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Rochester, Minnesota

Downtown, February 2026

A neighborhood page. 177 of the 3,580 flights in Rochester Police Department's record crossed this area in February 2026.

177

drone flights crossed Downtown.

177

of them in February 2026.

8 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

Police drones crossed Downtown 177 times between 1 February 2026 and 28 February 2026, by Rochester Police Department's published record. The most recent was on 28 February 2026.

177 of the 177 drawable flights that crossed the area in February 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

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

22% of them took off between 10 pm and 6 am (CST).

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 177 flights that crossed this area.

  1. Call for service44%
  2. Events28%
  3. Training and testing19%
  4. Search3%
  5. Other3%
  6. Not stated2%
  7. Traffic and crashes2%

Hour of day

Takeoffs by hour of the day, local time.

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Flight list, February 2026

DateTakeoff (CST)PurposeAirborneFlight
Sun 1 Feb 202612:55 amCall for service9 minc1e157c3
Sun 1 Feb 20261:25 amEvents14 min179bf5e6
Sun 1 Feb 20262:43 amTraining and testing4 minb9f8f860
Sun 1 Feb 20263:23 amTraining and testing1 min 22 sc9d780a8
Mon 2 Feb 20266:29 amEvents19 minb5d0520e
Mon 2 Feb 20267:14 amEvents20 min46aa47c7
Mon 2 Feb 20268:19 amEvents13 min9be547a2
Mon 2 Feb 20269:50 amEvents7 minb49a8b57
Mon 2 Feb 202610:34 amEvents5 min9a7b19d4
Mon 2 Feb 202610:54 amEvents14 min13fec01d
Mon 2 Feb 202611:19 amCall for service7 min3af59750
Mon 2 Feb 202611:43 amCall for service10 min8066745b
Mon 2 Feb 20261:50 pmCall for service9 mindc6c98e9
Mon 2 Feb 20262:49 pmCall for service6 mine6af77c9
Mon 2 Feb 20263:15 pmCall for service9 min918a1cfe
Mon 2 Feb 20263:53 pmTraining and testing4 min089d129f
Mon 2 Feb 20264:20 pmTraining and testing9 mine4b0a304
Tue 3 Feb 20266:33 amEvents10 min34cf5a5a
Tue 3 Feb 20267:55 amEvents11 min92f9a128
Tue 3 Feb 20269:17 amEvents18 min1a62b2a7
Tue 3 Feb 202610:47 amTraining and testing1 min 53 sf2542ad1
Tue 3 Feb 202610:49 amTraining and testing2 mindb11c4d6
Tue 3 Feb 202612:41 pmEvents13 min331cdef4
Tue 3 Feb 20262:03 pmCall for service14 minf002e830
Tue 3 Feb 20263:13 pmTraining and testing4 mine84cc650
Tue 3 Feb 20263:46 pmCall for service8 minfb7ecaa8
Wed 4 Feb 20268:12 amCall for service11 min58409094
Wed 4 Feb 202610:18 amCall for service5 minba3d9361
Wed 4 Feb 202610:38 amCall for service10 min245947c3
Wed 4 Feb 202611:45 amCall for service7 minb0be2ad2
Thu 5 Feb 20267:44 amCall for service16 minba1b593e
Thu 5 Feb 20268:52 amTraining and testing4 min9dddf455
Thu 5 Feb 20268:57 amTraining and testing6 min58d2ec1d
Thu 5 Feb 20269:09 amCall for service8 min65143e71
Thu 5 Feb 20269:37 amSearch13 mina4210f31
Thu 5 Feb 202610:38 amCall for service16 mineedfe7b3
Thu 5 Feb 20264:04 pmEvents5 min468e1efc
Fri 6 Feb 20264:37 pmTraining and testing4 mine0ffd04a
Fri 6 Feb 20264:46 pmCall for service8 minf8cbe202
Fri 6 Feb 20267:27 pmCall for service9 min3bf7cf94
Fri 6 Feb 20268:04 pmEvents18 min844b98e5
Fri 6 Feb 20269:23 pmCall for service5 min528e1f84
Fri 6 Feb 20269:39 pmEvents6 min39e1ad25
Fri 6 Feb 202610:14 pmSearch14 minc491bb35
Fri 6 Feb 202611:50 pmCall for service6 min57c6965b
Sat 7 Feb 202612:37 amCall for service3 minb0564cfe
