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Santa Ana, California

Downtown, August 2026

A neighborhood page. 132 of the 3,170 flights in Santa Ana Police Department's record crossed this area in August 2026.

132

drone flights crossed Downtown.

132

of them in August 2026.

11 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

Police drones crossed Downtown 132 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.

132 of the 132 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.
DowntownOne flight, takeoff to landingSensitive-purpose flight, as an area

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

15% 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 132 flights that crossed this area.

  1. Call for service92%
  2. Training and testing5%
  3. Not stated2%

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 20269:16 amCall for service4 min887682c2
Sat 1 Aug 20261:39 pmCall for service5 min68f22eaf
Sat 1 Aug 20262:39 pmCall for service17 min8db2802f
Sat 1 Aug 20263:45 pmCall for service6 min1ff27c95
Sun 2 Aug 20266:24 amNot stated10 min76d27aed
Sun 2 Aug 20268:13 amCall for service17 minffcc19a6
Sun 2 Aug 202610:23 amCall for service9 minb8e2642b
Mon 3 Aug 20265:10 amTraining and testing3 min8385bd6f
Mon 3 Aug 20266:21 amTraining and testing2 min6376cc90
Mon 3 Aug 20269:25 amNot stated10 min73ccf24e
Mon 3 Aug 202612:12 pmCall for service9 min1b8f37f6
Mon 3 Aug 20261:28 pmTraining and testing3 min17ce9f67
Mon 3 Aug 20262:44 pmCall for service3 minc646903b
Mon 3 Aug 20265:29 pmTraining and testing3 min2133b9a8
Mon 3 Aug 20267:14 pmTraining and testing3 min9daf679a
Mon 3 Aug 202610:40 pmCall for service16 minc86eae27
Mon 3 Aug 202611:27 pmCall for service10 mind2c68409
Mon 3 Aug 202611:53 pmCall for service7 min391eed40
Tue 4 Aug 202612:12 amCall for service11 mind98bb0af
Tue 4 Aug 20265:58 amCall for service11 min6cdefc28
Tue 4 Aug 20261:08 pmCall for service19 min4e72562a
Tue 4 Aug 20265:46 pmCall for service11 min57079824
Wed 5 Aug 20264:30 pmCall for service12 min18320bb7
Wed 5 Aug 202610:37 pmNot stated18 min3cc45e71
Thu 6 Aug 20266:26 amCall for service16 min03ef8a11
Thu 6 Aug 20269:44 amCall for service12 minf89c669f
Fri 7 Aug 20262:51 amCall for service3 min6abef323
Fri 7 Aug 20263:52 amCall for service15 minb65c06ad
Fri 7 Aug 20264:33 amCall for service9 min46cb75e2
Fri 7 Aug 20267:29 amCall for service15 minbf46f9d6
Fri 7 Aug 202612:36 pmCall for service20 mineb8a93e7
Fri 7 Aug 20266:03 pmCall for service9 minf19cd9fb
Fri 7 Aug 20266:49 pmCall for service23 min942fb6c6
Fri 7 Aug 20267:49 pmCall for service7 min1f76ca45
Fri 7 Aug 20268:18 pmTraining and testing5 min2c5686b5
Sun 9 Aug 202612:51 pmCall for service7 min8002d1e9
Sun 9 Aug 20263:45 pmCall for service16 minc63113a3
Sun 9 Aug 20269:13 pmCall for service9 minfede2ac2
Sun 9 Aug 202611:28 pmCall for service13 min5994c4cc
Mon 10 Aug 20266:08 amCall for service16 minf9ef6536
Mon 10 Aug 20267:18 amCall for service10 min2e8cb8a9
Mon 10 Aug 20269:41 amCall for service11 min6cc1f804
Mon 10 Aug 202610:47 amCall for service5 mind1e9b8e2
Mon 10 Aug 20262:18 pmCall for service17 minaaec87fe
Tue 11 Aug 20263:55 amCall for service18 min0b4a36c2
Tue 11 Aug 20267:00 amCall for service14 min1ddd603c
Tue 11 Aug 20269:56 amCall for service14 min9b32bf01
Tue 11 Aug 202611:14 amCall for service6 min26c7d3eb
Tue 11 Aug 202611:35 amCall for service5 mincaf16fdb
Tue 11 Aug 20261:00 pmCall for service6 min53de067a
Tue 11 Aug 20262:24 pmCall for service15 min141bc522
Tue 11 Aug 20269:04 pmCall for service8 min927971d1
Wed 12 Aug 20263:46 amCall for service12 min4bfc8bf2
Wed 12 Aug 20265:40 amCall for service14 min3448abd9
Wed 12 Aug 202612:43 pmCall for service7 min42e4ff2c
Wed 12 Aug 20262:39 pmCall for service18 minbdb15f88
Thu 13 Aug 20269:54 amCall for service6 min1186aafe
Thu 13 Aug 20261:03 pmCall for service13 min21ed2d2d
Thu 13 Aug 20262:13 pmCall for service13 min695d51b5
Thu 13 Aug 20266:16 pmCall for service7 min38c3e258
