Monitoring System

​​Aircraft Noise and Operations Monitoring System (ANOMS)

FLL has a full-time Noise Officer on staff. This individual is responsible for:

  • Operating and maintaining ANOMS.
  • Assisting in the implementation of noise abatement measures.
  • Talking with citizens who have questions or concerns regarding aircraft noise.
  • Maintaining the latest information related to aircraft noise around FLL.

ANOMS consists of two basic elements: a radar system for acquiring flight track information and 11 permanent noise monitoring stations.

The ANOMS main server collects data from the PASSUR (Passive Secondary Surveillance Radar) and the noise monitors. The integration of these two systems allows the Noise Officer to gather information on aircraft flights and the resultant noise levels in communities surrounding FLL.

We use the radar data acquired from the PASSUR to:

  • Communicate a property's location relative to typical arrival and departure corridors
  • Confirm that airplanes are adhering to our Noise Abatement Departure tracks
  • Perform operational analyses. An operational analysis can provide information about the numbers, types, and altitudes of airplanes that fly over a specific property during a given time period.

How does FLL use the noise monitors? Unattended noise monitoring is imprecise. The monitors are not as sophisticated as our brains and our ears. Human beings are sensitive to tonal variations; our noise monitors are not. Human beings can look up and verify that what sounds like an airplane really is one. The monitors cannot do that.

The noise monitoring sites attempt to differentiate between aircraft and other noise sources by referencing programmed algorithm thresholds as noise events progress. Later, ANOMS software compares tentatively identified aircraft noise events to radar data to see if aircraft were nearby when the event occurred.

The best current potential use of the noise-monitoring portion of the system is to confirm the Integrated Noise Model (INM) input should the monitored and generated INM input differ significantly. The monitors also let us look at the average noise levels of different types of aircraft.​

Noise Data Reports​

Loud Events Reports

​The Noise Information Office offers monthly Loud Events reports for review. If you would like to review a report, please contact us at 954-359-2366 with the noise monitoring time period of interest. ​Permanent Noise Monitors (PDF)​ are located at the following addresses:

Noise Monitor Locations​

Site 1 -3640 Southwest 55th Avenue, Dania Beach
Site 2 -4548 Southwest 37th Avenue, Dania Beach
Site 3 - 4609 Southwest 28th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale
Site 4 - 805-B Northwest 13th Avenue, Dania Beach
Site 5 - 325 Northeast 3rd Avenue, Dania Beach
Site 6 - 1021 Southwest 32nd Court, Fort Lauderdale
Site 7 - 1750 Southwest 32nd Street, Fort Lauderdale
Site 8 - 3411 Southwest 27th Street, Fort Lauderdale
Site 9 - 3900 Southwest 100th Avenue, Davie
Site 10 - 2343 Southwest 27th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale
Site 11 - 6503 N Ocean Dr., Hollywood (Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park, formerly John U Lloyd State Park)
Site 12 -​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Dr. Von Mizell/Eula Johnson State Park (South)
Site 13 - 4300 SW 55th Avenue, Davie ​​​