Sat 7 Feb 202612:49 amCall for service5 min515f78bd
Sat 7 Feb 20265:09 pmTraining and testing1 min 04 sbf681de3
Sat 7 Feb 20266:19 pmCall for service14 min8ac11e5c
Sat 7 Feb 20267:13 pmOther12 minebc2bfda
Sat 7 Feb 202611:37 pmEvents4 min9e166e38
Sun 8 Feb 202612:31 amCall for service11 min9ae2125e
Mon 9 Feb 20262:01 pmCall for service8 minf6cdeb16
Mon 9 Feb 20264:29 pmCall for service9 min434a5d32
Tue 10 Feb 20261:41 pmEvents6 min1061b633
Tue 10 Feb 20264:55 pmEvents13 mina499fc79
Tue 10 Feb 20265:51 pmEvents8 min9be80eea
Wed 11 Feb 20267:56 amCall for service3 min39ad5d8c
Wed 11 Feb 202612:11 pmCall for service14 min6a421d0c
Thu 12 Feb 20269:21 amEvents7 mind9977917
Thu 12 Feb 20269:32 amTraining and testing1 min 05 sebdd3ed9
Thu 12 Feb 20269:38 amNot stated16 min69c86895
Fri 13 Feb 20268:19 amNot stated6 minbdc4456f
Fri 13 Feb 20268:38 amNot stated8 min155bc949
Fri 13 Feb 202610:01 amTraining and testing6 mind1b354ed
Fri 13 Feb 202610:38 amCall for service3 min80d6e2d4
Fri 13 Feb 202611:43 amEvents13 min56be2904
Fri 13 Feb 20261:00 pmTraffic and crashes7 min025d27b9
Fri 13 Feb 20261:32 pmNot stated6 mine6a699af
Fri 13 Feb 20262:30 pmCall for service9 min4467e1b1
Fri 13 Feb 20264:37 pmSearch12 min805f35f5
Fri 13 Feb 20266:45 pmEvents8 min8d1debe0
Fri 13 Feb 20268:26 pmEvents3 min3f6eba81
Fri 13 Feb 20269:07 pmCall for service10 min16ab0355
Fri 13 Feb 202610:29 pmCall for service23 min61389a4a
Sun 15 Feb 20267:27 pmTraining and testing1 min 10 sf85e9992
Sun 15 Feb 20268:31 pmCall for service5 min3359b6fd
Sun 15 Feb 20269:14 pmEvents14 mincf521d91
Sun 15 Feb 202611:49 pmCall for service17 min1f6363a4
Mon 16 Feb 20261:47 amCall for service9 min4cf49bc8
Tue 17 Feb 20263:52 amCall for service7 min71e42b4d
Tue 17 Feb 20267:34 amOther14 min97a2af11
Tue 17 Feb 20269:03 amTraining and testing7 min1f28e33d
Tue 17 Feb 20269:11 amTraining and testing5 min9706ac4a
Tue 17 Feb 202612:12 pmCall for service10 min468f3d5b
Tue 17 Feb 20264:17 pmOther8 min2fef8888
Tue 17 Feb 20264:46 pmOther12 min1a1009ad
Thu 19 Feb 20267:44 amCall for service15 min94159065
Thu 19 Feb 20268:30 amEvents8 min7a4bbe19
Thu 19 Feb 20269:11 amTraining and testing9 min0db76707
Thu 19 Feb 20269:52 amTraffic and crashes14 min3bdc0a76
Thu 19 Feb 202610:32 amEvents7 min564ff942
Fri 20 Feb 202612:49 pmSearch18 mind8fb5b85
Fri 20 Feb 20261:31 pmCall for service16 minb3d47444
Fri 20 Feb 20264:25 pmTraining and testing48 s29885b40
Fri 20 Feb 20265:00 pmTraining and testing6 min6a35dc72
Fri 20 Feb 20265:27 pmTraining and testing1 min 11 s4d53c4a9
Fri 20 Feb 20266:58 pmEvents18 mined3cdd8a
Fri 20 Feb 20267:37 pmEvents3 min81acbce6
Fri 20 Feb 20268:15 pmEvents5 min02d392b7
Fri 20 Feb 20268:46 pmEvents20 min15a028f0
Fri 20 Feb 202610:29 pmEvents10 minec542632
Fri 20 Feb 202610:57 pmEvents13 minff1e0645
Sat 21 Feb 202612:30 amCall for service1 min 41 s4cb52c84
Sat 21 Feb 202612:38 amOther18 minc195c29c
Sat 21 Feb 20262:15 amEvents5 min5810fe3a
Sat 21 Feb 20267:38 pmEvents3 min96670821
Sat 21 Feb 20267:50 pmTraining and testing3 min97440e03
Sat 21 Feb 20267:58 pmEvents17 min1d26126d
Sat 21 Feb 20268:18 pmEvents2 min41c6309c
Sat 21 Feb 20268:21 pmEvents18 min35409ea8
Sat 21 Feb 20268:41 pmEvents2 min7e987819
Sat 21 Feb 20268:44 pmEvents19 min034752ae
Sat 21 Feb 20269:04 pmEvents2 min7eaeeecd
Sat 21 Feb 20269:08 pmEvents12 min4b9083db
Sat 21 Feb 20269:30 pmEvents10 min2e979eea
Sat 21 Feb 20269:41 pmEvents2 min5d2ab9b2
Sat 21 Feb 20269:44 pmEvents18 minede0e6f8
