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Saint Paul, Minnesota

Dayton's Bluff, September 2026

A neighborhood page. 159 of the 2,218 flights in St. Paul Police Department's record crossed this area in September 2026.

159

drone flights crossed Dayton's Bluff.

159

of them in September 2026.

12 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

Police drones crossed Dayton's Bluff 159 times between 1 September 2026 and 30 September 2026, by St. Paul Police Department's published record. The most recent was on 30 September 2026.

159 of the 159 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.
Dayton's BluffOne flight, takeoff to landingSensitive-purpose flight, as an area

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

30% 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 159 flights that crossed this area.

  1. Call for service89%
  2. Search6%
  3. Training and testing3%
  4. Not stated2%
  5. Other1%

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 202612:21 amCall for service9 min625145bc
Tue 1 Sep 20261:28 amCall for service19 minb87cad1f
Tue 1 Sep 20262:05 amCall for service19 min06094af3
Tue 1 Sep 20267:36 amCall for service16 min34d80a8b
Tue 1 Sep 202611:39 amSearch12 mind1887380
Tue 1 Sep 20263:18 pmSearch7 min7ac93dac
Tue 1 Sep 20265:58 pmCall for service17 min03dfa7ee
Tue 1 Sep 202611:24 pmCall for service1 min 39 sbf2201ed
Tue 1 Sep 202611:27 pmCall for service6 mind102e1ba
Wed 2 Sep 202612:38 amCall for service12 min0acf578d
Wed 2 Sep 202612:47 amCall for service6 minaf0ee456
Wed 2 Sep 202610:54 pmCall for service5 mine608cbf4
Thu 3 Sep 202612:14 amCall for service15 mindc03a9f0
Thu 3 Sep 20267:50 pmSearch5 mindef610ea
Thu 3 Sep 20268:16 pmCall for service8 min12a992c2
Fri 4 Sep 202612:12 amCall for service19 mine8131272
Fri 4 Sep 202612:31 amCall for service12 min5c6120aa
Fri 4 Sep 20261:24 amCall for service11 minba94c59f
Fri 4 Sep 20261:56 amCall for service19 min81ddf279
Fri 4 Sep 20266:23 amCall for service13 min95f31e6b
Fri 4 Sep 20261:12 pmCall for service13 minabaf190c
Fri 4 Sep 20268:05 pmCall for service5 min35a6f09e
Fri 4 Sep 20269:16 pmCall for service19 min5584bb8b
Fri 4 Sep 20269:31 pmCall for service15 min6f1fb921
Sat 5 Sep 202612:02 amCall for service17 min75c717a1
Sat 5 Sep 20268:57 pmCall for service11 mincdaefa8c
Sat 5 Sep 20269:13 pmCall for service8 mineb581291
Sat 5 Sep 20269:53 pmCall for service20 min0854a884
Sun 6 Sep 20267:25 amCall for service11 min5100d2fb
Sun 6 Sep 20263:50 pmCall for service17 mina95a5f91
Sun 6 Sep 20264:09 pmCall for service16 min0e370eac
Sun 6 Sep 20264:58 pmCall for service18 min0b595fe6
Sun 6 Sep 20265:41 pmCall for service15 mind95ce417
Sun 6 Sep 20268:46 pmCall for service8 min104de99e
Sun 6 Sep 20269:15 pmCall for service14 minabcd494b
Sun 6 Sep 202610:17 pmCall for service18 min5b1e5aec
Mon 7 Sep 202612:20 amCall for service19 mina419a007
Mon 7 Sep 20261:11 amCall for service15 mine8199199
Mon 7 Sep 20268:20 amCall for service10 minea6ccf12
Mon 7 Sep 202611:44 amCall for service16 minf0679be7
Mon 7 Sep 20263:29 pmCall for service13 min6c1e18b7
Mon 7 Sep 20264:19 pmCall for service10 min193e054d
Mon 7 Sep 20266:16 pmCall for service16 minb3e9d83f
Mon 7 Sep 20267:33 pmCall for service10 min142626fc
Mon 7 Sep 20269:45 pmCall for service10 mine435f759
