8
drone flights over Philadelphia that day.
1:41 pm
first takeoff; the last was at 8:52 pm.
13 min
median flight. Half were shorter.
Philadelphia police drones flew 8 times on Wednesday 4 March 2026, the first at 1:41 pm and the last at 8:52 pm EST, by Philadelphia Police Department's published record.
One flight, takeoff to landingSensitive-purpose flight, as an area
Hour by hour
Takeoffs by hour, EST.
Why, in the agency's words
Flights, in order
8 flights. Those in the latest full month link to their own page; a flight with a sensitive stated purpose has no page of its own.
| Takeoff (EST) | Purpose | Airborne | Flight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:41 pm | Drone as first responder | 16 min | 64811ef0 |
| 2:45 pm | Drone as first responder | 19 min | f5b5c2e6 |
| 6:03 pm | Call for service | 11 min | a43827c6 |
| 6:50 pm | Call for service | 11 min | 5eee6b47 |
| 7:21 pm | Call for service | 14 min | 73f4488c |
| 7:38 pm | Not stated | 15 min | 371bd24d |
| 8:51 pm | Call for service | 7 min | 93373f34 |
| 8:52 pm | Call for service | 6 min | cc2b0270 |
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.
- A day is the agency's local calendar day of takeoff.
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