The front of the plane, especially older Boeings are noticeably quieter than wings and back seats. I believe that the wind noise is more or less constant and the engine noise is much less.
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On an American Airlines Boeing 737-800, for example, the seat-rating site SeatGuru warns of several “bad” seats, denoted in red. They include all the seats in row 30, at the back of the aircraft. The reasons are obvious: Like Conway's, the seats in row 30 are next to lavatories and don't fully recline.
“Sitting in front of the wing is like being behind a speaker. All of the sounds of the engine and the disturbed air are projected away from you,” the pilot said. For a more peaceful ride, he suggests that you snag a seat in the front of the cabin.
Various studies cited in the studies indicate that sitting in front the wings and engines is the quietest place in flight, with behind the wing and engines being the loudest. That makes intuitive sense.
If you're referring to interior noise, they are both roughly the same. The 737 has an interior sound level of 69.6 dB while the A320 has an interior sound level of 68.5 dB.
For me, the obvious choice is the very front seat, on the left side of the airplane. The view is awesome, your are in control, and the pay is also pretty good.
The 737–800 is the predecessor to the MAX line of 737s. I have flown the 737–800 for many years and I think it is very safe. It has all of the safety features of the latest aircraft and has been in production since 1997. The kinks in the design have been worked out and it is very, very reliable and safe.
Focused on fuel efficiency and passenger comfort, the Boeing 737-800 has 147 leather Recaro seats with more personal space, seatback outlets, Boeing's award-winning Sky Interior, inflight internet service, and access to the Inflight entertainment hub.
The 737-800 is the best-selling 737NG variant. It has a redesigned wing with a larger area, a wider wingspan, greater fuel capacity, and higher maximum takeoff weights (MTOW) and longer range.
The quietest place on the aircraft is the one where you're wearing noise-cancelling headphones. An article on Daily Mail reveals that aisle seats in the front rows are quiter. The numbers of quite rows for Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 are also explicitly mentioned in that article.
1 Airbus A380The Airbus A380 is the largest commercial passenger aircraft in the world, as well as the quietest widebody airliner currently flying. The A380's double-deck design and advanced noise-cancellation technology make it one of the quietest airliners in the skies.
Early Boeing 707s were extremely noisy, as was the Boeing 747-200, but the one aircraft that got a bad rap for its noisy takeoffs and landings was the Boeing 727.
Lastly, though air travel is one of the safest forms of travel, studies show that the back of the plane is actually the safest in the event of a crash, with a 40% increase in the likelihood of survival, compared to those sitting closest to the front.
Choose your seat wisely for a quieter flightThe front of the plane is the least noisy over the course of the flight, explains Kochan. If you cannot afford a business class ticket then I would recommend sitting in the centre of the aircraft [in front of] the wing, for example.
Well, it's all to do with space – one of those things we all crave so much while up in the air. “The plane's left side typically provides more headrest room than the right due to the location of the windows, so aim for the left side,” Radchenko explained.