Tue 8 Sep 20269:50 amCall for service11 minb09fff90
Tue 8 Sep 20263:29 pmSearch8 minf4c71135
Tue 8 Sep 20265:43 pmCall for service11 min11978e1c
Tue 8 Sep 20266:52 pmCall for service11 minbc59978a
Tue 8 Sep 20269:35 pmCall for service14 mine35c0c5f
Wed 9 Sep 202611:34 amCall for service13 min56e37331
Wed 9 Sep 20265:18 pmCall for service14 minb1609c6f
Wed 9 Sep 20265:20 pmCall for service14 min3318cbfb
Wed 9 Sep 20267:17 pmCall for service8 min681f3a09
Wed 9 Sep 20269:52 pmSearch16 min3111a5d4
Wed 9 Sep 202610:01 pmSearch16 mincd827ebb
Wed 9 Sep 202611:55 pmCall for service8 min3a9d3d47
Thu 10 Sep 20261:42 amCall for service4 min14f4b795
Thu 10 Sep 20262:18 amCall for service6 min26a364c2
Thu 10 Sep 202610:49 amCall for service13 minebd89bf5
Thu 10 Sep 20264:19 pmCall for service8 min75c4e2f2
Fri 11 Sep 20262:34 amCall for service4 mind60c7250
Fri 11 Sep 20269:07 amCall for service8 min311aa9fa
Sat 12 Sep 20261:29 amCall for service9 min72b980a4
Sat 12 Sep 20266:08 pmCall for service8 minccbc4671
Sat 12 Sep 20267:45 pmCall for service13 minda744b95
Sat 12 Sep 202610:37 pmCall for service7 min33054a3f
Sun 13 Sep 202612:49 amCall for service16 min8f63667e
Sun 13 Sep 20262:46 amCall for service19 min4d617391
Sun 13 Sep 202612:24 pmCall for service15 min3ea4390b
Sun 13 Sep 20266:43 pmCall for service6 minea7f4de5
Sun 13 Sep 202611:02 pmCall for service15 minb4b96dcd
Sun 13 Sep 202611:41 pmCall for service12 min65ab9b59
Mon 14 Sep 20269:45 amCall for service15 mincdc9fa5a
Mon 14 Sep 20262:59 pmCall for service12 mina7921e9f
Mon 14 Sep 20263:39 pmNot stated17 min7c94b27c
Mon 14 Sep 20267:21 pmCall for service8 min49daf4d2
Tue 15 Sep 202612:25 amCall for service15 min89e6a35c
Tue 15 Sep 202612:37 amCall for service13 min41544e5c
Tue 15 Sep 20261:51 amCall for service10 min22dacb4d
Tue 15 Sep 20268:19 amSearch14 min15623802
Tue 15 Sep 20269:20 amCall for service16 min3ef221b8
Tue 15 Sep 202611:26 amCall for service5 min289bebe4
Tue 15 Sep 202611:27 amCall for service4 min936bdea4
Tue 15 Sep 202612:24 pmNot stated17 min6c8e159e
Tue 15 Sep 20265:58 pmCall for service13 mindc236621
Tue 15 Sep 20268:01 pmCall for service8 minc76d3910
Tue 15 Sep 20269:47 pmCall for service10 minfd71f0b8
Wed 16 Sep 202612:14 amCall for service11 min6150e864
Wed 16 Sep 20266:43 pmCall for service8 min3dedc305
Wed 16 Sep 20269:27 pmCall for service15 min6b38d6e5
Thu 17 Sep 202611:44 amNot stated14 mina092b421
Thu 17 Sep 202612:00 pmCall for service8 min2ac241ce
Thu 17 Sep 20265:17 pmCall for service11 minb59bb012
Thu 17 Sep 20269:02 pmCall for service15 min8595dc5f
Thu 17 Sep 20269:15 pmCall for service10 min7df0480c
Thu 17 Sep 20269:51 pmCall for service15 min2def5219
Thu 17 Sep 202611:47 pmCall for service8 min828a5b56
Fri 18 Sep 20267:00 amCall for service17 min7dc79531
Fri 18 Sep 20263:19 pmSearch16 mind1cc74a0
Fri 18 Sep 20267:38 pmCall for service4 minf25854a6
Sat 19 Sep 20261:10 amCall for service3 minb4a6117c
Sat 19 Sep 20265:22 pmCall for service16 mind30119b8
Sun 20 Sep 20269:45 amCall for service11 min2e9808fa
Sun 20 Sep 202612:29 pmCall for service6 min96bb23d1
Sun 20 Sep 202611:42 pmCall for service10 minf21e6f73
Mon 21 Sep 202611:17 amTraining and testing3 minbe6b26a7
Mon 21 Sep 20262:08 pmCall for service12 min80699329
Mon 21 Sep 20263:01 pmSearch13 min63d97d1f
Mon 21 Sep 20265:05 pmCall for service17 mina7901134
