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San Mateo, California

San Mateo Police Department

San Mateo, California. 300 flights in the record from September 2026.

300

drone flights in the published record.

232

flights in October 2026, the latest full month.

10 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

San Mateo Police Department drones flew 300 times between 15 September 2026 and 30 October 2026, by the agency's own published record. 232 of those flights were in October 2026.

Time of day
Day of week

Showing 232 of 232 flights in October 2026.

175 of the 175 drawable flights in October 2026, sampled evenly. Each path is simplified, and its first and last 200 m are removed.
One flight; takeoff and landing removed

52 hours of flight time in the record.

9 in 10 flights were shorter than 19 minutes.

11% of flights took off between 10 pm and 6 am (PDT).

46 flights had a sensitive stated purpose. Those are counted but never listed or drawn.

Month by month

Flights per month, by takeoff date on the agency's local calendar. Click a month for its days.

  1. 68
  2. 232
Sep 26Oct 26

The two hatched bars are the most recent months and are provisional. The current month is still in progress.

Why, in the agency's words

The agency's stated purpose for each flight, grouped into classes, as a share of all 300 flights.

  1. Call for service52%
  2. Other45%
  3. Not stated3%

Hour of day

Takeoffs by hour of the day, local time, over the whole record.

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Flight list, October 2026

Every listable flight in the view, oldest first: date, takeoff time, purpose class, time airborne and the first eight characters of the source flight id. The filters above the map apply here too.

