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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lower North, August 2026

A planning area page. 153 of the 3,951 flights in Philadelphia Police Department's record crossed this area in August 2026.

153

drone flights crossed Lower North.

153

of them in August 2026.

12 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

Police drones crossed Lower North 153 times between 4 August 2026 and 30 August 2026, by Philadelphia Police Department's published record. The most recent was on 30 August 2026.

153 of the 153 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.
Lower NorthOne flight, takeoff to landingSensitive-purpose flight, as an area

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

14% of them took off between 10 pm and 6 am (EDT).

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 153 flights that crossed this area.

  1. Call for service71%
  2. Patrol support8%
  3. Events7%
  4. Other6%
  5. Drone as first responder3%
  6. Not stated3%
  7. Training and testing2%
  8. Traffic and crashes1%

Hour of day

Takeoffs by hour of the day, local time.

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Flight list, August 2026

DateTakeoff (EDT)PurposeAirborneFlight
Tue 4 Aug 20261:34 pmCall for service16 min0d655637
Tue 4 Aug 20262:51 pmCall for service11 min2bd8d9b1
Tue 4 Aug 20263:03 pmCall for service12 min045dc13d
Tue 4 Aug 20263:20 pmCall for service14 minaa089bdd
Tue 4 Aug 20266:49 pmCall for service9 minea196bfc
Thu 6 Aug 20266:39 pmCall for service4 minc89815b5
Tue 11 Aug 202611:43 amCall for service18 minf2652610
Tue 11 Aug 202612:26 pmOther19 minb9e7ef11
Tue 11 Aug 202612:46 pmCall for service7 min5203912d
Tue 11 Aug 20265:42 pmPatrol support11 min0d746067
Tue 11 Aug 20266:20 pmCall for service5 mina7fd2a37
Tue 11 Aug 20269:06 pmPatrol support13 min4fbe0376
Tue 11 Aug 202610:17 pmCall for service10 min1bd8f2fc
Tue 11 Aug 202611:19 pmTraffic and crashes6 min15950d63
Wed 12 Aug 202611:50 amCall for service13 minabf5871c
Wed 12 Aug 202612:02 pmOther17 mina4da215e
Wed 12 Aug 20261:31 pmCall for service13 min149b2eb7
Wed 12 Aug 20265:30 pmCall for service11 min1df4ed8b
Wed 12 Aug 20266:05 pmCall for service7 min366f7efe
Wed 12 Aug 20267:26 pmCall for service15 min533db6ba
Wed 12 Aug 20267:49 pmCall for service8 min04395e70
Wed 12 Aug 20268:48 pmCall for service10 min33cf7a2b
Wed 12 Aug 20269:47 pmCall for service14 min3a0e49a7
Wed 12 Aug 202610:00 pmOther13 min30aa988c
Wed 12 Aug 202610:13 pmCall for service12 min91d358af
Wed 12 Aug 202610:21 pmCall for service14 minbcf01313
Wed 12 Aug 202610:42 pmCall for service11 minea6f40da
Wed 12 Aug 202611:20 pmCall for service17 min4ed5fad1
Thu 13 Aug 202612:21 pmCall for service19 min03e68fe6
Thu 13 Aug 202612:38 pmCall for service9 mind04fa7eb
Thu 13 Aug 20261:56 pmCall for service19 min86e29dc2
Thu 13 Aug 20262:11 pmCall for service17 min95d6bb7f
Thu 13 Aug 20266:08 pmCall for service17 min6e3e15c8
Thu 13 Aug 20267:22 pmCall for service10 minedc2bd15
Thu 13 Aug 20268:39 pmCall for service17 min4aeab068
Thu 13 Aug 20269:14 pmCall for service9 minf3103cc6
Thu 13 Aug 20269:16 pmCall for service7 min22627bb8
