap that bans airliners outright, and mandatory departure noise limits where three violations in two years get an operator banned from the field.

Which neighborhoods are quietest — and which aren’t

Teterboro has two runways: 1/19 (6,997 × 150 ft, roughly true north–south) and 6/24 (6,014 × 150 ft, northeast–southwest). Runway 6 carries the primary ILS approach with its low mandatory crossing over the Meadowlands towns; Runway 24 is the noise-critical departure runway pointing at Hasbrouck Heights; and the 1/19 pair puts arrivals and departures over Hackensack to the north and the Meadowlands to the south.

Area	Aircraft noise	Why
Moonachie	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Borders the Runway 1 threshold; arrivals, night departures and the end of the ILS 6 final
Hasbrouck Heights	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Abuts the western boundary beside the 6/24 corridor
Hackensack	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Under Runway 19 arrivals and Runway 1 departures
South Hackensack	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Off the Runway 24 threshold; very low overflights both directions
Carlstadt	✈︎✈︎✈︎	Under the low ILS Runway 6 final and Runway 24 climb-outs
Wood-Ridge	✈︎✈︎	Clipped by Runway 24 departures and ILS 6 arrivals
Little Ferry	✈︎✈︎	Near the Runway 6 climb-out; loudest tracks pass slightly north
East Rutherford	✈︎✈︎	ILS 6 final joins overhead, but much land is sports-complex
Ridgefield Park	✈︎✈︎	Runway 6 departures turning east pass nearby
Bogota	✈︎✈︎	Squarely on the 6/24 extended centreline, still low
Rutherford	✈︎✈︎	Under the straight-in ILS 6 final
Teaneck	✈︎	Far end of the 6/24 corridor at moderate altitude
Secaucus	✈︎	Southern corridor traffic mostly over Meadowlands wetlands
Lodi	✈︎	Off both runway alignments; crosswind turns only

The pattern is unusual for a US airport: the worst-affected towns are not just off the runway ends but pressed against the field itself. Moonachie and Hasbrouck Heights share a fence line with the airport, and South Hackensack sits so close to the Runway 24 threshold that arrivals and departures cross it at heights of a few hundred feet. The only real noise buffer is the Meadowlands — the wetlands and industrial land south and southwest of the field — which is why night procedures push traffic that way. If you’re comparing addresses in Bergen County, drop a pin on the map above: exposure changes street by street depending on which side of a runway centreline you sit.

Flight patterns and runway use

Runway choice at Teterboro is driven by wind and, heavily, by the airport’s position underneath Newark, LaGuardia and JFK arrival airspace, which keeps TEB traffic low over the surrounding boroughs. The most visible example is the ILS to Runway 6: aircraft must cross the DANDY fix at 1,300 feet (lowered from 1,500 feet in January 2026 to deconflict from Newark departures), carrying the final approach over Rutherford, East Rutherford, Carlstadt and Moonachie at very low altitude. A common flow pairs ILS 6 arrivals from the southwest with departures climbing out to the south or southwest over the Meadowlands.

The formal noise-abatement structure is stricter than at most US fields:

Night runway preference (10 PM – 7 AM): Runway 19 is the preferred departure runway for jets and heavier aircraft, sending climb-outs over the largely industrial Meadowlands rather than housing, and Runway 1 the preferred arrival runway, bringing approaches in from the south over the same corridor.
Mandatory departure noise limits: 80 dB(A) on Runway 24 at night (10 PM – 7 AM) and 90 dB(A) by day, with 95 dB(A) on Runways 1, 19 and 6 and for helicopters at all times. Exceed the limits three times in two years and the operator is banned from Teterboro — one of the few genuinely enforced noise-limit regimes in the country.
Weight cap: aircraft over 100,000 lb have been barred since 1977 (federally codified in 2003), which excludes airliners entirely.

Procedure changes remain contested. An RNAV approach to Runway 19 was designed specifically to reduce overflight of Hackensack University Medical Center and the homes around it, though it is usable only in good weather and flown mainly off-peak and overnight. The Port Authority’s Part 150 noise study proposed an offset Runway 6 approach that would shift the final east of Lyndhurst and Rutherford over compatible Meadowlands land — but the FAA disapproved that measure in its January 2023 decision, pending further analysis, so the straight-in final over Rutherford stands for now.

On south-flow days, when Runway 19 is the landing runway, the airport’s roughly 200 daily arrivals descend instead over Hackensack and the Pascack Valley towns from the north — the flow at the centre of most of the region’s noise complaints.

When is it quietest?

Teterboro’s rhythm follows the business-aviation week, not an airline schedule — there are no fixed departure banks, but the pattern is consistent:

Overnight (11 PM – 6 AM): the voluntary restraint window. Traffic drops sharply but does not stop — the airport is open 24/7, and operators who fly in the window face only a reminder letter. The mandatory 80 dB(A) Runway 24 limit and the Runway 19/Runway 1 night preference keep what does move quieter and over the Meadowlands.
Weekday daytime: steady business-jet flow, busiest around the working day’s start and end as jets position in and out of the New York area.
Weekends: generally lighter, with traffic tied to leisure destinations rather than the Manhattan business calendar.