DateTakeoff (PDT)PurposeAirborneFlight
Thu 1 Oct 202612:13 amCall for service14 min604bccbb
Thu 1 Oct 202612:28 amCall for service23 mina5c37d7c
Thu 1 Oct 202612:52 amCall for service21 min3e57cd08
Thu 1 Oct 20264:52 pmNot stated18 min244fbb8f
Thu 1 Oct 20269:22 pmCall for service19 minfe13ff81
Thu 1 Oct 20269:42 pmCall for service6 min5a368f38
Fri 2 Oct 20263:49 amOther10 min0245a5b9
Sat 3 Oct 202612:09 amCall for service8 minf6fc907b
Sat 3 Oct 20262:53 amCall for service16 minbdca395e
Mon 5 Oct 20261:06 pmOther1 min 47 sfe20b05e
Mon 5 Oct 20261:24 pmOther1 min 40 s7afc6d48
Mon 5 Oct 20261:40 pmCall for service12 min86556034
Mon 5 Oct 20262:25 pmCall for service4 minfe0f7b3f
Mon 5 Oct 20263:09 pmOther7 min31f175cf
Mon 5 Oct 20263:23 pmCall for service17 mind4724f63
Mon 5 Oct 20263:58 pmCall for service24 min4cc0be56
Mon 5 Oct 20264:18 pmCall for service11 min60003696
Mon 5 Oct 20264:25 pmCall for service23 mind14066fa
Mon 5 Oct 20264:36 pmCall for service16 min480f9556
Mon 5 Oct 20264:54 pmCall for service20 mina9dcd70d
Mon 5 Oct 20265:10 pmCall for service20 min3e061b28
Mon 5 Oct 20265:44 pmCall for service14 mindf42e5b5
Mon 5 Oct 20265:57 pmOther2 min75d45538
Mon 5 Oct 20266:03 pmCall for service22 mina491c9a9
Mon 5 Oct 20266:06 pmCall for service12 mind91725a5
Tue 6 Oct 202612:34 pmCall for service11 min65df2b82
Tue 6 Oct 20261:03 pmOther9 min96979f56
Tue 6 Oct 20263:29 pmCall for service5 mina4122a96
Tue 6 Oct 20263:49 pmOther6 min244f79e5
Tue 6 Oct 20265:33 pmCall for service22 min0fd7ed7a
Tue 6 Oct 20265:51 pmCall for service11 min7d141d2e
Tue 6 Oct 20265:58 pmCall for service22 mina59a357e
Tue 6 Oct 20266:16 pmCall for service8 minf1131535
Tue 6 Oct 20266:23 pmCall for service24 min98460bb0
Tue 6 Oct 20266:41 pmCall for service17 mind6550737
Tue 6 Oct 20266:51 pmCall for service25 min75be5b44
Tue 6 Oct 20267:10 pmCall for service13 min3d0fa478
Tue 6 Oct 20267:18 pmCall for service21 minbf16f8bd
Tue 6 Oct 20267:35 pmCall for service11 minded97bdd
Tue 6 Oct 20267:41 pmCall for service23 minc82bbe25
Tue 6 Oct 20267:59 pmOther3 min110663ad
Tue 6 Oct 20268:00 pmCall for service13 min430498cd
Tue 6 Oct 20268:08 pmCall for service14 mind0b3f447
Wed 7 Oct 20261:30 pmCall for service11 min0a752f9d
Wed 7 Oct 20262:38 pmCall for service9 mineec5a8e4
Wed 7 Oct 20263:31 pmCall for service4 minc7723505
Wed 7 Oct 20263:53 pmCall for service10 min42a69c1b
Wed 7 Oct 20264:08 pmCall for service10 mincff11be0
Wed 7 Oct 20265:17 pmCall for service20 min3440cdad
Wed 7 Oct 20265:32 pmCall for service21 min346591b8
Wed 7 Oct 20265:45 pmCall for service20 minbd40e5a1
Wed 7 Oct 20265:55 pmCall for service6 mind7db50c7
Wed 7 Oct 20267:34 pmCall for service4 min61460bff
Wed 7 Oct 20267:41 pmCall for service17 min1a923da4
Thu 8 Oct 20265:59 pmCall for service18 min6a0a5fa8
Thu 8 Oct 202611:25 pmCall for service7 min3187e8cf
Fri 9 Oct 202612:33 amCall for service9 minc38247d1
Fri 9 Oct 20262:38 amOther20 minc8956ef4
Fri 9 Oct 202611:37 amOther17 min5ba37c59
Fri 9 Oct 202611:50 pmCall for service7 mine8f21a4a
Sat 10 Oct 202612:15 amCall for service7 minfd2c470d
Sun 11 Oct 20264:37 amOther1 min 20 s9790a541
Sun 11 Oct 20266:45 amCall for service9 min3405238e
Mon 12 Oct 202611:27 amNot stated4 min714f5597
Mon 12 Oct 20261:06 pmOther8 min83f3a107
Mon 12 Oct 20261:16 pmCall for service10 min55bcfd2d
Mon 12 Oct 20262:16 pmCall for service10 min0e202198
Mon 12 Oct 20263:41 pmOther1 min 05 s3458c8dd
Mon 12 Oct 20265:30 pmCall for service7 min1e2b80b8
Mon 12 Oct 20266:23 pmCall for service12 min3aa0cc12
Mon 12 Oct 20268:09 pmCall for service18 min491885e4
Tue 13 Oct 202612:00 pmCall for service7 min9a87aa45
Tue 13 Oct 20262:29 pmCall for service11 min0f2bbd65
Tue 13 Oct 20263:05 pmOther12 mine355e900
Tue 13 Oct 20263:32 pmCall for service16 min294e0582
Tue 13 Oct 20265:37 pmCall for service15 min5d65b1f3
Tue 13 Oct 20267:03 pmCall for service13 mind18d2553
Wed 14 Oct 20261:11 pmOther19 min54af0584
Wed 14 Oct 20261:58 pmOther4 mindacfb917
Wed 14 Oct 20262:27 pmCall for service18 min323123ab
Wed 14 Oct 20263:16 pmOther4 min812425f6
Wed 14 Oct 20264:02 pmCall for service4 min20fe9f3e
Wed 14 Oct 20264:31 pmOther7 min849b7f76
Wed 14 Oct 20265:24 pmOther1 min 18 sc5986a63
Wed 14 Oct 20266:37 pmOther14 min6335f0fd
Wed 14 Oct 20267:20 pmCall for service4 min8688e08f
Thu 15 Oct 20269:21 amCall for service2 mina568edf6
Thu 15 Oct 202610:54 amOther10 mindc2fa34c
Thu 15 Oct 202611:13 amOther12 min609f85ca
Thu 15 Oct 20266:20 pmCall for service6 mina5a660da
Thu 15 Oct 20266:42 pmCall for service11 min4e627345
Thu 15 Oct 20268:37 pmOther15 min5f23179d
Sat 17 Oct 20261:12 amCall for service10 min4fe59180
Sat 17 Oct 20263:46 amCall for service14 min60a2c245
Sat 17 Oct 20268:15 amCall for service6 min32f1c223