Mon 21 Sep 20266:21 pmCall for service17 min14ace881
Tue 22 Sep 20262:55 pmCall for service8 min5ece42d7
Tue 22 Sep 20264:19 pmCall for service10 mina57d75b6
Tue 22 Sep 20266:13 pmCall for service14 min66559774
Tue 22 Sep 20266:27 pmCall for service15 min1e7678b0
Tue 22 Sep 202611:19 pmCall for service9 mind2746d43
Wed 23 Sep 202612:05 amCall for service18 min99462bea
Wed 23 Sep 20261:00 amCall for service8 min4a3fcc9a
Wed 23 Sep 20266:08 amTraining and testing48 sd32245ef
Wed 23 Sep 20268:46 amCall for service5 min7e9b9f09
Wed 23 Sep 20269:44 amCall for service12 min90ceb5f4
Wed 23 Sep 202611:50 amCall for service13 minc0e14f4c
Wed 23 Sep 20264:13 pmCall for service16 minbb312c8d
Wed 23 Sep 20265:37 pmCall for service13 min0980eede
Wed 23 Sep 20267:51 pmCall for service16 mina10b28bc
Wed 23 Sep 20268:00 pmCall for service17 min8569b8a1
Thu 24 Sep 20265:40 pmCall for service7 minae96e5d3
Thu 24 Sep 20267:41 pmOther16 min2125905e
Thu 24 Sep 20268:27 pmCall for service17 minb20056bd
Thu 24 Sep 20268:40 pmCall for service19 min61c5d165
Fri 25 Sep 20261:31 amCall for service13 minf668b621
Fri 25 Sep 20268:53 amCall for service16 min0172e70a
Fri 25 Sep 202610:53 amCall for service14 mina6a847f5
Fri 25 Sep 202612:49 pmCall for service7 mina1f3cbca
Fri 25 Sep 20264:20 pmCall for service7 mindf999a66
Fri 25 Sep 20265:27 pmCall for service7 min150fe742
Fri 25 Sep 20269:18 pmCall for service12 min841cf3c4
Fri 25 Sep 202611:02 pmCall for service12 min68bb5f25
Sat 26 Sep 202612:03 amCall for service10 min0562e89e
Sat 26 Sep 20261:30 amCall for service14 min192f7a48
Sat 26 Sep 20261:50 amCall for service7 min9739e3a1
Sat 26 Sep 202610:43 amCall for service7 mine46827ec
Sat 26 Sep 202611:57 amCall for service2 minfb9f625b
Sat 26 Sep 20266:36 pmCall for service15 minb32d64c4
Sat 26 Sep 20268:42 pmCall for service19 minab938833
Sat 26 Sep 20269:50 pmCall for service15 min8a9a8fdf
Sat 26 Sep 202610:01 pmCall for service15 minec3c8ee9
Sun 27 Sep 20261:38 amTraining and testing3 mina9d0dd26
Sun 27 Sep 20261:06 pmSearch18 minb06d0328
Sun 27 Sep 20265:06 pmCall for service15 min1d43252c
Sun 27 Sep 20266:54 pmCall for service6 mincccc8de8
Mon 28 Sep 20264:28 pmCall for service12 min3d0e113a
Mon 28 Sep 20266:26 pmCall for service13 minb181350c
Tue 29 Sep 202611:29 amCall for service15 minbd6a456b
Tue 29 Sep 202611:06 pmTraining and testing6 min0384b2ff
Wed 30 Sep 20264:40 pmCall for service3 min351eb722
Wed 30 Sep 20266:25 pmCall for service10 min0a7b2a22
Wed 30 Sep 20268:35 pmCall for service17 min3d17f878
Wed 30 Sep 202610:23 pmCall for service12 min86c1b4a2

All 159 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, simplified to 10 m.
  • 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 committed lookup table; unmatched values are "Other" and blank ones "Not stated".
  • Times are converted to the agency's clock through the IANA zone database, never a fixed offset.
  • Boundary. "Dayton's Bluff" is a neighborhood polygon from City of Saint Paul (District Councils / Planning Districts), licence recorded as "Public Domain", in the place layer file for Saint Paul.
  • A flight counts for this area when its simplified path intersects the polygon (shapely). The join uses the unclipped line; only the clipped line is drawn.

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