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Santa Ana, California

Downtown, July 2026

A neighborhood page. 186 of the 3,170 flights in Santa Ana Police Department's record crossed this area in July 2026.

186

drone flights crossed Downtown.

186

of them in July 2026.

9 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

Police drones crossed Downtown 186 times between 1 July 2026 and 31 July 2026, by Santa Ana Police Department's published record. The most recent was on 31 July 2026.

186 of the 186 drawable flights that crossed the area in July 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.
DowntownOne flight, takeoff to landingSensitive-purpose flight, as an area

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

30% 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 186 flights that crossed this area.

  1. Call for service72%
  2. Training and testing18%
  3. Not stated10%

Hour of day

Takeoffs by hour of the day, local time.

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Flight list, July 2026

DateTakeoff (PDT)PurposeAirborneFlight
Wed 1 Jul 202612:03 amTraining and testing14 min47fac44b
Wed 1 Jul 202612:13 amNot stated9 min501026f4
Wed 1 Jul 202612:39 amNot stated16 min5a430d64
Wed 1 Jul 20262:04 amNot stated9 min1b77dd19
Wed 1 Jul 202611:55 amCall for service9 minfb9e0680
Wed 1 Jul 202612:19 pmCall for service8 mine975eb62
Wed 1 Jul 20263:41 pmCall for service19 minefb59871
Wed 1 Jul 20267:24 pmTraining and testing5 min0d8f3312
Wed 1 Jul 202611:14 pmTraining and testing11 min7be9fece
Thu 2 Jul 202610:08 amTraining and testing4 min03e31124
Thu 2 Jul 202611:13 amCall for service7 minf70abe89
Thu 2 Jul 20263:41 pmCall for service2 min2add8c88
Thu 2 Jul 20266:36 pmNot stated17 min3c30c173
Thu 2 Jul 20267:50 pmNot stated14 min274336bb
Thu 2 Jul 20268:28 pmNot stated5 minb5b026b2
Thu 2 Jul 202610:33 pmCall for service14 min5c10114e
Thu 2 Jul 202611:03 pmNot stated8 mine024ecf5
Fri 3 Jul 202612:58 amNot stated16 mina583a7f8
Fri 3 Jul 20269:15 amCall for service16 minb78edf79
Fri 3 Jul 202611:25 amCall for service8 min6f850884
Fri 3 Jul 202612:49 pmCall for service15 minfe8a0546
Fri 3 Jul 20263:41 pmCall for service3 mind933fea9
Fri 3 Jul 20269:55 pmNot stated4 minc7ee8477
Fri 3 Jul 202611:23 pmNot stated9 min21e22083
Sat 4 Jul 202612:29 amCall for service4 minc8c1786a
Sat 4 Jul 202612:40 amCall for service5 min8c75ad64
Sat 4 Jul 20267:01 pmTraining and testing2 mind4d7bd08
Sat 4 Jul 20267:06 pmCall for service20 min769945c8
Sat 4 Jul 20267:33 pmTraining and testing4 mina107d2eb
Sat 4 Jul 20267:40 pmCall for service20 min05209ea9
Sat 4 Jul 20268:10 pmTraining and testing3 min5413b1a7
Sat 4 Jul 20268:18 pmCall for service19 min613f91c1
Sat 4 Jul 20268:49 pmCall for service3 min3e0d1c83
Sat 4 Jul 20268:56 pmCall for service15 minf6ce9efa
Sat 4 Jul 20269:53 pmCall for service18 mindc5fb81e
Sat 4 Jul 202610:17 pmCall for service12 min78e11656
Sun 5 Jul 202612:04 amCall for service12 min76b85661
Sun 5 Jul 202612:22 amCall for service19 min9f796ef0
Sun 5 Jul 20266:16 pmCall for service5 minc020768c
Sun 5 Jul 20267:35 pmCall for service4 minb51141d2
Sun 5 Jul 20268:05 pmCall for service21 mind136dc82
Sun 5 Jul 20268:31 pmTraining and testing2 min3cf0ce78
Sun 5 Jul 20268:37 pmCall for service10 minfed7ef3b
Sun 5 Jul 20268:49 pmCall for service5 min37cc4d1f
Sun 5 Jul 20269:18 pmCall for service12 minb507a1a3
Sun 5 Jul 20269:55 pmCall for service8 min1857bbbc
Sun 5 Jul 202610:20 pmCall for service12 min006577a0
Sun 5 Jul 202610:51 pmCall for service5 minbe92213b
Sun 5 Jul 202610:58 pmCall for service7 min1aae507f
Sun 5 Jul 202611:22 pmCall for service10 minf991f73e
Sun 5 Jul 202611:31 pmCall for service14 minbd13714b
