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Saint Paul, Minnesota

Downtown, August 2026

A neighborhood page. 124 of the 2,269 flights in St. Paul Police Department's record crossed this area in August 2026.

124

drone flights crossed Downtown.

124

of them in August 2026.

13 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

Police drones crossed Downtown 124 times between 1 August 2026 and 31 August 2026, by St. Paul Police Department's published record. The most recent was on 31 August 2026.

124 of the 124 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.

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 124 flights that crossed this area.

  1. Call for service86%
  2. Training and testing6%
  3. Search6%
  4. Not stated1%
  5. Other1%

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 20261:21 amCall for service17 min060260e7
Sat 1 Aug 20269:32 amCall for service5 minf7330542
Sat 1 Aug 20264:22 pmCall for service17 mina965d4c8
Sat 1 Aug 20266:16 pmCall for service16 min48a44bb9
Sat 1 Aug 202611:27 pmTraining and testing11 mina408701c
Sun 2 Aug 202612:55 amCall for service11 mine53bac9c
Sun 2 Aug 20261:27 amCall for service19 min09a0a961
Sun 2 Aug 20262:02 amTraining and testing9 min665e8c39
Sun 2 Aug 20267:33 amTraining and testing9 min27bbecc7
Sun 2 Aug 20268:32 amCall for service8 min312678e3
Sun 2 Aug 202611:47 amCall for service20 minc1be1a55
Sun 2 Aug 20261:45 pmCall for service8 min8834e5ee
Sun 2 Aug 20263:45 pmCall for service15 minc0e83555
Sun 2 Aug 20265:11 pmCall for service8 mincbd51b95
Sun 2 Aug 20265:42 pmCall for service15 min00815dd5
Sun 2 Aug 20268:02 pmCall for service11 mind4566f8d
Sun 2 Aug 202610:57 pmCall for service6 min24a12832
Sun 2 Aug 202611:27 pmCall for service11 mine96fff4a
Mon 3 Aug 20262:31 amCall for service16 minc9a8643a
Mon 3 Aug 202611:28 pmCall for service8 minef705f1d
Tue 4 Aug 20261:38 pmCall for service11 min2692deec
Tue 4 Aug 20267:17 pmNot stated16 mine4c85de9
Tue 4 Aug 20268:04 pmSearch19 mind9929d8e
Wed 5 Aug 20268:48 amCall for service18 minebe0c734
Wed 5 Aug 20269:52 amCall for service16 minfc26d59e
Wed 5 Aug 202610:46 amCall for service16 min210a51d3
Wed 5 Aug 202612:53 pmCall for service15 min74a67216
Wed 5 Aug 20263:48 pmOther15 min5bc55f16
Wed 5 Aug 20266:32 pmCall for service14 minbff5ed7c
Wed 5 Aug 202611:53 pmCall for service6 min42bcfa63
Thu 6 Aug 20267:49 amCall for service17 mind7b13f19
Thu 6 Aug 20266:24 pmCall for service10 min84f16a76
Fri 7 Aug 20261:16 amCall for service13 min42629a9e
Fri 7 Aug 20267:46 pmCall for service10 min3e6accc1
Sat 8 Aug 20267:41 amCall for service13 min06cef634
Sat 8 Aug 202612:53 pmCall for service14 minda21a38d
Sat 8 Aug 20261:37 pmCall for service13 min4638a5d9
Sat 8 Aug 20264:56 pmSearch10 min34a24f0f
Sat 8 Aug 202611:48 pmCall for service6 minf92568e0
Sun 9 Aug 20261:23 amCall for service9 min87dc1347
Sun 9 Aug 20269:32 amCall for service20 mine192462d
Sun 9 Aug 202610:46 amCall for service14 min47376c1e
Sun 9 Aug 202611:55 amCall for service9 min5e06d259
Sun 9 Aug 20269:58 pmCall for service10 min0d01f5a5
Mon 10 Aug 20261:39 amCall for service14 mine62f28b8
Mon 10 Aug 20267:40 amCall for service8 minf965a0d1
Mon 10 Aug 20268:31 amCall for service15 min4a0a822d
Mon 10 Aug 20262:14 pmCall for service13 min9e00f613
Mon 10 Aug 20266:20 pmCall for service13 min75304dcd
Mon 10 Aug 20267:32 pmCall for service12 min0ec01320
Mon 10 Aug 20268:15 pmCall for service21 mine793f5d9
Tue 11 Aug 20261:25 pmSearch16 min871ff838
Tue 11 Aug 20262:03 pmCall for service15 mind2883e83
Tue 11 Aug 20268:42 pmCall for service15 min313aa1c3
Wed 12 Aug 20264:32 pmCall for service11 minfaac8736
Wed 12 Aug 202611:18 pmCall for service10 min62eb0243
Thu 13 Aug 202612:17 amTraining and testing8 min1aa729c2
Thu 13 Aug 202612:31 amCall for service16 min3374bb11
