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Rochester, Minnesota

Downtown, March 2026

A neighborhood page. 122 of the 3,580 flights in Rochester Police Department's record crossed this area in March 2026.

122

drone flights crossed Downtown.

122

of them in March 2026.

9 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

Police drones crossed Downtown 122 times between 2 March 2026 and 31 March 2026, by Rochester Police Department's published record. The most recent was on 31 March 2026.

122 of the 122 drawable flights that crossed the area in March 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

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

22% 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 122 flights that crossed this area.

  1. Call for service57%
  2. Events20%
  3. Training and testing20%
  4. Traffic and crashes2%
  5. Search1%

Hour of day

Takeoffs by hour of the day, local time.

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Flight list, March 2026

DateTakeoff (CDT)PurposeAirborneFlight
Mon 2 Mar 20262:35 amCall for service20 min0ee4623f
Mon 2 Mar 20268:55 amEvents11 mine8534e8c
Mon 2 Mar 202610:30 amCall for service13 min6c897d8a
Mon 2 Mar 202610:56 amCall for service8 min90612fc9
Mon 2 Mar 20262:25 pmCall for service12 minde01b777
Tue 3 Mar 20269:22 amCall for service10 mina3f6e372
Tue 3 Mar 20262:54 pmTraining and testing54 sdb27ea5d
Tue 3 Mar 20264:16 pmTraining and testing1 min 16 s636e3450
Tue 3 Mar 20265:28 pmTraining and testing59 sb2176a13
Tue 3 Mar 20266:47 pmTraining and testing5 mind13d9cd0
Tue 3 Mar 20268:28 pmCall for service14 min61442e2a
Wed 4 Mar 202610:33 amEvents15 mina21bd218
Wed 4 Mar 202611:47 amCall for service9 mincbde13f2
Wed 4 Mar 20261:30 pmCall for service12 min5aed9549
Wed 4 Mar 20264:18 pmEvents4 mina9ec2680
Wed 4 Mar 20265:42 pmCall for service13 min48f92f68
Wed 4 Mar 20266:08 pmCall for service4 minda284eeb
Wed 4 Mar 20266:52 pmTraining and testing2 min8b7ba58b
Wed 4 Mar 20267:24 pmEvents12 min0dece242
Wed 4 Mar 20269:39 pmEvents16 min655848b8
Wed 4 Mar 202610:26 pmTraining and testing3 mincc357c2e
Wed 4 Mar 202610:31 pmTraining and testing1 min 24 s0ba3de3d
Wed 4 Mar 202611:23 pmEvents8 min7e4dc9d4
Wed 4 Mar 202611:58 pmEvents11 min12093347
Thu 5 Mar 20261:13 amTraining and testing2 min686fe94c
Thu 5 Mar 20262:19 amEvents18 min2f866386
Thu 5 Mar 202611:18 amTraining and testing9 min5073ae47
Thu 5 Mar 202611:29 amTraining and testing8 minde1d6f80
Thu 5 Mar 20261:29 pmTraining and testing2 min37a20bf8
Thu 5 Mar 20261:44 pmEvents9 min2e2f2a5b
Thu 5 Mar 20266:38 pmTraining and testing1 min 33 s8d91470d
Thu 5 Mar 20267:13 pmTraining and testing7 minfe1895c8
Thu 5 Mar 20268:41 pmCall for service11 min4d4c387d
Thu 5 Mar 20269:06 pmCall for service11 min087e351c
Thu 5 Mar 20269:26 pmCall for service11 min29126fd5
Thu 5 Mar 202610:18 pmCall for service46 s51dbe313
Thu 5 Mar 202610:30 pmCall for service18 min750c3415
Sat 7 Mar 20264:26 pmEvents7 minf7da73fe
Sat 7 Mar 20264:35 pmCall for service11 min3a2f4d8e
Sat 7 Mar 20265:11 pmEvents17 min3e675ab7
Sat 7 Mar 202610:48 pmEvents9 min65e7ba91
Sat 7 Mar 202611:14 pmEvents14 mincc5f448f
Sun 8 Mar 202612:19 amTraining and testing2 min2ae5415e
Sun 8 Mar 20261:05 amCall for service8 min2023fd65
Sun 8 Mar 20261:57 amCall for service5 min05ffb695
Mon 9 Mar 202610:08 amCall for service11 min4217e2f9
Mon 9 Mar 20262:41 pmCall for service6 minabd6a6f7
Tue 10 Mar 20261:04 pmCall for service6 min26bed0ed
Tue 10 Mar 20261:20 pmCall for service6 min4830eed8
Tue 10 Mar 20261:56 pmCall for service10 mine0d1bf28
Tue 10 Mar 20262:32 pmCall for service9 min99c95f10
Wed 11 Mar 20268:57 pmCall for service10 min28e8a4b7
Wed 11 Mar 202610:36 pmCall for service3 mina795eaba
