9
drone flights over Philadelphia that day.
11:52 am
first takeoff; the last was at 9:48 pm.
13 min
median flight. Half were shorter.
Philadelphia police drones flew 9 times on Friday 24 April 2026, the first at 11:52 am and the last at 9:48 pm EDT, by Philadelphia Police Department's published record.
One flight, takeoff to landingSensitive-purpose flight, as an area
Hour by hour
Takeoffs by hour, EDT.
Why, in the agency's words
Flights, in order
9 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 (EDT) | Purpose | Airborne | Flight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:52 am | Call for service | 13 min | a6cafcad |
| 6:04 pm | Not stated | 12 min | d16152c7 |
| 6:46 pm | Call for service | 8 min | 85b72c99 |
| 7:56 pm | Call for service | 13 min | 4dd85f8c |
| 8:16 pm | Not stated | 15 min | 86068749 |
| 8:27 pm | Drone as first responder | 10 min | 3a0a0e2a |
| 8:38 pm | Not stated | 7 min | 1cb4b30b |
| 9:36 pm | Call for service | 15 min | 52018010 |
| 9:48 pm | Drone as first responder | 13 min | d7b81d29 |
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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