Thu 13 Aug 20267:21 pmCall for service5 min68b5cffc
Thu 13 Aug 202611:19 pmCall for service13 mindce47e72
Fri 14 Aug 20268:02 amCall for service7 mind1c96e88
Fri 14 Aug 20262:28 pmCall for service6 min35062582
Fri 14 Aug 20265:05 pmCall for service15 minc77db91e
Fri 14 Aug 20266:49 pmCall for service9 min44352d1f
Fri 14 Aug 20269:44 pmCall for service5 mina1d80088
Fri 14 Aug 20269:51 pmCall for service6 min04ce85ad
Sat 15 Aug 20268:44 amCall for service12 min4cbfb669
Sat 15 Aug 202610:40 amCall for service9 mineec837da
Sat 15 Aug 202610:03 pmCall for service9 minf8fd8f73
Sun 16 Aug 20269:21 amCall for service11 minfefe8b4c
Sun 16 Aug 202612:23 pmCall for service9 minaaec839f
Sun 16 Aug 20267:23 pmCall for service15 min4bf4b8c5
Sun 16 Aug 20267:39 pmCall for service13 mine3f8583d
Sun 16 Aug 20269:13 pmCall for service18 min498450d6
Mon 17 Aug 20267:53 amCall for service10 min33cb74c5
Mon 17 Aug 20269:00 amCall for service14 min4ddc3ae8
Mon 17 Aug 20266:59 pmCall for service17 min1765fd38
Mon 17 Aug 20269:33 pmCall for service13 min964113d9
Tue 18 Aug 20266:50 amCall for service7 min04c536ee
Tue 18 Aug 20267:13 amCall for service5 minb334881a
Tue 18 Aug 202611:49 amCall for service5 min799131c0
Tue 18 Aug 20263:40 pmCall for service8 min5f1d85f6
Wed 19 Aug 20266:02 amCall for service12 min70d78451
Wed 19 Aug 20267:05 amCall for service8 minde0bc087
Wed 19 Aug 20268:52 amCall for service5 min42b733af
Wed 19 Aug 202610:04 amCall for service16 min0c937cf8
Wed 19 Aug 202611:19 amCall for service7 minb8aa8a12
Wed 19 Aug 202611:48 amCall for service17 minc09d097e
Wed 19 Aug 20261:19 pmCall for service18 min96e7fe4a
Wed 19 Aug 20263:30 pmTraining and testing7 minf5490104
Thu 20 Aug 20267:50 amCall for service9 mina6a69294
Thu 20 Aug 202610:59 amCall for service11 min55d14711
Thu 20 Aug 20261:15 pmCall for service12 minffc7a313
Thu 20 Aug 20263:46 pmCall for service3 min435107d4
Fri 21 Aug 20266:58 pmCall for service13 min5b4438f9
Sat 22 Aug 20269:40 amCall for service6 min10f31c5c
Sat 22 Aug 20269:51 amCall for service6 min48ada3d4
Sat 22 Aug 202611:20 amCall for service8 min1bec8104
Sat 22 Aug 202612:53 pmCall for service12 min735df61e
Sat 22 Aug 20268:37 pmCall for service12 min06af7651
Sun 23 Aug 20261:31 amCall for service16 min5ef8c0df
Sun 23 Aug 20267:44 amCall for service14 min4af8fb17
Sun 23 Aug 20268:57 amCall for service12 min5db5105b
Mon 24 Aug 20266:39 amCall for service13 min9c414893
Mon 24 Aug 20268:03 amCall for service11 mineb8e5623
Mon 24 Aug 20262:41 pmCall for service14 min9317cfd0
Mon 24 Aug 20268:52 pmCall for service11 min128685c1
Mon 24 Aug 202610:40 pmCall for service16 min28779187
Tue 25 Aug 20267:29 amCall for service7 minb8c6ee76
Tue 25 Aug 202610:15 amCall for service12 min6398058a
Wed 26 Aug 20264:00 pmCall for service14 mind943cce0
Thu 27 Aug 20262:51 pmCall for service4 min6a754a93
Thu 27 Aug 20267:51 pmCall for service9 min19957b17
Fri 28 Aug 20267:59 amCall for service12 mind381a8ba
Fri 28 Aug 20268:29 amCall for service10 min1cd7c1b3
Fri 28 Aug 20269:41 amCall for service6 minb05489aa
Fri 28 Aug 20262:11 pmCall for service8 min5a190047
Sat 29 Aug 20268:59 amCall for service15 min36c2dc52
Sat 29 Aug 202610:59 amCall for service12 min36a98b63
Sat 29 Aug 202611:35 amCall for service10 min131eb78d
Sat 29 Aug 20261:36 pmCall for service8 min84f5da38
Sat 29 Aug 20263:40 pmCall for service13 min3117029e
Sat 29 Aug 20264:32 pmCall for service12 min077413b6
Sat 29 Aug 20264:52 pmCall for service12 min1a45fa2c
Sat 29 Aug 20266:00 pmCall for service10 minbc37293e
Mon 31 Aug 20261:16 amCall for service5 minc2eda854
Mon 31 Aug 20266:43 amCall for service9 min0b48fb9d
Mon 31 Aug 20267:55 amCall for service12 min9c7f3d48
Mon 31 Aug 202610:13 amCall for service11 mind392acdc
Mon 31 Aug 202610:35 pmCall for service18 mind1d6049f

All 132 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. "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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