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Rochester, Minnesota

Downtown, August 2026

A neighborhood page. 143 of the 3,580 flights in Rochester Police Department's record crossed this area in August 2026.

143

drone flights crossed Downtown.

143

of them in August 2026.

10 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

Police drones crossed Downtown 143 times between 1 August 2026 and 31 August 2026, by Rochester Police Department's published record. The most recent was on 31 August 2026.

143 of the 143 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

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

18% 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 143 flights that crossed this area.

  1. Call for service63%
  2. Events22%
  3. Training and testing9%
  4. Traffic and crashes3%
  5. Other1%
  6. Not stated1%

Hour of day

Takeoffs by hour of the day, local time.

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Flight list, August 2026

DateTakeoff (CDT)PurposeAirborneFlight
Sat 1 Aug 202612:52 amEvents14 min6c40ced6
Sat 1 Aug 20262:02 amEvents10 mine4ac8965
Sat 1 Aug 20264:27 pmCall for service9 min48568366
Sat 1 Aug 20265:03 pmCall for service15 min5da9d016
Sat 1 Aug 20265:41 pmCall for service3 min881962a9
Sat 1 Aug 20265:51 pmCall for service10 mincba7a6c2
Sat 1 Aug 20268:45 pmCall for service16 min881b40fb
Sat 1 Aug 20269:28 pmCall for service12 minf5f9ca70
Sat 1 Aug 202611:09 pmCall for service8 min29ff944a
Sat 1 Aug 202611:30 pmCall for service1 min 08 se6aa6b07
Sun 2 Aug 202612:06 amCall for service8 minbb23c150
Sun 2 Aug 202612:55 amCall for service12 minabc96eca
Mon 3 Aug 202612:00 pmTraining and testing13 mind72c565b
Mon 3 Aug 20261:42 pmCall for service11 minc8c6720c
Mon 3 Aug 20263:01 pmCall for service22 min5f6a8e28
Tue 4 Aug 20261:36 pmCall for service19 min567d90e8
Tue 4 Aug 20262:46 pmCall for service16 minb0decd81
Tue 4 Aug 20263:40 pmCall for service19 min2e6b36a4
Wed 5 Aug 20269:04 amEvents8 min9bd41cae
Wed 5 Aug 202611:50 amTraining and testing7 min00436682
Wed 5 Aug 202612:57 pmCall for service9 minfff9a26f
Wed 5 Aug 20265:33 pmCall for service15 min4d5f13ed
Thu 6 Aug 20268:43 amCall for service15 minb1964bf0
Thu 6 Aug 20269:50 amCall for service13 mineb800e9b
Thu 6 Aug 202610:36 amOther9 mine9976711
Thu 6 Aug 202611:00 amTraining and testing3 min93f5c1f5
Thu 6 Aug 20261:12 pmTraffic and crashes14 min64902382
Thu 6 Aug 20262:19 pmEvents13 mina007fe13
Thu 6 Aug 20264:43 pmCall for service9 min110070cd
Fri 7 Aug 202611:35 amEvents10 minfb09d47d
Fri 7 Aug 20266:32 pmCall for service5 min3f19fd99
Fri 7 Aug 202610:24 pmCall for service7 min5de7ef19
Fri 7 Aug 202611:00 pmCall for service10 min3681f93b
Sat 8 Aug 20266:58 pmCall for service10 min80093bb6
Sat 8 Aug 20267:54 pmCall for service10 min0c9368f5
