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Rochester, Minnesota

Downtown, September 2026

A neighborhood page. 174 of the 3,580 flights in Rochester Police Department's record crossed this area in September 2026.

174

drone flights crossed Downtown.

174

of them in September 2026.

11 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

Police drones crossed Downtown 174 times between 1 September 2026 and 30 September 2026, by Rochester Police Department's published record. The most recent was on 30 September 2026.

174 of the 174 drawable flights that crossed the area in September 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

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

17% 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 174 flights that crossed this area.

  1. Call for service64%
  2. Events21%
  3. Other6%
  4. Training and testing5%
  5. Search3%
  6. Traffic and crashes1%

Hour of day

Takeoffs by hour of the day, local time.

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Flight list, September 2026

DateTakeoff (CDT)PurposeAirborneFlight
Tue 1 Sep 202612:08 pmOther9 minb40c013c
Tue 1 Sep 202612:36 pmTraffic and crashes8 min0a254295
Tue 1 Sep 20262:51 pmCall for service11 mind558dcc0
Tue 1 Sep 20264:53 pmCall for service19 min3fb12a2d
Tue 1 Sep 20265:30 pmEvents8 minca45dcd6
Tue 1 Sep 20266:15 pmCall for service14 min9d5f2e78
Tue 1 Sep 20266:36 pmCall for service10 min09bf9ca7
Tue 1 Sep 20267:27 pmCall for service4 minf6e05417
Tue 1 Sep 20268:20 pmCall for service14 min912e5001
Tue 1 Sep 20269:04 pmCall for service12 min02f54b77
Wed 2 Sep 20267:53 amOther17 min9026f74f
Wed 2 Sep 20268:40 amOther16 min09e89544
Wed 2 Sep 20269:41 amOther7 minc099239f
Wed 2 Sep 202611:48 amCall for service12 min77a1a6ba
Wed 2 Sep 20261:41 pmOther11 min7964a226
Wed 2 Sep 20262:10 pmCall for service16 minaa9ebe47
Wed 2 Sep 20263:15 pmOther20 min7c4e6a43
Wed 2 Sep 20264:00 pmCall for service9 minf3c935a7
Wed 2 Sep 20264:33 pmCall for service13 mind998d063
Wed 2 Sep 20265:33 pmCall for service9 minb66ab59f
Wed 2 Sep 20265:55 pmEvents4 min0d987c45
Wed 2 Sep 20266:22 pmCall for service22 minaa3f85ab
Wed 2 Sep 20268:35 pmEvents8 min14c64b65
Wed 2 Sep 20269:02 pmCall for service14 mind8d11437
Thu 3 Sep 20264:49 pmCall for service12 min1f697cb8
Thu 3 Sep 20266:13 pmCall for service16 minbb2e0077
Thu 3 Sep 20266:48 pmEvents11 minb85d9bbe
Thu 3 Sep 20267:52 pmCall for service11 min0981cd1b
Thu 3 Sep 20268:12 pmEvents1 min 04 s6e5ff9d2
Thu 3 Sep 20268:13 pmEvents9 min7ae3c6ac
Thu 3 Sep 20268:55 pmCall for service19 min8e14a907
Thu 3 Sep 202610:19 pmCall for service14 min43dfcd58
Fri 4 Sep 202612:47 amCall for service22 min14352f3d
Fri 4 Sep 202611:18 amSearch24 min4615ec17
Fri 4 Sep 20261:23 pmEvents16 mineb744774
Fri 4 Sep 20262:59 pmCall for service14 min9ee7a0df
Fri 4 Sep 20263:33 pmCall for service10 min416f9b64
Fri 4 Sep 20264:06 pmCall for service8 min77b57e70
Fri 4 Sep 20264:19 pmCall for service6 mincbdc03ae
Fri 4 Sep 20265:27 pmEvents6 min48cb4f4d
Fri 4 Sep 20265:37 pmCall for service10 minbbc454f4
Fri 4 Sep 20266:19 pmCall for service11 min7f6e27b0
Fri 4 Sep 20266:49 pmEvents11 min6f92c580
Fri 4 Sep 20267:05 pmCall for service13 minae525316
Fri 4 Sep 20268:16 pmEvents10 min85dfa813
Fri 4 Sep 20269:35 pmEvents19 min0b087aaa
