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Santa Ana, California

Artesia Pilar, August 2026

A neighborhood page. 156 of the 3,170 flights in Santa Ana Police Department's record crossed this area in August 2026.

156

drone flights crossed Artesia Pilar.

156

of them in August 2026.

10 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

Police drones crossed Artesia Pilar 156 times between 1 August 2026 and 31 August 2026, by Santa Ana Police Department's published record. The most recent was on 31 August 2026.

156 of the 156 drawable flights that crossed the area in August 2026. The outlined area is the neighborhood. Paths run beyond it because each whole flight is drawn; a flight with a sensitive stated purpose is drawn as an area.
Artesia PilarOne flight, takeoff to landingSensitive-purpose flight, as an area

27 hours of flight time by flights that crossed this area.

17% of them took off between 10 pm and 6 am (PDT).

0 flights had a sensitive stated purpose. Those are listed, and drawn as an area rather than a path.

Why, in the agency's words

The agency's stated purpose, grouped into classes, as a share of the 156 flights that crossed this area.

  1. Call for service87%
  2. Training and testing9%
  3. Not stated3%
  4. Other1%

Hour of day

Takeoffs by hour of the day, local time.

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Flight list, August 2026

DateTakeoff (PDT)PurposeAirborneFlight
Sat 1 Aug 20261:22 pmCall for service15 min0be7fa41
Sat 1 Aug 20261:45 pmCall for service4 min987d6ef2
Sat 1 Aug 20264:05 pmTraining and testing9 min2a8a66f2
Sun 2 Aug 20268:50 amTraining and testing1 min 20 sf0981481
Sun 2 Aug 20268:56 amCall for service11 min4c8691da
Sun 2 Aug 20263:15 pmCall for service8 minbe08585f
Sun 2 Aug 202611:48 pmCall for service4 min2ac6c581
Mon 3 Aug 20269:25 amNot stated10 min73ccf24e
Mon 3 Aug 20269:49 amCall for service10 min6aed22a9
Mon 3 Aug 202612:12 pmCall for service9 min1b8f37f6
Mon 3 Aug 20265:01 pmCall for service6 mina73e6314
Mon 3 Aug 20267:18 pmCall for service7 min316229a9
Mon 3 Aug 202611:09 pmCall for service12 minacee0b70
Tue 4 Aug 20262:39 pmCall for service6 min75e18bef
Tue 4 Aug 20269:59 pmCall for service14 min42df6e3a
Wed 5 Aug 202612:18 amCall for service14 min50d086e3
Wed 5 Aug 20266:57 amCall for service15 mind8941791
Wed 5 Aug 20267:31 amCall for service12 min48817a31
Wed 5 Aug 202610:03 amCall for service8 min57b51879
Wed 5 Aug 202612:17 pmCall for service18 min5e08d4fa
Wed 5 Aug 202612:38 pmCall for service4 min8b809633
Wed 5 Aug 20264:50 pmCall for service4 min9a63ccab
Wed 5 Aug 20268:07 pmCall for service11 min62ed09aa
Thu 6 Aug 20269:39 amTraining and testing2 min7142cf56
Thu 6 Aug 202610:05 amTraining and testing1 min 11 s07aa316b
Thu 6 Aug 202610:10 amTraining and testing1 min 40 s5aa12a9c
Thu 6 Aug 202610:14 amTraining and testing1 min 49 s2eef8d0a
Thu 6 Aug 202611:11 amCall for service13 min8f6f59a2
Thu 6 Aug 202612:51 pmTraining and testing1 min 44 s38f52157
Thu 6 Aug 20268:20 pmCall for service15 min04ad2fc4
Fri 7 Aug 20269:25 amCall for service13 mindc6038c7
Fri 7 Aug 202612:02 pmNot stated17 minb81a2f43
Sat 8 Aug 20261:20 amCall for service13 mina5eed289
Sat 8 Aug 202611:26 amCall for service9 mineb5a0d06
Sat 8 Aug 202612:24 pmCall for service8 min80d0b73a
Sat 8 Aug 202612:43 pmCall for service17 min9f135c37
Sat 8 Aug 20264:04 pmCall for service14 minf621684e
Sat 8 Aug 202610:06 pmCall for service11 min0bc7a583
Sun 9 Aug 20261:25 amCall for service9 min917c173f
Sun 9 Aug 202610:43 amCall for service15 min6a6d1533
Sun 9 Aug 202611:28 pmCall for service13 min5994c4cc