Thu 12 Mar 20262:42 pmCall for service6 minb564de0c
Fri 13 Mar 20264:39 pmCall for service4 min20984a07
Fri 13 Mar 20264:58 pmCall for service11 min43e198ca
Tue 17 Mar 20268:33 amCall for service12 min20d520c3
Tue 17 Mar 202610:28 amTraining and testing10 minc4913972
Tue 17 Mar 202612:01 pmTraining and testing2 minec40c121
Tue 17 Mar 202612:36 pmCall for service8 min0758904d
Tue 17 Mar 20262:47 pmCall for service13 min36fb2651
Tue 17 Mar 20264:08 pmEvents16 min7d0b3186
Tue 17 Mar 20265:02 pmTraining and testing7 minbc1a5984
Tue 17 Mar 20265:10 pmTraining and testing1 min 02 s9c10e1a8
Wed 18 Mar 20267:41 amTraining and testing53 s5f6cb970
Wed 18 Mar 20267:47 amTraining and testing4 minab379a56
Wed 18 Mar 20267:57 amTraffic and crashes4 min837628ab
Wed 18 Mar 20268:37 amTraffic and crashes1 min 32 sd385f97a
Wed 18 Mar 20261:16 pmCall for service16 min70e5f0e0
Wed 18 Mar 20263:01 pmCall for service12 minda751fc3
Wed 18 Mar 20263:46 pmEvents4 min52118556
Wed 18 Mar 20265:07 pmEvents13 min1de46f0e
Thu 19 Mar 20267:18 amTraining and testing8 min4e20ccd6
Thu 19 Mar 20267:44 amTraining and testing6 minbdeeaa56
Thu 19 Mar 202610:26 amCall for service12 min19171a28
Thu 19 Mar 202610:50 amEvents12 minb1216d74
Thu 19 Mar 20261:29 pmCall for service10 minedae96d3
Thu 19 Mar 20261:45 pmEvents4 mina8dfafb5
Thu 19 Mar 20263:01 pmCall for service11 min53a96f4e
Fri 20 Mar 20268:28 amCall for service19 minfb384894
Fri 20 Mar 20269:38 amCall for service17 min3198e29d
Fri 20 Mar 202610:18 amTraining and testing10 minde256999
Fri 20 Mar 202612:25 pmCall for service6 min847c6c38
Fri 20 Mar 20261:26 pmCall for service10 min09c6e1c6
Fri 20 Mar 20262:56 pmCall for service17 minacdf6ecc
Fri 20 Mar 20264:03 pmCall for service9 minf2e840f8
Sat 21 Mar 202612:30 amCall for service16 min9f4bceb1
Sat 21 Mar 20261:40 amSearch5 minf8dda13c
Sun 22 Mar 20264:01 amCall for service18 min6e7f9911
Mon 23 Mar 202610:54 amCall for service13 min06b82bcd
Mon 23 Mar 20263:26 pmCall for service15 min9de17568
Tue 24 Mar 20269:39 amCall for service10 minface7492
Tue 24 Mar 202612:32 pmCall for service15 minccba1871
Wed 25 Mar 20269:35 amCall for service7 minfa5b1950
Wed 25 Mar 20261:55 pmEvents6 minf55e9879
Wed 25 Mar 20264:21 pmEvents19 mind5eea54d
Wed 25 Mar 20265:56 pmCall for service14 min0e48ff2d
Thu 26 Mar 20263:28 pmCall for service5 min88803064
Thu 26 Mar 202611:09 pmEvents7 min4625f9da
Fri 27 Mar 20268:20 amCall for service9 min522c8b7a
Fri 27 Mar 20269:07 amEvents9 mina3ce8cb6
Fri 27 Mar 202611:48 amEvents7 mina84ad841
Fri 27 Mar 20266:06 pmEvents16 minf3e071bf
Fri 27 Mar 20267:14 pmCall for service14 mina11b77f0
Fri 27 Mar 20267:44 pmCall for service10 min7ded6e16
Fri 27 Mar 20268:43 pmCall for service5 min0bcfa8ca
Fri 27 Mar 202611:10 pmCall for service20 min30a66af0
Sat 28 Mar 20262:31 amCall for service8 minaf5368b0
Mon 30 Mar 20263:36 amCall for service14 minf8e23fec
Mon 30 Mar 20262:01 pmCall for service6 min4ad11b75
Mon 30 Mar 20264:09 pmCall for service7 mindf3c0bfc
Mon 30 Mar 20268:08 pmCall for service8 minfddf7458
Mon 30 Mar 20269:15 pmCall for service9 mina558f2d4
Mon 30 Mar 202611:27 pmCall for service11 min7e3ac1ae
Tue 31 Mar 202612:59 amCall for service17 min52f337e8
Tue 31 Mar 20262:54 amCall for service9 mincf62cefb
Tue 31 Mar 20264:51 amCall for service13 minb63bf67e
Tue 31 Mar 20265:06 amCall for service8 min4ed2663f
Tue 31 Mar 20262:17 pmTraining and testing6 min8f40a754
Tue 31 Mar 20263:06 pmCall for service13 min8b96bf16
Tue 31 Mar 20264:06 pmCall for service8 mind874d502
Tue 31 Mar 20265:48 pmEvents2 minc0ea0585

All 122 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 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.

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