Sat 17 Oct 20269:17 amCall for service12 minb95a7738
Sat 17 Oct 202611:36 amOther5 min5d15c497
Sun 18 Oct 20265:11 amCall for service14 min3b7ba133
Mon 19 Oct 20269:19 amCall for service16 min03f70cdd
Mon 19 Oct 20269:40 amOther12 min737be716
Mon 19 Oct 20261:57 pmCall for service10 min885c197f
Mon 19 Oct 20263:23 pmCall for service15 min576b0c84
Mon 19 Oct 20263:36 pmCall for service15 min6cf9f02d
Mon 19 Oct 20263:53 pmCall for service7 min5b738dc0
Mon 19 Oct 20264:43 pmOther1 min 43 sac2c2b64
Mon 19 Oct 20265:04 pmOther3 minabfb500c
Mon 19 Oct 20265:31 pmOther11 min1b81783e
Mon 19 Oct 20266:00 pmOther10 min1f4058a1
Tue 20 Oct 20263:01 amCall for service10 min8a6093ae
Tue 20 Oct 20261:35 pmCall for service9 minbdfaa9e0
Tue 20 Oct 20263:26 pmOther16 min814cf662
Tue 20 Oct 20263:37 pmCall for service14 minae57737d
Tue 20 Oct 20265:16 pmCall for service16 minaaf45feb
Tue 20 Oct 20265:24 pmCall for service11 min349dc469
Tue 20 Oct 20265:59 pmCall for service10 minebc4dbd7
Tue 20 Oct 20266:58 pmCall for service16 min31180582
Tue 20 Oct 20266:59 pmCall for service14 min4b3fa325
Tue 20 Oct 202610:24 pmCall for service5 min4c12be11
Wed 21 Oct 20264:24 amCall for service13 min4d2c855d
Wed 21 Oct 20269:57 amCall for service13 minbb7c3697
Wed 21 Oct 20261:12 pmOther9 min0dcc6002
Wed 21 Oct 20261:31 pmCall for service12 min81dcde5b
Wed 21 Oct 20263:01 pmCall for service13 mind303e37e
Wed 21 Oct 20263:42 pmCall for service16 mindbbce222
Wed 21 Oct 20263:53 pmCall for service8 min97f09606
Wed 21 Oct 20264:35 pmCall for service15 minaec30320
Wed 21 Oct 20265:23 pmOther14 min55d503b7
Wed 21 Oct 20265:45 pmOther5 min9fab853b
Wed 21 Oct 20267:23 pmCall for service16 minae038925
Thu 22 Oct 202611:33 amCall for service5 min6163b9f4
Thu 22 Oct 20263:49 pmCall for service10 min9e67f9e0
Thu 22 Oct 20263:53 pmOther8 min02436ef2
Thu 22 Oct 20265:17 pmCall for service18 minaf34d8d9
Thu 22 Oct 20266:25 pmCall for service8 min7c90c1c9
Thu 22 Oct 20266:54 pmCall for service8 min0d162c81
Fri 23 Oct 20265:33 pmCall for service18 min6e702b6b
Fri 23 Oct 20265:45 pmCall for service20 mine9290968
Fri 23 Oct 20266:03 pmCall for service19 min156d4c9c
Fri 23 Oct 20267:24 pmCall for service13 minc2859007
Sat 24 Oct 20264:36 pmCall for service45 s31912aa7
Sat 24 Oct 20264:37 pmCall for service9 min3f630df5
Sat 24 Oct 20268:38 pmCall for service8 mind11013e3
Sat 24 Oct 20268:38 pmCall for service1 min 09 s1bf8a002
Sat 24 Oct 20269:37 pmCall for service5 min6430288a
Sun 25 Oct 20263:34 amCall for service16 min0e97d0ca
Sun 25 Oct 20263:52 amCall for service11 min58339b2e
Sun 25 Oct 202610:53 pmOther5 min1a1c8505
Mon 26 Oct 202611:53 amCall for service6 min1d331fbe
Mon 26 Oct 202612:12 pmCall for service7 min1bdec8f9
Mon 26 Oct 20261:05 pmCall for service17 min2e8f277b
Mon 26 Oct 20261:14 pmCall for service4 min04862558
Mon 26 Oct 20261:25 pmCall for service12 min6bb31c31
Mon 26 Oct 20262:14 pmCall for service7 minbd8fa0a1
Mon 26 Oct 20264:13 pmOther7 min6f6e1222
Mon 26 Oct 20264:27 pmOther11 min0d6e2ed0
Mon 26 Oct 20266:46 pmCall for service19 minb05d0819
Tue 27 Oct 202611:52 amCall for service12 min7f38a732
Tue 27 Oct 202612:02 pmCall for service4 mind63e9d87
Tue 27 Oct 20261:00 pmOther9 minf78444b6
Tue 27 Oct 20263:55 pmOther8 min6cf1f8b1
Tue 27 Oct 20265:14 pmCall for service12 minfce8e424
Tue 27 Oct 20265:20 pmCall for service10 min0dbd3082
Tue 27 Oct 20266:20 pmCall for service6 min2691f438
Tue 27 Oct 20268:16 pmCall for service7 min9f7ae27d
Wed 28 Oct 202612:30 pmCall for service9 minddb7f237
Wed 28 Oct 202612:55 pmOther5 min38c9b90d
Wed 28 Oct 20261:54 pmCall for service15 min62cca23f
Wed 28 Oct 20262:37 pmOther8 min8101f812
Wed 28 Oct 20264:35 pmCall for service8 min248903c3
Wed 28 Oct 20264:43 pmOther16 min32f318b2
Wed 28 Oct 20266:43 pmCall for service7 min1ed659ca
Wed 28 Oct 20266:55 pmOther1 min 34 sb7de11cf
Wed 28 Oct 20267:39 pmOther6 min2d94fd81
Thu 29 Oct 202610:45 amCall for service19 minb9508737
Thu 29 Oct 20261:36 pmOther3 min747357be
Thu 29 Oct 20266:20 pmCall for service7 minff35769d
Thu 29 Oct 20267:27 pmCall for service16 minb4371ce6
Thu 29 Oct 20267:49 pmCall for service8 min4effad7b
Thu 29 Oct 20268:20 pmCall for service3 mina1fd3c44
Fri 30 Oct 202611:52 amCall for service12 min00152f80
Fri 30 Oct 20261:00 pmCall for service9 min1ed24ed2
Fri 30 Oct 20262:49 pmCall for service8 min461b041a
Fri 30 Oct 20263:51 pmCall for service7 minc2120e29
Fri 30 Oct 20264:33 pmCall for service5 minacc86ef6
Fri 30 Oct 20265:13 pmOther10 min53426658
Fri 30 Oct 20266:26 pmCall for service10 min4b859f0a
Fri 30 Oct 20266:42 pmCall for service3 min1b00fc90
Fri 30 Oct 20266:52 pmCall for service15 minc97f4e34
Fri 30 Oct 20267:33 pmOther7 min12b52d34
Fri 30 Oct 20267:50 pmOther12 min46abb80f