Sun 9 Aug 20262:15 pmCall for service6 min00d8b7c7
Sun 9 Aug 20268:46 pmCall for service14 min65f7b78f
Mon 10 Aug 20262:05 amCall for service21 min885976db
Mon 10 Aug 20268:54 amCall for service9 min0101d610
Mon 10 Aug 20269:10 amCall for service6 min47d5f460
Tue 11 Aug 202612:35 pmEvents8 minf2c6d080
Tue 11 Aug 20261:02 pmCall for service9 min44534ab5
Tue 11 Aug 20261:23 pmCall for service13 min733ab2e0
Tue 11 Aug 20265:37 pmEvents12 min5ebba4a4
Wed 12 Aug 20268:34 amCall for service9 min4a3b8fcb
Wed 12 Aug 20269:15 amEvents14 min4c386506
Wed 12 Aug 202610:13 amEvents4 min55fc6eea
Wed 12 Aug 202611:55 amEvents17 min23d3f2c3
Wed 12 Aug 20261:27 pmCall for service10 minaad24e89
Wed 12 Aug 20262:34 pmCall for service12 min70c9caaf
Wed 12 Aug 20263:29 pmTraffic and crashes7 min128e8a48
Wed 12 Aug 20267:05 pmEvents18 min4b45e44c
Thu 13 Aug 20268:21 amEvents19 min0455517b
Thu 13 Aug 20269:14 amEvents16 min2fa7b92d
Thu 13 Aug 202611:08 amEvents11 min2e5b357e
Thu 13 Aug 202611:24 amCall for service6 minfe287e1c
Thu 13 Aug 202612:32 pmTraining and testing3 min9d72edfb
Fri 14 Aug 20266:04 amCall for service11 minf5468475
Fri 14 Aug 20262:49 pmCall for service11 min2968d35c
Fri 14 Aug 20264:22 pmCall for service2 min7fd1e137
Fri 14 Aug 20265:53 pmTraffic and crashes11 mine441cc4d
Fri 14 Aug 20266:29 pmCall for service7 mind85c90bb
Fri 14 Aug 20268:27 pmCall for service10 mina125de33
Fri 14 Aug 20269:30 pmCall for service18 min86a78c40
Fri 14 Aug 202610:29 pmTraffic and crashes6 mine77c4fe6
Fri 14 Aug 202610:59 pmCall for service13 minb04c8540
Sat 15 Aug 202610:00 amCall for service20 min91b569cd
Sat 15 Aug 20263:12 pmCall for service19 min9350c758
Sat 15 Aug 20265:31 pmCall for service9 min8b05c174
Sat 15 Aug 20269:31 pmCall for service1 min 12 s800c67b0
Mon 17 Aug 20265:08 pmEvents5 mind006ab61
Mon 17 Aug 20267:17 pmCall for service8 min2c4dd694
Mon 17 Aug 20267:54 pmCall for service9 min50b8d66f
Mon 17 Aug 20268:29 pmCall for service16 min7e040a7a
Tue 18 Aug 20261:41 pmCall for service20 mince37c106
Tue 18 Aug 20265:04 pmCall for service12 mind64b67f5
Tue 18 Aug 20265:53 pmCall for service8 mindab8a18b
Tue 18 Aug 20269:30 pmCall for service11 minbb121877
Wed 19 Aug 202610:21 amTraffic and crashes7 mine23662fa
Wed 19 Aug 202610:49 amEvents8 min8e51392f
Wed 19 Aug 202611:57 amCall for service9 min9048bb00
Wed 19 Aug 20263:58 pmCall for service17 min5b21cb82
Wed 19 Aug 20265:32 pmCall for service21 minf94d624d
Wed 19 Aug 20269:14 pmCall for service12 min657a1e29
Wed 19 Aug 202610:05 pmCall for service11 min030de416
Thu 20 Aug 202611:40 amEvents12 min6f4b9ac8
Thu 20 Aug 20266:53 pmCall for service18 min98a555a5
Thu 20 Aug 20267:59 pmCall for service18 min9d0c7077
Fri 21 Aug 20268:02 amCall for service16 minb12a0534
Fri 21 Aug 20269:36 amEvents3 mincc5bdea9
Fri 21 Aug 202612:58 pmCall for service20 min1fa5c48a