Sat 5 Sep 20261:03 amCall for service19 mina264ac63
Sat 5 Sep 20261:50 amEvents8 min09797aab
Sat 5 Sep 20269:41 pmCall for service9 min18c85c00
Sat 5 Sep 202611:28 pmCall for service7 minbe82aa05
Sun 6 Sep 20261:45 amCall for service8 min227ea074
Sun 6 Sep 20262:13 amCall for service22 min8a3bf73e
Sun 6 Sep 202610:38 pmCall for service12 min8eca2a47
Mon 7 Sep 202612:31 amCall for service15 min71eaf2e7
Mon 7 Sep 20262:50 amEvents10 min5cdc3503
Mon 7 Sep 20263:17 amEvents12 min4cd93fd1
Mon 7 Sep 20269:03 pmEvents16 minb48e6148
Tue 8 Sep 20262:11 pmEvents21 min31346d30
Tue 8 Sep 20263:29 pmCall for service8 min980eec3b
Tue 8 Sep 20265:38 pmCall for service6 minb3b767da
Tue 8 Sep 20268:41 pmCall for service7 min573b82d9
Tue 8 Sep 20268:56 pmCall for service13 min7a754917
Tue 8 Sep 202610:00 pmCall for service11 min6758592e
Tue 8 Sep 202611:57 pmCall for service11 min3db10a63
Wed 9 Sep 202610:41 amEvents11 minb4ac6221
Wed 9 Sep 20262:10 pmTraffic and crashes7 min4a6485b5
Wed 9 Sep 20264:15 pmCall for service19 min694cab28
Wed 9 Sep 20264:46 pmTraining and testing39 s8680aa9b
Wed 9 Sep 20264:48 pmCall for service5 min4c06406c
Wed 9 Sep 20265:38 pmCall for service9 minbc7a1f14
Wed 9 Sep 20267:11 pmCall for service6 min3ed855cf
Thu 10 Sep 20268:57 amCall for service14 min86a95bc7
Thu 10 Sep 20269:27 amCall for service12 minec909ef8
Thu 10 Sep 202610:32 amCall for service7 min35333368
Thu 10 Sep 202610:41 amTraining and testing4 mina98d6333
Thu 10 Sep 20262:50 pmOther13 minb967b3ff
Thu 10 Sep 20264:48 pmCall for service4 min9612c23b
Thu 10 Sep 20265:43 pmCall for service7 minffe4f626
Thu 10 Sep 20266:00 pmCall for service9 min1a733d02
Thu 10 Sep 20266:28 pmCall for service23 min792dc076
Thu 10 Sep 20267:34 pmEvents9 minc732ab4a
Thu 10 Sep 20268:14 pmCall for service16 min6ca98881
Thu 10 Sep 20269:10 pmCall for service1 min 03 sa87853a8
Thu 10 Sep 20269:14 pmCall for service21 mine0b4452a
Thu 10 Sep 202610:18 pmCall for service11 min1d8b7be1
Thu 10 Sep 202610:31 pmCall for service53 seac99d9f
Fri 11 Sep 202612:34 pmCall for service6 min1232b6c4
Fri 11 Sep 202612:59 pmEvents7 mind17a312f
Fri 11 Sep 20262:23 pmEvents14 min8cc662d3
Fri 11 Sep 20265:28 pmCall for service7 minaece05f5
Fri 11 Sep 20266:01 pmCall for service14 min593339d7
Fri 11 Sep 20267:19 pmCall for service23 minba061e32
Sat 12 Sep 20262:12 pmCall for service5 min855b46a2
Sat 12 Sep 20262:31 pmCall for service11 mind90e2367
Sat 12 Sep 20263:24 pmOther16 min0e3b40a5
Sat 12 Sep 20264:14 pmCall for service8 min6ba13bea
Sat 12 Sep 20264:42 pmCall for service10 min9eefd34c
Sat 12 Sep 20265:11 pmCall for service8 minb71862ed
Sat 12 Sep 20265:33 pmCall for service11 min6a1a14f0
Sat 12 Sep 20265:53 pmCall for service10 mincc75e0fd
Sat 12 Sep 20268:01 pmCall for service17 min4a67f31b
Mon 14 Sep 20269:56 pmCall for service6 minf46b71eb
Tue 15 Sep 20263:02 amEvents12 mina68b990e
Tue 15 Sep 20266:54 amEvents21 mind9db200e
Tue 15 Sep 20269:03 amEvents8 minf466e4f2
Tue 15 Sep 202611:29 amCall for service4 min3b2cbb47
Tue 15 Sep 202611:46 amTraining and testing7 min6d3ed64f
Tue 15 Sep 202612:52 pmTraining and testing6 min99ff63d8
Tue 15 Sep 20262:09 pmOther20 mina6397398
Tue 15 Sep 20264:16 pmEvents16 min24564d26
Tue 15 Sep 20267:38 pmTraining and testing1 min 20 s5eda1f65