All 190 listable flights in October 2026. Flights with a sensitive stated purpose are counted in the totals but not listed. Times are local to the agency.

How this page is made

  • Nothing that landed in the last 48 hours is counted, listed or drawn.
  • Drawn paths are simplified to 10 m and lose their first and last 200 m; flights too short to keep an interior are counted but not drawn.
  • The record's free-text description is never read into a page. Flights whose stated purpose names a domestic, sexual-assault, kidnapping, welfare, mental-health or juvenile matter are counted in totals and appear in neither the flight list nor on the map.
  • Purposes are the agency's own words, grouped into classes by a committed lookup table; unmatched values are "Other" and blank ones "Not stated".
  • Times are converted to the agency's clock through the IANA zone database, never a fixed offset.
  • Without filters the map draws at most 300 flights, sampled evenly from the latest full month, and the flight list is that month, capped at 500 rows. With filters the map draws at most 400 and the list at most 500, both sampled evenly, and the count line says when a cap applied. Each month's flights are a static JSON file under flights/ next to this page; the whole-record option is an even 300-flight sample.
  • Published by the feed named: San Mateo Police Department. The name shown on this site is that feed name cleaned of tags, prefixes and suffixes.
  • 10 flights in the crawl landed inside the 48-hour delay and are held back from this build.

Corrections and questions: file an issue in the korvid-labs repository (demo).