Thu 13 Aug 202612:32 amTraining and testing9 mind688bfa4
Thu 13 Aug 20268:56 pmCall for service20 min932359e2
Thu 13 Aug 202611:59 pmCall for service16 mine9f92f90
Sat 15 Aug 20269:27 amTraining and testing8 min1dd75dee
Sat 15 Aug 20269:44 amTraining and testing9 min03669870
Sat 15 Aug 202610:54 amCall for service13 mindc89854e
Sat 15 Aug 20261:11 pmCall for service12 min3d35470a
Sat 15 Aug 20267:20 pmCall for service14 min9ca3a864
Sun 16 Aug 202612:59 amCall for service13 min39c3fce5
Sun 16 Aug 20261:21 amCall for service8 mincc38e3fa
Sun 16 Aug 20262:20 amCall for service10 minc705256d
Sun 16 Aug 20268:46 pmCall for service16 min799d8c05
Sun 16 Aug 20269:31 pmCall for service7 minc27ac0c2
Sun 16 Aug 202610:09 pmCall for service8 min3f16b26c
Sun 16 Aug 202610:54 pmCall for service14 mincf979329
Mon 17 Aug 202612:09 pmCall for service15 minfd6bb80c
Mon 17 Aug 20264:44 pmSearch15 mina8c8219e
Mon 17 Aug 20268:56 pmCall for service3 min98614622
Tue 18 Aug 20267:06 amCall for service17 min9f8032dd
Tue 18 Aug 20262:52 pmCall for service13 min15c48788
Tue 18 Aug 20266:25 pmCall for service8 min56c36f72
Tue 18 Aug 20268:55 pmCall for service17 min37c23dae
Tue 18 Aug 20269:52 pmCall for service14 minab44cba2
Wed 19 Aug 202612:10 amCall for service20 min3bcd9d3b
Wed 19 Aug 20261:34 amCall for service5 min0b56905c
Wed 19 Aug 20261:57 amCall for service11 min2c29f0dc
Wed 19 Aug 20268:28 pmCall for service15 min6971fc15
Thu 20 Aug 20261:42 amCall for service9 minc8a33ef5
Thu 20 Aug 20265:50 pmCall for service16 min3ffd113f
Thu 20 Aug 202610:42 pmCall for service17 min21c8c6cc
Thu 20 Aug 202611:41 pmCall for service4 minc922ca66
Fri 21 Aug 202612:16 amCall for service7 mindcb499b9
Fri 21 Aug 202612:42 amCall for service6 min105e4e00
Fri 21 Aug 20269:38 amTraining and testing10 min47224657
Fri 21 Aug 20267:06 pmCall for service13 min275e11fe
Sat 22 Aug 20267:02 amCall for service16 mina520ab0a
Sat 22 Aug 20269:30 pmCall for service13 min45486f37
Sun 23 Aug 20262:02 amCall for service9 minf9bb003a
Sun 23 Aug 20267:59 amSearch18 min2640c806
Sun 23 Aug 20269:08 amCall for service16 minf8a0dac6
Sun 23 Aug 202612:48 pmCall for service6 mind7120ff7
Sun 23 Aug 20261:45 pmCall for service4 min92e28c3b
Sun 23 Aug 20262:03 pmCall for service16 min174a218d
Sun 23 Aug 20262:56 pmCall for service13 min80e63f53
Sun 23 Aug 20268:48 pmCall for service17 min343da62b
Mon 24 Aug 202610:39 amCall for service6 min2b6ea6e2
Mon 24 Aug 202611:27 amCall for service13 min1a57e459
Mon 24 Aug 20267:05 pmCall for service3 min3c0c8a8b
Mon 24 Aug 20269:29 pmCall for service18 min43814cc5
Tue 25 Aug 20268:18 amCall for service8 min97c3224a
Tue 25 Aug 202610:31 amCall for service9 min88590f55
Wed 26 Aug 20269:49 amCall for service15 min71576ce2
Wed 26 Aug 20266:32 pmCall for service20 min9c299ea8
Wed 26 Aug 20267:28 pmCall for service8 mine9b828f1
Wed 26 Aug 202610:24 pmCall for service13 min418b386f
Thu 27 Aug 20267:23 amCall for service21 min7a14fb00
Fri 28 Aug 20262:54 amCall for service9 minaacd5e91
Fri 28 Aug 20263:20 pmCall for service15 minaf6d7829
Sat 29 Aug 20262:12 amCall for service17 min70868f51
Sat 29 Aug 202611:47 amCall for service20 min250fe299
Sat 29 Aug 20261:38 pmSearch15 min40d66253
Sat 29 Aug 20266:14 pmCall for service3 mind4b06044
Sun 30 Aug 202612:22 amCall for service16 mine733d184
Sun 30 Aug 20265:42 pmSearch13 minfa9f2f7b
Sun 30 Aug 20269:06 pmCall for service17 min9b0e719b
Mon 31 Aug 202611:05 amCall for service8 minbc29e45f

All 124 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 City of Saint Paul (District Councils / Planning Districts), licence "Public Domain".
  • A flight counts for this area when its path crosses the boundary; only the part inside is drawn.

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