El Cid, West Palm Beach
El Cid got louder when departures moved north in October 2025
The estimated noise score averaged 54 over the 20 days before the no-fly zone over Mar-a-Lago began on Oct. 21, 2025, and 61 over the weeks after. On Monday, 161 planes crossed over the neighborhood, 13 after dark.
- 161
- flights within 1.5 nautical miles and below 5,000 feet; typical lately, 134
- 13
- between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.; typical night, 10
- 14
- below 1,500 feet; typical lately, 30
- 58
- estimated day-night noise score (DNL-style, decibels); typical here, 57
El Cid got louder when departures moved north
Estimated daily noise score, every day in our record. The colored lines are the averages for Oct. 1-20, 2025, before the no-fly zone over Mar-a-Lago, and Oct. 22-Nov. 9, after it.
Score: a day-night average in decibels (night flights weighted +10 dB, like the FAA's DNL), estimated from aircraft type, distance and climb, not measured. Gaps: no data Nov. 10, 2025 to June 29, 2026. The large dot is Sept. 28.
Daily overflight counts changed little (about 169 a day before, 180 after). What changed was where the planes flew. Before the restriction, climbing eastbound departures crossed Mar-a-Lago's longitude 0.2 nautical miles north of it, at the median. In the first weeks after, the median sat 1.3 nautical miles north of it; by summer 2026, 0.8 nautical miles north of it. El Cid is about 1.0 nautical miles north of Mar-a-Lago, so the stream moved closer to it.
Where climbing departures cross Mar-a-Lago's longitude
Share of eastbound aircraft below 6,000 feet, by distance north or south of Mar-a-Lago.
- Oct. 1-20, 2025 (before) n=2,817
- Oct. 22-Nov. 9, 2025 n=3,088
- July-Sept. 2026 n=10,607
Each line is a distribution: the percentages for one period add to 100. Medians: before +0.2 nm, first weeks +1.3 nm, summer 2026 +0.8 nm.
The October 2025 shift, neighborhood by neighborhood
Average estimated noise score, Oct. 1-20, 2025 (before) vs. Oct. 22-Nov. 9 (after). Sorted by change.
+6.6
+6.3
+0.8
+0.5
-4.6
-6.8
-8.7
The neighborhood circles overlap, so one flight can count in several. Compare levels, don't add them up.
Monday, hour by hour
The first plane passed at 5:02 am and the last at 11:33 pm. The busiest hour, noon to 1 pm, brought 16, about one every 4 minutes. Monday was busiest in the afternoon; the sky was empty from midnight to 5 am.
The day as a clock
Each spoke is one hour; longer means more flights. Shaded: 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Thin arcs: a typical day lately. Hover or tap an hour.
Every track below 5,000 feet
Dark lines passed within the 1.5-nm circle. Gray passed nearby.
The loudest flights
Estimated peak level at the neighborhood's center for every counted flight. The 6 loudest are numbered; all were departures climbing out in the morning.
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6:11 am
1
74dBA est.
Airbus A321
Airliner, climbing out of PBI, 1,852 ft up, after dark.
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7:11 am
2
75dBA est.
Boeing 737-800 AAL1220
Airliner, climbing out of PBI, 1,606 ft up.
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7:14 am
3
75dBA est.
Citation Latitude
Business jet, climbing out of PBI, 2,066 ft up.
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8:14 am
4
75dBA est.
Airbus A321
Airliner, climbing out of PBI, 1,791 ft up.
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9:00 am
5
74dBA est.
Boeing 737-800 AAL1853
Airliner, climbing out of PBI, 1,538 ft up.
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10:40 am
6
75dBA est.
Challenger 350
Business jet, climbing out of PBI, 2,080 ft up.
Private aircraft are shown by type only. Airline flight numbers are public.