The bigger variable is flow direction. On north-flow days the ILS 6 final runs low over Rutherford, Carlstadt and Moonachie; on south-flow days arrivals shift to the Hackensack side. A wind change can move the noise from one set of towns to the other within the hour. Drop a pin on the map above to see the hourly profile for your own address.

How to check noise at your specific address

The map above answers “is this street loud?” in 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 that opens in the sidebar: average daily noise (Leq), peak observed dB, flights per day passing within 2 km, and an hourly breakdown.

The Noise Heatmap layer (orange/red = louder) and the Route Density layer (purple/magenta = busier corridors) make Teterboro’s X-shaped runway pattern obvious — a low, bright ILS 6 final running up from the southwest, the 24 climb-out over Hasbrouck Heights, and the north–south 1/19 corridor through Hackensack and the Meadowlands. If a track sits within a few blocks of your address, expect to hear it: TEB traffic is lower than almost any comparable airport’s, so small horizontal distances matter more here than anywhere else in the New York area.

Frequently asked questions

Why are private jets flying so low over Hackensack and Rutherford?: Teterboro sits directly beneath the arrival airspace for Newark, LaGuardia and JFK, so its traffic is held unusually low. Aircraft on the ILS to Runway 6 must cross the DANDY fix at just 1,300 feet (lowered from 1,500 feet in January 2026 to deconflict from Newark departures), which puts Gulfstreams and Challengers over Rutherford, East Rutherford and Carlstadt at altitudes most airports reserve for short final. On south-flow days, arrivals to Runway 19 descend over Hackensack and the Pascack Valley towns instead. Drop a pin on the map above to see exactly which flow crosses your street.
How busy is Teterboro Airport?: Very — Teterboro logged 172,499 aircraft movements in 2024, roughly 390 business-jet flights a day, making it America's busiest dedicated business-jet airport. There are no airlines: a 100,000 lb weight limit has kept airliners off the field since 1977, so nearly everything overhead is a private jet, turboprop or helicopter.
Which towns near Teterboro get the most jet noise?: Moonachie and Hasbrouck Heights border the field itself and see traffic from both runways. South Hackensack sits off the Runway 24 threshold, Carlstadt and Rutherford lie under the low ILS Runway 6 final, and Hackensack is under the Runway 19 arrival and Runway 1 departure corridor. Lodi, Teaneck and Secaucus get comparatively little direct overflight. The pin-drop map above shows the exposure for any specific address.
How do I complain about Teterboro Airport noise?: Call the Port Authority's Teterboro noise hotline on 800-225-1071 (or 201-288-8828), or file through the TEB Airport Noise Office at aircraftnoise.panynj.gov. Complaints are reviewed with the Teterboro Aircraft Noise Abatement Advisory Committee (TANAAC), the long-running forum where the surrounding boroughs press for changes to procedures.
Why don't airliners fly out of Teterboro?: Aircraft over 100,000 lb have been barred from taking off at Teterboro since 1977, a restriction federally codified in 2003. That weight cap excludes virtually all airliners, which is why the airport handles only business jets, smaller general-aviation aircraft and helicopters despite being just 19 km from Midtown Manhattan.
What noise limits does Teterboro enforce?: Teterboro is one of the few US airports with mandatory departure noise limits. Departures on Runway 24 — the noise-critical runway pointing at Hasbrouck Heights — may not exceed 80 dB(A) between 10 PM and 7 AM, or 90 dB(A) during the day; the limit on Runways 1, 19 and 6 and for helicopters is 95 dB(A) at all times. An operator that violates the limits three times within two years is prohibited from using the airport.
Is anything being done about jet noise over Rutherford and Carlstadt?: The Port Authority's Part 150 noise study proposed an offset Runway 6 approach that would shift the final east of Lyndhurst and Rutherford over compatible Meadowlands land, but the FAA disapproved that measure in its January 2023 decision pending further analysis, so the straight-in ILS final remains. A separate RNAV approach to Runway 19 was designed to reduce overflight of Hackensack University Medical Center, though it is usable only in good weather and mainly flown off-peak and overnight.

Sources and further reading

TEB Airport Noise Office — Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Teterboro Airport Noise Abatement Procedures — Teterboro Users Group
Teterboro Airport — Wikipedia
KTEB — Teterboro Airport (runway and facility data) — AirNav (FAA data)
Approval of Teterboro Airport (TEB) Noise Compatibility Program — Federal Register / FAA
Teterboro Airport (TEB) — Federal Aviation Administration

Data updated 2026-10-19 — live ADS-B monitoring, rolling 30-day statistics (methodology). Article text revised 2026-07-17.

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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