Wed 16 Sep 20262:50 amEvents13 min9a276d00
Wed 16 Sep 202610:04 amTraining and testing18 mincbb79bf6
Wed 16 Sep 20266:59 pmCall for service6 min5b1a794e
Wed 16 Sep 20267:11 pmCall for service11 min025d7b37
Wed 16 Sep 20268:02 pmCall for service16 min49b150ab
Wed 16 Sep 20269:01 pmCall for service13 min45a5c82a
Wed 16 Sep 202610:02 pmCall for service1 min 28 sbb1353d5
Thu 17 Sep 202612:53 pmEvents10 mind741ee51
Thu 17 Sep 20261:22 pmCall for service11 mine55afb90
Thu 17 Sep 20264:09 pmEvents16 mind467b555
Thu 17 Sep 20265:03 pmCall for service6 mind427ae34
Thu 17 Sep 20265:25 pmEvents22 min998cafbe
Thu 17 Sep 20266:53 pmCall for service14 minf063c972
Thu 17 Sep 20267:53 pmCall for service17 minae4d4019
Thu 17 Sep 20268:54 pmCall for service14 minef9e0c9c
Thu 17 Sep 20269:27 pmEvents14 min04d9244c
Thu 17 Sep 202610:55 pmCall for service7 min4ff936e1
Fri 18 Sep 20264:35 pmEvents18 min1f2654c2
Fri 18 Sep 20265:06 pmTraining and testing6 min7e286f6f
Fri 18 Sep 20266:19 pmEvents1 min 56 s3287321e
Fri 18 Sep 20266:39 pmEvents19 minc082e0a5
Sat 19 Sep 20266:05 pmSearch16 min1a778584
Mon 21 Sep 20265:23 amCall for service9 min8ba7883a
Mon 21 Sep 20265:04 pmCall for service23 min979f8c49
Tue 22 Sep 20264:41 amCall for service16 min53915b4f
Tue 22 Sep 20262:39 pmCall for service9 min2661c476
Wed 23 Sep 20263:18 amCall for service7 min709abc6b
Thu 24 Sep 20269:04 pmCall for service12 minfda0d04e
Fri 25 Sep 20264:58 pmSearch23 mine445ef07
Fri 25 Sep 20266:21 pmCall for service21 min8600203d
Fri 25 Sep 20268:10 pmCall for service22 min7e5cf06e
Fri 25 Sep 20269:46 pmCall for service12 min117e02e4
Fri 25 Sep 202610:12 pmEvents19 min50e9f632
Fri 25 Sep 202611:11 pmCall for service13 minf06d6ad3
Sat 26 Sep 20262:48 pmCall for service11 min74f2988d
Sat 26 Sep 20264:52 pmCall for service15 min5705b15d
Sat 26 Sep 20265:55 pmCall for service10 min268388a0
Sat 26 Sep 20266:06 pmCall for service9 mina1565693
Sat 26 Sep 20267:31 pmCall for service8 minf930dbef
Sat 26 Sep 20268:24 pmCall for service6 min2f430087
Sat 26 Sep 20268:38 pmCall for service17 minb509feb1
Sat 26 Sep 20269:20 pmCall for service13 minf03a7b18
Sat 26 Sep 202610:01 pmCall for service13 min3c1151d8
Sun 27 Sep 20261:03 amCall for service16 min9af71ba3
Mon 28 Sep 20268:04 pmCall for service11 mindb783688
Mon 28 Sep 20268:19 pmCall for service12 min8cd3d5b2
Tue 29 Sep 202612:29 amCall for service10 min272b4ed9
Tue 29 Sep 20265:08 amCall for service17 minc4ca0cdb
Tue 29 Sep 20265:21 pmCall for service16 min0bd0bab8
Tue 29 Sep 20265:41 pmCall for service9 min0b3f4568
Tue 29 Sep 20266:00 pmOther5 minfd06d3ab
Tue 29 Sep 20266:39 pmCall for service18 min7652ec51
Tue 29 Sep 20267:14 pmEvents8 min027f1ab0
Tue 29 Sep 20267:58 pmTraining and testing14 min24940242
Tue 29 Sep 20268:32 pmEvents12 min05d6e8be
Tue 29 Sep 20269:53 pmCall for service20 min529225a9
Wed 30 Sep 20265:14 pmEvents19 min0feabd02
Wed 30 Sep 20266:22 pmEvents5 mina94d118a
Wed 30 Sep 20266:29 pmCall for service16 mine247136a
Wed 30 Sep 20267:47 pmCall for service16 mine0575014
Wed 30 Sep 20269:09 pmSearch18 min7573c94c
Wed 30 Sep 20269:29 pmSearch17 mindeab6f07
Wed 30 Sep 202610:22 pmCall for service12 mind7febe39

All 174 flights in September 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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