Thu 13 Aug 20269:38 pmCall for service16 min387e9da6
Thu 13 Aug 202610:52 pmCall for service13 mine5257645
Fri 14 Aug 202611:38 amOther11 min16bd61f8
Fri 14 Aug 20261:21 pmCall for service8 min1ee818f1
Fri 14 Aug 20261:30 pmCall for service7 min75489edd
Fri 14 Aug 20262:23 pmCall for service14 min14e15f28
Fri 14 Aug 20265:45 pmOther11 min2da93fe8
Fri 14 Aug 20266:41 pmCall for service8 min1e60d84d
Fri 14 Aug 20268:15 pmCall for service18 mind5b96e9e
Fri 14 Aug 20268:31 pmCall for service18 min1a3ee0b0
Fri 14 Aug 202610:02 pmCall for service10 min67ec1709
Sat 15 Aug 20269:52 pmPatrol support19 min49cb01c4
Sat 15 Aug 202610:06 pmPatrol support16 min2788d68a
Sat 15 Aug 202610:18 pmPatrol support13 minf31c373f
Tue 18 Aug 20266:35 pmCall for service10 min7991cd0d
Tue 18 Aug 20267:02 pmCall for service10 min601070ca
Tue 18 Aug 20267:28 pmCall for service7 min48ab38ca
Tue 18 Aug 20267:45 pmCall for service8 minaa3064ca
Tue 18 Aug 20268:03 pmCall for service6 minb117254d
Tue 18 Aug 20268:25 pmCall for service7 min18d9b74b
Tue 18 Aug 20269:00 pmCall for service6 min206f0def
Tue 18 Aug 20269:20 pmCall for service13 min9ee1acb2
Tue 18 Aug 20269:39 pmCall for service13 mine7a5f1be
Tue 18 Aug 20269:50 pmCall for service11 min83e37cfe
Tue 18 Aug 202610:35 pmCall for service9 min337510aa
Wed 19 Aug 202611:38 amCall for service11 mind31dc0de
Wed 19 Aug 20265:47 pmDrone as first responder16 min4034cdca
Wed 19 Aug 20267:15 pmNot stated12 min81e8580e
Wed 19 Aug 20267:36 pmNot stated14 minfabc209f
Wed 19 Aug 20269:40 pmNot stated11 minbcd7b2d9
Wed 19 Aug 202610:03 pmNot stated16 min90bd1090
Wed 19 Aug 202611:21 pmCall for service12 minaf9e9640
Thu 20 Aug 20264:04 pmCall for service9 min7a63c4e7
Thu 20 Aug 20267:27 pmTraining and testing1 min 59 sdb19d570
Fri 21 Aug 20267:05 pmCall for service17 min872555d5
Fri 21 Aug 20268:05 pmCall for service18 min9002e256
Fri 21 Aug 20268:07 pmCall for service11 min968f8c96
Fri 21 Aug 20268:16 pmCall for service14 mind1cad69d
Fri 21 Aug 20269:55 pmCall for service21 min70ac7d50
Fri 21 Aug 202610:52 pmCall for service18 min901f845f
Sat 22 Aug 202612:27 pmCall for service14 min8a062554
Sat 22 Aug 202611:25 pmPatrol support13 min074f6731
Tue 25 Aug 202612:32 pmCall for service15 min4f124832
Tue 25 Aug 20261:15 pmCall for service7 min3ab2dbbd
Tue 25 Aug 20263:01 pmCall for service20 min299c7a37
Tue 25 Aug 20264:11 pmCall for service17 mind2a11a0a
Tue 25 Aug 20265:40 pmCall for service9 mind9f5d301
Tue 25 Aug 20267:21 pmCall for service6 min980df9db
Tue 25 Aug 20269:02 pmCall for service7 min8d6a55fd
Tue 25 Aug 20269:26 pmCall for service16 mincada7dbc
Tue 25 Aug 202610:01 pmCall for service15 min463286d2
Tue 25 Aug 202610:47 pmCall for service7 min7c09e15b
Tue 25 Aug 202611:01 pmCall for service7 min985cac97
Wed 26 Aug 20261:09 pmCall for service5 min406e80ec
Wed 26 Aug 20261:43 pmCall for service14 minb3440d39
Wed 26 Aug 20262:16 pmCall for service10 min292d0645
Wed 26 Aug 20266:36 pmPatrol support21 mindf2b17d2
Wed 26 Aug 20267:01 pmPatrol support8 min033aa3aa
Wed 26 Aug 20267:32 pmCall for service16 min5b9d79a4
Wed 26 Aug 20267:46 pmCall for service17 min0149b870
