Nashville, TN Noise Ordinances: Aircraft Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing provision
- Metro Code § 9.10.030
- What it says
- Title 9 does not apply to airport uses
- Airport oversight instead
- Metro Nashville Airport Authority, Ch. 2.60
- Enforcement under Title 9
- None: airport uses excluded
Summary
Metro's citywide noise ordinance does not cover aircraft or airport operations. Title 9 expressly exempts airport uses from every decibel and hour limit it sets.
9.10.030 - Exemptions. The provisions of this Title shall not apply to airport uses.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 53 | Charter: Republication 9).
Full Breakdown
Metropolitan Code of Laws Title 9 (Noise and Amplified Sound) sets the sound-pressure limits, plainly-audible standards and construction-hour curfews that apply across Nashville and Davidson County, but Section 9.10.030 carves airport uses out of the entire title. No separate Metro decibel limit, curfew or complaint process applies to aircraft or Nashville International Airport operations: flight noise is left to FAA regulation and the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (Chapter 2.60), not Metro's noise code.
Violations & Fines
Not applicable. Title 9's penalties and enforcement (Metro Police, NDOT, Codes and Building Safety) do not reach airport uses under this exemption.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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