Fri 21 Aug 20266:43 pmCall for service13 mind44ca9a1
Sat 22 Aug 20262:28 amEvents15 min7133a8a3
Sat 22 Aug 20263:07 amCall for service7 mind2ed830d
Sat 22 Aug 20266:13 amCall for service9 mind59f0428
Sat 22 Aug 20268:12 pmTraining and testing3 min42bd3125
Sat 22 Aug 20269:16 pmCall for service15 min083389fe
Sat 22 Aug 202610:04 pmEvents4 min88e10746
Sat 22 Aug 202610:20 pmEvents15 minb6f943b2
Sat 22 Aug 202611:14 pmEvents6 minbaaf6567
Sun 23 Aug 20267:14 pmEvents23 min7ec66ba0
Sun 23 Aug 202610:34 pmCall for service13 min60a8af93
Mon 24 Aug 20261:04 amCall for service4 min5da09ee4
Mon 24 Aug 20268:18 amTraining and testing14 min4eba5396
Mon 24 Aug 20266:21 pmCall for service13 min5c58cac7
Mon 24 Aug 20268:09 pmCall for service8 min2f5521e9
Mon 24 Aug 20269:37 pmCall for service8 mine0db917f
Tue 25 Aug 20261:58 amCall for service13 min34b2332d
Tue 25 Aug 20269:14 amEvents17 minb1fa901b
Tue 25 Aug 20265:06 pmCall for service12 min01d94b91
Tue 25 Aug 20269:17 pmTraining and testing1 min 11 s2d8e53fe
Tue 25 Aug 20269:24 pmTraining and testing3 min7925a3e5
Tue 25 Aug 20269:48 pmTraining and testing3 minee3d168a
Wed 26 Aug 20264:01 pmTraining and testing7 min5f123eb7
Wed 26 Aug 20264:45 pmTraining and testing8 min557093e5
Wed 26 Aug 20267:23 pmCall for service10 mine60f631e
Wed 26 Aug 20269:03 pmCall for service10 min2692e9ae
Wed 26 Aug 20269:43 pmCall for service8 min30071cee
Wed 26 Aug 20269:56 pmOther7 minfff70259
Thu 27 Aug 20268:36 amEvents8 min755cfce2
Thu 27 Aug 202612:20 pmEvents6 minfa085873
Thu 27 Aug 20261:46 pmCall for service9 min6d3ecef2
Thu 27 Aug 20264:05 pmNot stated17 min7dedd240
Thu 27 Aug 20265:58 pmCall for service21 minb40425c7
Thu 27 Aug 20267:46 pmCall for service17 min217eef4e
Thu 27 Aug 20268:12 pmCall for service7 minb1cfb9f0
Thu 27 Aug 20269:23 pmCall for service15 mind6ff4a40
Fri 28 Aug 20263:43 pmCall for service7 min654330dc
Fri 28 Aug 20265:28 pmEvents15 minfec7c5e9
Fri 28 Aug 20267:10 pmCall for service14 min49c94073
Fri 28 Aug 20267:32 pmCall for service8 mina261584e
Fri 28 Aug 20268:30 pmCall for service9 min0e867188
Fri 28 Aug 20268:43 pmCall for service8 minc76e9bff
Fri 28 Aug 20269:09 pmEvents9 minde7fe1fd
Fri 28 Aug 202611:34 pmCall for service13 min135a6286
Sat 29 Aug 20262:22 amCall for service3 min5d229536
Sat 29 Aug 20262:29 amCall for service12 mina17e00a2
Sat 29 Aug 202610:22 pmNot stated10 min382e36b2
Sun 30 Aug 20268:11 pmEvents8 min568d024c
Sun 30 Aug 202610:09 pmEvents14 min866dd307
Sun 30 Aug 202610:53 pmEvents14 min32e91edd
Mon 31 Aug 20268:10 pmTraining and testing6 min4de62f72
Mon 31 Aug 20269:21 pmTraining and testing6 min1e0d1ac7

All 143 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 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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