Domestic, international travelers could be slugged with "noise tax" at Australia's Perth Airport

Passengers flying into Perth Airport could be slugged with a tax to help control the noise for residents living under the main flight path.

In a plan that has received bipartisan political support, News Corp reported on Thursday that all passengers flying into the Western Australian capital could have around 1.6 U.S dollars added onto their ticket price to fund noise insulation installation in nearby homes.

Labor MP Bill Johnston said the tax would apply to both domestic and international flights.

According to an airport statistics study, Perth airport received a record number of complaints in a three month period last year, more than doubling the amount of complaints received during the corresponding months in the previous year.

Nearly 14 million passengers traveled to and from Perth during the 2013-14 financial year, meaning the proposed levy could raise more than 22 million U.S dollars every year if initiated.

Other proposals include introducing a curfew on flights coming in and out of Perth. Western Australia is the only state that does not enforce a curfew on flights.

Currently, seven international flights arrive between the proposed curfew hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m, while there are four departures. Many of the international flights use heavy, noisy aircraft such as the Boeing 777 and the Airbus 330.

Many other flights use the shoulder periods between 10 p.m. until 11 p.m. and from 6 a.m. until 7 a.m.

There are also 15 scheduled domestic departures during the hours between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. Some trans-continental flights to domestic hubs such as Melbourne and Sydney also use heavy and noisy Airbus 330 aircraft.

Two domestic flights are currently scheduled to depart at the anti-social times of 2 a.m. and 4.10 a.m.

But Johnston has signaled that all flights coming in and out of Perth would be slugged with the tax, not just passengers flying within those times. endi