Sun 5 Jul 202611:57 pmCall for service4 min764cbc72
Tue 7 Jul 202611:09 amCall for service11 min100faf22
Tue 7 Jul 20262:36 pmCall for service8 min8c222dcb
Tue 7 Jul 20267:21 pmTraining and testing5 min19f8162a
Tue 7 Jul 20268:22 pmCall for service3 min02dedc5b
Tue 7 Jul 20268:45 pmTraining and testing4 min2af29665
Tue 7 Jul 20268:53 pmTraining and testing5 min701ac6f4
Tue 7 Jul 20269:29 pmCall for service16 mine33e30f8
Wed 8 Jul 202612:44 amTraining and testing2 min5e543ae8
Wed 8 Jul 20264:48 pmTraining and testing2 min9b77c9f8
Wed 8 Jul 20265:41 pmNot stated14 mina74f0464
Wed 8 Jul 20268:41 pmNot stated14 min81cc225f
Wed 8 Jul 20269:31 pmCall for service6 mind83d8016
Wed 8 Jul 202611:33 pmCall for service17 min2015c411
Thu 9 Jul 202612:05 amCall for service3 min386f3004
Thu 9 Jul 202610:54 amCall for service4 min6db8c0b3
Thu 9 Jul 20261:18 pmCall for service3 min074f8014
Thu 9 Jul 20263:54 pmCall for service9 min3d3bd492
Thu 9 Jul 20267:44 pmCall for service14 minf06dc25f
Thu 9 Jul 20268:38 pmNot stated13 minc1c32828
Thu 9 Jul 202611:57 pmCall for service14 minda02efb2
Fri 10 Jul 20262:11 amNot stated20 min62ed44fe
Fri 10 Jul 20261:06 pmCall for service18 min32468ceb
Fri 10 Jul 20269:37 pmTraining and testing4 minab1e299c
Sun 12 Jul 20265:47 amCall for service7 minf1bed155
Sun 12 Jul 202610:33 amCall for service5 min02a8d181
Sun 12 Jul 20261:53 pmCall for service10 min70fb513e
Sun 12 Jul 20263:18 pmCall for service10 min0455d078
Sun 12 Jul 20265:48 pmCall for service7 min0bd3d69c
Mon 13 Jul 202612:40 amCall for service15 minafa12ae1
Mon 13 Jul 20263:39 amCall for service16 min7b09f390
Mon 13 Jul 202611:03 amTraining and testing3 mind14a5d59
Mon 13 Jul 202612:23 pmTraining and testing3 min0430f5fa
Mon 13 Jul 202612:35 pmCall for service10 min06ac7d6c
Mon 13 Jul 202611:40 pmCall for service19 min54e004b9
Tue 14 Jul 20264:10 amCall for service15 min9b635192
Tue 14 Jul 20265:26 amCall for service17 min13c0d880
Tue 14 Jul 202610:07 amCall for service6 min4eec87b4
Tue 14 Jul 202610:20 amCall for service9 min8bcbf0f7
Tue 14 Jul 202611:25 amCall for service13 minfb2a92ce
Tue 14 Jul 202612:18 pmCall for service7 minf7a256bf
Tue 14 Jul 202610:15 pmCall for service9 min5aadb715
Wed 15 Jul 20262:26 pmTraining and testing9 min97a399df
Wed 15 Jul 20263:35 pmCall for service8 min16864f0c
Wed 15 Jul 20264:17 pmCall for service7 mina01be2f6
Thu 16 Jul 202612:31 amTraining and testing2 min0d1f4b86
Thu 16 Jul 20262:46 amCall for service8 mina2bbe231
Thu 16 Jul 20265:36 amCall for service12 min69e8e977
Thu 16 Jul 20261:37 pmCall for service6 min974ccbfe
Thu 16 Jul 20261:53 pmTraining and testing2 minc73ec386
Thu 16 Jul 20262:00 pmTraining and testing3 mind850edfb
Thu 16 Jul 202610:57 pmNot stated16 min2d5de982
Fri 17 Jul 20266:53 amCall for service13 min7d7c1d82
Fri 17 Jul 20268:25 amCall for service10 min79811870
Fri 17 Jul 20268:42 amCall for service12 mind85f9cf0
Fri 17 Jul 20269:08 amCall for service9 mind87ede44
Fri 17 Jul 20262:31 pmCall for service10 minf74aea68
Fri 17 Jul 20269:20 pmNot stated17 minaa7dbe83
Sat 18 Jul 20267:20 amCall for service8 min385a409e
Sat 18 Jul 20268:23 amCall for service10 mine9cb0299
Sat 18 Jul 20269:12 amCall for service7 min74aeaec8
Sat 18 Jul 20269:26 amCall for service6 minb462e07c
Sat 18 Jul 20269:49 amCall for service5 min021d3daf
Sat 18 Jul 202611:57 amNot stated6 mindfb6a4d0
Sat 18 Jul 20261:38 pmCall for service3 mindd4d8cd0
Sat 18 Jul 20262:24 pmCall for service9 minfa4502c6
Sat 18 Jul 20265:06 pmCall for service3 min0c5d6e86
Sun 19 Jul 20265:03 amCall for service8 min65269c0f
Sun 19 Jul 202611:21 pmNot stated14 min6ead1ad7
Mon 20 Jul 202612:22 amCall for service17 min92ac0362