Mon 10 Aug 20269:41 amCall for service11 min6cc1f804
Mon 10 Aug 20262:18 pmCall for service17 minaaec87fe
Tue 11 Aug 20267:00 amCall for service14 min1ddd603c
Tue 11 Aug 20264:39 pmCall for service11 mina5d6e22e
Wed 12 Aug 202612:59 pmCall for service17 minb09d972c
Wed 12 Aug 20262:39 pmCall for service18 minbdb15f88
Wed 12 Aug 20268:15 pmTraining and testing3 minb2f3cdb7
Wed 12 Aug 20269:06 pmTraining and testing2 min860e90f1
Wed 12 Aug 20269:21 pmTraining and testing4 min19574364
Thu 13 Aug 20268:19 amCall for service4 min0456102a
Thu 13 Aug 20261:34 pmCall for service12 minf05c1f28
Thu 13 Aug 20266:08 pmCall for service7 min7b40b786
Thu 13 Aug 20266:59 pmCall for service8 min13317bf6
Thu 13 Aug 20267:43 pmCall for service4 min6e120b5a
Thu 13 Aug 20269:31 pmCall for service8 min30bff9f0
Fri 14 Aug 202612:18 amCall for service12 min90e748eb
Fri 14 Aug 202610:46 amCall for service6 min7cd6619f
Fri 14 Aug 202611:52 amCall for service11 min76a45aaa
Sat 15 Aug 202612:06 amCall for service17 min93d9ea70
Sat 15 Aug 202612:44 pmCall for service6 min72ba717e
Sat 15 Aug 20261:40 pmCall for service16 minfc748f6b
Sat 15 Aug 20264:10 pmCall for service8 min9aea5fc3
Sat 15 Aug 20266:26 pmCall for service8 min6ef433e7
Sat 15 Aug 20268:16 pmCall for service16 minaaaefe33
Sat 15 Aug 202610:36 pmCall for service9 min9faa9487
Sun 16 Aug 20261:17 amCall for service16 min67557f3a
Sun 16 Aug 202610:33 amCall for service6 mina1c919f0
Sun 16 Aug 202610:54 amCall for service8 minb3325aa9
Sun 16 Aug 20261:31 pmCall for service9 mina21896eb
Sun 16 Aug 20262:28 pmCall for service8 mindfb6d284
Sun 16 Aug 20264:12 pmCall for service11 minaf355de7
Sun 16 Aug 20264:47 pmCall for service5 min81d4b943
Sun 16 Aug 20267:23 pmCall for service15 min4bf4b8c5
Sun 16 Aug 20269:32 pmCall for service16 min71562500
Sun 16 Aug 202611:49 pmCall for service14 min280be7ac
Mon 17 Aug 20266:21 amCall for service9 minfbf91280
Mon 17 Aug 20267:10 amCall for service17 minc7412240
Mon 17 Aug 20268:41 amCall for service7 min89a66fb5
Mon 17 Aug 202611:15 amCall for service6 mincd378c08
Mon 17 Aug 20263:40 pmCall for service10 min6ce9fc41
Mon 17 Aug 20264:20 pmCall for service9 min6447ddc5
Mon 17 Aug 20268:26 pmCall for service13 mind2b8341a
Tue 18 Aug 20262:31 amCall for service16 min7938d5a1
Tue 18 Aug 202610:04 amCall for service7 min1af30295
Tue 18 Aug 202612:25 pmCall for service6 min435ac3c0
Wed 19 Aug 20266:20 amCall for service8 mina13354a6
Wed 19 Aug 20268:14 amCall for service4 min90fd0cda
Wed 19 Aug 20269:46 amCall for service14 minb8ddbcf9
Wed 19 Aug 202610:33 amCall for service15 minb161c030
Wed 19 Aug 202611:48 amCall for service17 minc09d097e
Wed 19 Aug 202611:49 amNot stated5 minbac71e40
Wed 19 Aug 202612:25 pmCall for service12 min77de8914
Wed 19 Aug 20261:02 pmCall for service11 mineb8b1858
Wed 19 Aug 20261:19 pmCall for service18 min96e7fe4a
Wed 19 Aug 20261:42 pmCall for service17 min0a286ac3
Wed 19 Aug 20263:15 pmTraining and testing3 minb9cb799b
Thu 20 Aug 20265:34 pmCall for service18 min66dd9a9a
Fri 21 Aug 20264:21 amCall for service22 min742dadcb
Fri 21 Aug 20264:54 amNot stated8 mine25af736
Fri 21 Aug 20265:29 amTraining and testing4 mine0e852ba
Sat 22 Aug 20267:23 amCall for service19 min02076d30
Sat 22 Aug 20263:37 pmCall for service18 min00ee9638
Sat 22 Aug 20265:08 pmCall for service14 mind71c7346
Sat 22 Aug 20267:14 pmCall for service7 min1407d6e2
Sat 22 Aug 20267:40 pmCall for service7 mineb0768b5
Sat 22 Aug 20268:37 pmCall for service12 min06af7651
Sat 22 Aug 202611:24 pmCall for service10 min13473333
Sun 23 Aug 20261:31 amCall for service16 min5ef8c0df
Sun 23 Aug 20265:52 amCall for service14 min26571b68