Sat 21 Feb 202610:47 pmTraining and testing4 mina72ca5a6
Sat 21 Feb 202610:59 pmTraining and testing3 minc70b46df
Sat 21 Feb 202611:05 pmTraining and testing4 minf997ebef
Sat 21 Feb 202611:49 pmEvents4 min56706c1e
Sun 22 Feb 202610:42 amCall for service14 min25586a7c
Mon 23 Feb 20268:14 amCall for service11 min0ba025da
Mon 23 Feb 202611:03 amCall for service9 min0c0652ec
Mon 23 Feb 20264:35 pmTraining and testing1 min 07 s49d26c73
Mon 23 Feb 20267:49 pmTraining and testing1 min 23 sd16b2e53
Mon 23 Feb 20268:10 pmCall for service5 mina0391ba9
Mon 23 Feb 202611:29 pmCall for service14 min0a33b2c6
Tue 24 Feb 20267:47 amTraining and testing3 min3f41090d
Tue 24 Feb 20269:22 amTraining and testing11 mina13a866f
Tue 24 Feb 20261:55 pmCall for service6 minb439027d
Tue 24 Feb 20262:02 pmTraining and testing4 min28464bb9
Tue 24 Feb 20267:55 pmCall for service15 min5d81db60
Tue 24 Feb 20269:12 pmCall for service9 minc9422243
Wed 25 Feb 20261:01 amCall for service8 min70f53b7a
Wed 25 Feb 20261:54 amCall for service1 min 11 s7e57ca1d
Wed 25 Feb 20262:59 amCall for service11 mind0c8230e
Wed 25 Feb 20262:09 pmEvents4 mine2559020
Wed 25 Feb 20262:24 pmTraining and testing6 minf49bd38d
Wed 25 Feb 20262:52 pmTraining and testing6 min3df1afc4
Wed 25 Feb 20263:44 pmCall for service8 min6207b664
Wed 25 Feb 20264:18 pmCall for service12 minc748d5a0
Wed 25 Feb 20266:33 pmEvents15 min0ab7b405
Wed 25 Feb 20267:09 pmCall for service17 mindb498f2d
Wed 25 Feb 20268:08 pmEvents4 min51f29464
Wed 25 Feb 20269:26 pmCall for service11 minf13791b6
Thu 26 Feb 20261:18 amCall for service13 min293e37a6
Thu 26 Feb 20261:37 pmTraining and testing5 min351ad3c7
Thu 26 Feb 20262:09 pmCall for service6 minfc0005fd
Thu 26 Feb 20262:38 pmCall for service11 minbbf91021
Thu 26 Feb 20263:38 pmTraining and testing3 minea544bdc
Thu 26 Feb 20263:43 pmCall for service17 min60bf1ae5
Thu 26 Feb 20267:39 pmCall for service13 min2deb4689
Thu 26 Feb 20268:05 pmCall for service4 min54c26cce
Thu 26 Feb 20268:24 pmCall for service4 min5a8c3ecd
Thu 26 Feb 20268:32 pmCall for service12 min1026fdff
Thu 26 Feb 20268:55 pmCall for service7 min9e63efbf
Thu 26 Feb 20269:47 pmCall for service11 min79eaf932
Thu 26 Feb 202610:53 pmCall for service11 mina6bc1255
Thu 26 Feb 202611:08 pmCall for service10 min75d08375
Fri 27 Feb 202612:12 amCall for service1 min 39 sccd3b2bc
Fri 27 Feb 20261:57 amCall for service6 min37bda2dc
Fri 27 Feb 20263:22 amCall for service6 minf2ff4407
Fri 27 Feb 202610:55 amCall for service10 min636d03fe
Fri 27 Feb 202612:34 pmCall for service20 min7fc02fb7
Fri 27 Feb 20265:54 pmSearch12 minf29d155d
Fri 27 Feb 20266:23 pmTraffic and crashes8 min64318f30
Fri 27 Feb 20266:54 pmCall for service6 min60a4cd23
Fri 27 Feb 20269:15 pmCall for service10 minac03381e
Fri 27 Feb 202611:24 pmCall for service8 min820de0af
Fri 27 Feb 202611:36 pmCall for service9 minb65fda81
Sat 28 Feb 202612:19 amCall for service6 min27923a39
Sat 28 Feb 202612:44 amCall for service5 min1aeda270
Sat 28 Feb 20261:06 amCall for service14 min8ea00bd5
Sat 28 Feb 20262:11 amEvents11 min3ff489f4
Sat 28 Feb 20268:56 pmEvents16 minc7f5ddf7

All 177 flights in February 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 Olmsted County GIS (Neighborhood Associations), licence "NOASSERTION". 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.

Corrections and questions: see the about page. See about this site for the sources and the publication rules.