75
drone flights crossed Downtown.
75
of them in March 2026.
22 min
median flight. Half were shorter.
Police drones crossed Downtown 75 times between 3 March 2026 and 31 March 2026, by Wichita Police Department's published record. The most recent was on 31 March 2026.
24 hours of flight time by flights that crossed this area.
0% of them took off between 10 pm and 6 am (CDT).
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 75 flights that crossed this area.
Hour of day
Takeoffs by hour of the day, local time.
Flight list, March 2026
| Date | Takeoff (CDT) | Purpose | Airborne | Flight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Mar 2026 | 3:01 pm | Training and testing | 19 min | cac54ece |
| Thu 5 Mar 2026 | 9:57 am | Training and testing | 14 min | f775ecc5 |
| Fri 13 Mar 2026 | 1:36 pm | Training and testing | 14 min | e2d675a8 |
| Fri 13 Mar 2026 | 1:55 pm | Training and testing | 8 min | 3b62fd68 |
| Fri 13 Mar 2026 | 2:05 pm | Training and testing | 23 min | b3e73867 |
| Fri 13 Mar 2026 | 2:34 pm | Training and testing | 23 min | c8f13ae1 |
| Fri 13 Mar 2026 | 2:35 pm | Training and testing | 12 min | e803d6a3 |
| Fri 13 Mar 2026 | 2:50 pm | Training and testing | 23 min | 2a2ddd0e |
| Fri 13 Mar 2026 | 3:00 pm | Training and testing | 2 min | a616d4bf |
| Fri 13 Mar 2026 | 3:07 pm | Training and testing | 17 min | 57285b76 |
| Fri 13 Mar 2026 | 3:10 pm | Training and testing | 7 min | c5e617c2 |
| Fri 13 Mar 2026 | 3:15 pm | Training and testing | 22 min | b62de95b |
| Fri 13 Mar 2026 | 3:28 pm | Training and testing | 20 min | cad32b96 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 9:38 am | Events | 5 min | df7f2cc8 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 10:24 am | Events | 22 min | 824c1e7a |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 10:38 am | Events | 17 min | ef073226 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 10:47 am | Events | 23 min | 389dcc47 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 10:53 am | Events | 22 min | 41469335 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 11:10 am | Events | 28 min | a87be2f7 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 11:12 am | Events | 26 min | ecefc832 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 11:27 am | Not stated | 38 s | 792b9349 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 11:35 am | Events | 22 min | 9c6a759e |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 11:36 am | Events | 24 min | ed2d16eb |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 11:55 am | Events | 26 min | 885ce03f |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 11:56 am | Events | 24 min | 064699ff |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 12:18 pm | Events | 22 min | 8be7c953 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 12:37 pm | Events | 26 min | 60eb1630 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 12:38 pm | Events | 23 min | 8783624e |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 12:58 pm | Events | 23 min | cb305868 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 1:02 pm | Events | 24 min | f1d05df9 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 1:05 pm | Events | 10 min | 25be9b9c |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 1:20 pm | Events | 25 min | 9d4be8c6 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 1:23 pm | Events | 27 min | 242d59e8 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 1:41 pm | Events | 23 min | cda3c080 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 1:49 pm | Events | 22 min | 3807cc96 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 2:08 pm | Events | 23 min | 89c7272a |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 2:08 pm | Events | 24 min | e041ab7f |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 2:13 pm | Events | 12 min | 60af9512 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 2:29 pm | Events | 22 min | 935b661f |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 2:34 pm | Events | 24 min | 8f6c29bb |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 2:53 pm | Events | 21 min | 67965962 |
| Sat 14 Mar 2026 | 3:03 pm | Events | 14 min | 1750e849 |
| Wed 18 Mar 2026 | 11:10 am | Training and testing | 12 min | 1446a680 |
| Mon 23 Mar 2026 | 1:41 pm | Training and testing | 11 min | 9132db8a |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 9:41 am | Events | 6 min | 3a480b1e |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 10:04 am | Events | 24 min | fe07e5a4 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 10:05 am | Events | 1 min 54 s | bf0feb77 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 10:27 am | Events | 28 min | 9a909346 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 10:52 am | Events | 20 min | 3b6d2618 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 11:10 am | Events | 23 min | 1ae8b9a6 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 11:16 am | Events | 21 min | 4b44b4a9 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 11:34 am | Events | 22 min | c4625fd2 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 11:35 am | Events | 20 min | 03c8fa78 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 11:40 am | Events | 23 min | bb1f32c2 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 11:59 am | Events | 28 min | 3f432177 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 12:05 pm | Events | 24 min | b0367fbd |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 12:16 pm | Events | 25 min | a7106f1a |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 12:26 pm | Events | 24 min | d1253358 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 12:28 pm | Events | 24 min | 6a8517a3 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 12:39 pm | Events | 25 min | a9deb181 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 12:48 pm | Events | 24 min | 2a741793 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 12:52 pm | Events | 26 min | f8d000bb |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 1:02 pm | Events | 25 min | 4c2180bc |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 1:09 pm | Events | 22 min | f5fb7ff0 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 1:19 pm | Events | 26 min | e8716e84 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 1:24 pm | Events | 23 min | 32d3332f |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 1:31 pm | Events | 26 min | 53b428db |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 1:43 pm | Events | 30 min | b22bfde1 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 1:46 pm | Events | 19 min | 49a01af0 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 1:56 pm | Events | 23 min | 809fb927 |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 2:12 pm | Events | 7 min | f92de17d |
| Sat 28 Mar 2026 | 2:17 pm | Events | 51 s | b04fe9ef |
| Tue 31 Mar 2026 | 12:17 pm | Call for service | 10 min | 798b4b13 |
| Tue 31 Mar 2026 | 2:09 pm | Training and testing | 1 min 31 s | a8333679 |
| Tue 31 Mar 2026 | 2:11 pm | Training and testing | 18 min | 12b9a896 |
All 75 flights in March 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 Wichita (Neighborhood Associations), licence "City of Wichita open data disclaimer (provided AS IS; no license stated)". Boundary licence unconfirmed: the boundary is shown for orientation only.
- A flight counts for this area when its path crosses the boundary; only the part inside is drawn.
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