Sun 23 Aug 20267:44 amCall for service14 min4af8fb17
Sun 23 Aug 20268:37 amCall for service9 minc45bb56f
Sun 23 Aug 20268:57 amCall for service12 min5db5105b
Sun 23 Aug 20262:59 pmCall for service6 minc4360fe3
Sun 23 Aug 20264:18 pmCall for service8 minf3d4caf9
Mon 24 Aug 20264:57 amCall for service7 mine2709de7
Mon 24 Aug 20266:39 amCall for service13 min9c414893
Mon 24 Aug 20266:54 amCall for service12 minb9211a26
Mon 24 Aug 20267:30 amCall for service10 minab693154
Mon 24 Aug 20268:03 amCall for service11 mineb8e5623
Mon 24 Aug 202610:13 amCall for service14 mind80b764b
Mon 24 Aug 202612:03 pmCall for service14 min65fc1cd1
Mon 24 Aug 20262:41 pmCall for service14 min9317cfd0
Mon 24 Aug 20268:52 pmCall for service11 min128685c1
Mon 24 Aug 202611:13 pmCall for service13 mine12dd156
Tue 25 Aug 202612:10 amCall for service4 min1db4f64d
Tue 25 Aug 20268:06 amCall for service4 min67026e10
Tue 25 Aug 20268:13 amCall for service16 mind2093374
Tue 25 Aug 20268:43 amCall for service9 min4d9be487
Tue 25 Aug 20269:21 amCall for service12 min6600b7c8
Tue 25 Aug 202610:15 amCall for service12 min6398058a
Tue 25 Aug 202610:44 amCall for service3 min8a645f9c
Tue 25 Aug 202610:50 amTraining and testing4 mina5dc555b
Tue 25 Aug 202611:12 amOther16 mine988504e
Tue 25 Aug 20263:10 pmCall for service9 mind077fa85
Tue 25 Aug 20265:54 pmCall for service14 minbd76e4b6
Wed 26 Aug 20264:00 pmCall for service14 mind943cce0
Wed 26 Aug 20268:25 pmCall for service6 minc1535c2b
Wed 26 Aug 20269:27 pmCall for service20 min6634f224
Thu 27 Aug 20261:45 pmCall for service6 mina6e4164d
Fri 28 Aug 20261:12 amTraining and testing10 minaee10af4
Fri 28 Aug 20266:58 amCall for service11 minb173d2f7
Fri 28 Aug 20269:08 amCall for service9 min84e1bcec
Fri 28 Aug 20262:26 pmCall for service8 min1657a16a
Fri 28 Aug 20267:30 pmCall for service13 minfb64e4f2
Fri 28 Aug 20268:01 pmCall for service10 min7895684d
Sat 29 Aug 202611:15 amCall for service3 min3b68c2e3
Sat 29 Aug 20263:14 pmCall for service7 min8dc0114b
Sat 29 Aug 20263:54 pmCall for service7 min8b6451de
Sat 29 Aug 202611:08 pmCall for service8 mina06b8c75
Sun 30 Aug 202612:59 amNot stated1 min 57 s1fade341
Mon 31 Aug 20265:46 amCall for service7 minbbbc2dda
Mon 31 Aug 20267:55 amCall for service12 min9c7f3d48
Mon 31 Aug 20261:33 pmCall for service9 minf7ec6a45
Mon 31 Aug 20265:32 pmCall for service13 minf12ad1f9
Mon 31 Aug 20266:11 pmCall for service18 min6fb4383d

All 156 flights in August 2026. Flights with a sensitive stated purpose are listed and drawn as an area, not a path. Times are local to the agency.

How this page is made

  • Every flight in the agency's published record is counted and listed; drawn paths are the whole flight, takeoff to landing.
  • The record's free-text description is never read into a page. A flight whose stated purpose names a domestic, sexual-assault, kidnapping, welfare, mental-health or juvenile matter is listed like any other but drawn as a generalised area, not a path.
  • Operators are the agency's own accounts in the record, numbered within the agency in order of first flight; no name or address is read into a page.
  • Purposes are the agency's own words, grouped into classes by a fixed list of terms; unmatched values are "Other" and blank ones "Not stated".
  • Times are shown on the agency's own local clock.
  • Boundary. "Artesia Pilar" is a neighborhood polygon from City of Santa Ana (Neighborhood Associations), licence "PDDL-1.0".
  • A flight counts for this area when its path crosses the boundary; only the part inside is drawn.

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