Mon 20 Jul 20265:03 amCall for service20 min44312a34
Mon 20 Jul 20268:07 amCall for service12 min288cc686
Tue 21 Jul 202612:42 amCall for service16 minb15f12ee
Tue 21 Jul 20267:33 amTraining and testing1 min 55 s009ed7e6
Tue 21 Jul 20269:52 amCall for service5 min60a12930
Tue 21 Jul 202610:26 amTraining and testing2 mina0c2fbac
Tue 21 Jul 202610:36 amTraining and testing3 minb87435ff
Tue 21 Jul 20262:06 pmCall for service5 min89e09b66
Tue 21 Jul 20267:22 pmCall for service4 min5c2c3205
Tue 21 Jul 20268:28 pmCall for service5 min171b7d93
Tue 21 Jul 202611:11 pmCall for service18 minf3dc3a37
Wed 22 Jul 20264:30 amCall for service3 min88986bc8
Wed 22 Jul 202610:51 amCall for service2 min0afdd527
Wed 22 Jul 202611:04 amCall for service17 min328d8c2d
Wed 22 Jul 202612:55 pmCall for service14 min713f7ebe
Wed 22 Jul 20263:24 pmTraining and testing8 min9282027c
Wed 22 Jul 20263:56 pmTraining and testing10 minc6dbd174
Wed 22 Jul 20265:23 pmTraining and testing16 min4ac3364b
Thu 23 Jul 202612:08 amCall for service9 mina009b62d
Thu 23 Jul 20267:10 amCall for service6 mindb2a0989
Thu 23 Jul 20268:50 amCall for service7 min43cf9859
Thu 23 Jul 202611:45 amCall for service3 minec0ad515
Fri 24 Jul 20267:32 amCall for service14 min89cf2f16
Fri 24 Jul 202610:23 amCall for service11 min8c1a8658
Fri 24 Jul 202612:39 pmCall for service12 minc96550bc
Fri 24 Jul 20262:09 pmCall for service5 min013ba3f4
Sat 25 Jul 20261:47 amTraining and testing4 mina54ecc36
Sat 25 Jul 20266:44 amCall for service13 min59732869
Sat 25 Jul 20267:56 amTraining and testing6 min02da354b
Sat 25 Jul 20268:29 amCall for service3 min90a5293c
Sat 25 Jul 202610:43 amCall for service11 min5ca1259f
Sat 25 Jul 20264:16 pmTraining and testing13 min966d1780
Sat 25 Jul 20267:03 pmTraining and testing4 mine2663385
Sat 25 Jul 20267:28 pmTraining and testing4 min4b6a3b16
Sun 26 Jul 202612:13 amCall for service5 minb992d46e
Sun 26 Jul 202612:19 amTraining and testing3 min6ebd39fb
Sun 26 Jul 20262:33 amCall for service11 min2614b335
Sun 26 Jul 20264:14 amCall for service11 min290dec4d
Sun 26 Jul 20267:51 amTraining and testing3 minb2137db3
Sun 26 Jul 202610:48 amCall for service13 min30722685
Sun 26 Jul 202610:44 pmCall for service21 mind7e8e1a0
Sun 26 Jul 202611:21 pmTraining and testing3 min8c9d21e2
Mon 27 Jul 20262:04 amCall for service4 mina1535ccc
Mon 27 Jul 20266:13 amCall for service5 min525389cd
Mon 27 Jul 20269:23 amCall for service6 mina7d456f0
Mon 27 Jul 202611:04 amCall for service11 min5b8ea4c4
Mon 27 Jul 202612:24 pmCall for service13 minea9cbcdc
Mon 27 Jul 20261:06 pmCall for service4 min130373a3
Tue 28 Jul 20261:08 amCall for service14 min59480d06
Tue 28 Jul 20263:21 amCall for service16 min5b479ee9
Tue 28 Jul 20262:14 pmCall for service12 min78a539ed
Tue 28 Jul 20265:51 pmCall for service12 minc5e30da5
Wed 29 Jul 202612:59 amCall for service14 mind84a2193
Wed 29 Jul 202610:04 amCall for service9 min277546a9
Wed 29 Jul 20265:02 pmCall for service11 mine8987359
Thu 30 Jul 20267:53 amCall for service15 min5a513995
Thu 30 Jul 20268:46 amCall for service12 min9c87ff25
Thu 30 Jul 20269:30 amCall for service8 min4315970c
Thu 30 Jul 202610:22 amCall for service3 mincaa679ba
Thu 30 Jul 20261:30 pmCall for service15 minbb4131bb
Thu 30 Jul 20261:55 pmCall for service6 minb7881e5d
Thu 30 Jul 20263:30 pmCall for service13 min9d5d7867
Fri 31 Jul 20266:55 amCall for service15 min09ac3d9b
Fri 31 Jul 20265:23 pmCall for service19 min6876f613
Fri 31 Jul 202610:12 pmCall for service10 minbfff64a9

All 186 flights in July 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. "Downtown" 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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