Wed 26 Aug 20268:12 pmCall for service17 minfda1b1a0
Wed 26 Aug 20268:29 pmOther6 min0f3ef7a2
Wed 26 Aug 20268:54 pmCall for service10 min202baaa2
Wed 26 Aug 20269:19 pmCall for service18 mine53b1285
Wed 26 Aug 20269:28 pmOther16 min3921c80d
Wed 26 Aug 202610:57 pmTraining and testing46 s400959c4
Thu 27 Aug 202610:35 amCall for service19 min974a4e84
Thu 27 Aug 202610:56 amCall for service12 min5bb419e0
Thu 27 Aug 20264:34 pmDrone as first responder17 min02eef466
Thu 27 Aug 20265:31 pmCall for service14 minbd7d7edb
Thu 27 Aug 20268:15 pmCall for service11 minf50d7af5
Fri 28 Aug 202610:27 amTraining and testing37 sfaa5ea37
Fri 28 Aug 202610:54 amCall for service11 min8565e6e3
Fri 28 Aug 202611:24 amCall for service13 mind5af2221
Fri 28 Aug 202611:53 amCall for service10 minf7fea007
Fri 28 Aug 20261:10 pmOther16 min3ed0b3f0
Fri 28 Aug 20261:31 pmDrone as first responder11 min3f1a894a
Fri 28 Aug 20261:57 pmCall for service7 min29628a7e
Fri 28 Aug 20262:49 pmCall for service11 min2d3cb0f4
Fri 28 Aug 20263:42 pmCall for service22 mina4047402
Fri 28 Aug 20263:59 pmPatrol support9 minde223436
Fri 28 Aug 20265:43 pmCall for service8 mine6ddeca7
Fri 28 Aug 20266:00 pmCall for service13 min6641b477
Fri 28 Aug 20266:19 pmCall for service12 minceac32bc
Fri 28 Aug 20266:32 pmCall for service11 min60a47f84
Fri 28 Aug 20267:04 pmCall for service8 min692c6bb2
Fri 28 Aug 20267:10 pmCall for service10 min9da6685b
Fri 28 Aug 20268:38 pmCall for service7 min65122602
Fri 28 Aug 20269:18 pmPatrol support13 min89947584
Fri 28 Aug 202611:19 pmCall for service16 minebdd5fd8
Sat 29 Aug 202610:55 amCall for service15 mine1ceee61
Sat 29 Aug 202611:08 amCall for service14 min4c24131b
Sat 29 Aug 202611:11 amCall for service14 minfec08b1a
Sat 29 Aug 202611:28 amCall for service6 mina8b95537
Sat 29 Aug 202612:27 pmDrone as first responder21 min10c833ba
Sat 29 Aug 20264:58 pmCall for service7 mineeca401d
Sat 29 Aug 20265:42 pmPatrol support9 min843fe7a8
Sat 29 Aug 20265:58 pmPatrol support13 min4b2e23d3
Sat 29 Aug 20266:22 pmCall for service9 min57200aff
Sat 29 Aug 20267:03 pmCall for service11 min1533435b
Sat 29 Aug 20267:33 pmOther6 mindc2db01f
Sat 29 Aug 20267:48 pmCall for service7 min56c00196
Sat 29 Aug 20267:59 pmCall for service7 min5847ec9b
Sat 29 Aug 20268:07 pmCall for service11 min839f504e
Sat 29 Aug 20268:34 pmCall for service13 min3c4045e1
Sun 30 Aug 20266:47 amEvents21 min8fc50862
Sun 30 Aug 20267:57 amEvents17 min75cb3f2d
Sun 30 Aug 20268:48 amEvents19 min3255cd7f
Sun 30 Aug 20269:43 amEvents17 min4ea7b1ce
Sun 30 Aug 202610:02 amEvents16 minf2c8346c
Sun 30 Aug 202610:43 amEvents21 min42095a65
Sun 30 Aug 202611:10 amEvents18 min9657b3e3
Sun 30 Aug 202612:03 pmEvents18 min87cf1ee6
Sun 30 Aug 20261:22 pmEvents19 min8f8595a5
Sun 30 Aug 20263:07 pmEvents16 mincc9ee282
Sun 30 Aug 20263:54 pmEvents17 min6c689bad

All 153 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. "Lower North" is a planning area polygon from City of Philadelphia (Planning Districts), licence "City of Philadelphia GIS disclaimer (provided as is; no license stated)". 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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