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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NorthBoundary license unconfirmed, not for publication

A planning area page. 1,406 of the 3,895 flights in Philadelphia Police Department's record crossed this area.

1,406

drone flights crossed North.

135

of them in October 2026.

11 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

Police drones crossed North 1,406 times between 29 July 2024 and 30 October 2026, by Philadelphia Police Department's published record. The most recent was on 30 October 2026.

133 of the 133 drawable flights that crossed the area in October 2026. The outlined area is the neighborhood. Paths run beyond it because each whole flight is drawn, minus its first and last 200 m.
NorthOne flight; takeoff and landing removed

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

8% of them took off between 10 pm and 6 am (EDT).

8 flights had a sensitive stated purpose. Those are counted but never listed or drawn.

Month by month

Flights that crossed North, per month by takeoff date. Click a month for its own page.

  1. 3
  2. 0
  3. 0
  4. 0
  5. 0
  6. 0
  7. 0
  8. 0
  9. 0
  10. 3
  11. 2
  12. 11
  13. 0
  14. 7
  15. 25
  16. 53
  17. 27
  18. 72
  19. 87
  20. 131
  21. 88
  22. 63
  23. 143
  24. 118
  25. 77
  26. 146
  27. 215
  28. 135
Jul 24Aug 24Sep 24Oct 24Nov 24Dec 24Jan 25Feb 25Mar 25Apr 25May 25Jun 25Jul 25Aug 25Sep 25Oct 25Nov 25Dec 25Jan 26Feb 26Mar 26Apr 26May 26Jun 26Jul 26Aug 26Sep 26Oct 26

The two hatched bars are the most recent months and are provisional. The current month is still in progress.

Why, in the agency's words

The agency's stated purpose, grouped into classes, as a share of the 1,406 flights that crossed this area.

  1. Call for service46%
  2. Other18%
  3. Drone as first responder16%
  4. Not stated6%
  5. Training and testing5%
  6. Patrol support5%
  7. Events2%
  8. Traffic and crashes1%
  9. Search0%

Hour of day

Takeoffs by hour of the day, local time.

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Flight list, October 2026

DateTakeoff (EDT)PurposeAirborneFlight
Thu 1 Oct 202610:27 amCall for service7 min7319e246
Thu 1 Oct 202610:49 amCall for service6 minc3c75e53
Thu 1 Oct 202612:43 pmCall for service8 minda552690
Thu 1 Oct 20262:39 pmCall for service9 min921f4d10
Thu 1 Oct 20263:35 pmPatrol support15 minb1c2a183
Thu 1 Oct 20263:57 pmCall for service9 min3dcd77a5
Thu 1 Oct 20266:12 pmCall for service14 min262f0e0e
Thu 1 Oct 20266:28 pmCall for service14 min01c08b9f
Thu 1 Oct 20268:04 pmCall for service15 minec79c8d5
Thu 1 Oct 20268:17 pmCall for service15 minb643b653
Thu 1 Oct 20269:44 pmCall for service15 min741099c2
Thu 1 Oct 20269:52 pmCall for service16 mind5daba0e
Thu 1 Oct 202610:49 pmCall for service21 mindec0dd20
Thu 1 Oct 202611:21 pmCall for service10 min9bfe84a8
Thu 1 Oct 202611:32 pmCall for service11 min4db14c90
Thu 1 Oct 202611:47 pmCall for service6 min1ef3fd16
Fri 2 Oct 20262:32 pmOther8 minc2ea8984
Fri 2 Oct 20262:45 pmCall for service8 min8dc89d72
Fri 2 Oct 20263:36 pmCall for service16 min0799f08b
Fri 2 Oct 20265:18 pmSearch15 minca25ea97
Fri 2 Oct 20265:28 pmCall for service8 mina81e6ca4
Fri 2 Oct 20266:27 pmCall for service12 minf79e02ce
Fri 2 Oct 20268:19 pmCall for service16 min149cc600
Fri 2 Oct 20269:28 pmCall for service11 mine85d439a
Fri 2 Oct 20269:42 pmCall for service11 min4394665c
Fri 2 Oct 202610:08 pmCall for service8 minab65708b
Fri 2 Oct 202610:42 pmOther6 min08c638c4
Sat 3 Oct 202611:42 amCall for service10 minb48f8bd8
Sat 3 Oct 202611:47 amCall for service10 min603b8cfe
Sat 3 Oct 202612:03 pmCall for service13 minc9fee5ff
Sat 3 Oct 202612:29 pmCall for service10 mine123cac9
Sat 3 Oct 20264:02 pmEvents18 minf1947d21
Sat 3 Oct 20265:09 pmCall for service10 minf2620a67
Sat 3 Oct 20265:32 pmCall for service16 min1282628d
Sat 3 Oct 20265:57 pmCall for service17 min3e4663ed
Sat 3 Oct 20267:52 pmCall for service11 min3cdf1f81
Sat 3 Oct 202610:37 pmCall for service19 min2d667904
Sun 4 Oct 202612:01 amCall for service11 min79541e98
Tue 6 Oct 202611:36 amCall for service7 min09a285f7
Tue 6 Oct 202611:56 amCall for service11 minc1f54dae
Tue 6 Oct 202612:29 pmCall for service7 min052fe2e7
Tue 6 Oct 20262:02 pmCall for service7 min3fe71065
Tue 6 Oct 20262:20 pmCall for service12 min27bfbf19
Tue 6 Oct 20262:59 pmCall for service7 mine90c1e42
Tue 6 Oct 20264:15 pmCall for service10 mine14a8823
Tue 6 Oct 20264:59 pmCall for service6 mined4e19cd
Wed 7 Oct 202611:41 amCall for service9 min9cd0d463
Wed 7 Oct 202611:55 amCall for service10 mine0f6c047
Wed 7 Oct 202612:14 pmCall for service15 minc754bc0b
Wed 7 Oct 20261:03 pmCall for service13 min8546fdfe
Wed 7 Oct 20262:05 pmCall for service8 min7046155e
Wed 7 Oct 20262:21 pmCall for service15 min9e48a83d
Fri 9 Oct 202610:17 amCall for service15 min7c250a42
Fri 9 Oct 202610:33 amCall for service7 minc4874588
Fri 9 Oct 202610:49 amCall for service12 min8e19f257
Fri 9 Oct 20261:02 pmSearch13 min348ee6a9
Fri 9 Oct 20261:57 pmCall for service14 min2515abe0
Fri 9 Oct 20263:24 pmOther7 minc778e8e6
Sat 10 Oct 202611:36 amCall for service6 min6ae3e971
Sat 10 Oct 202612:08 pmCall for service7 min18c6c560
Sat 10 Oct 20261:09 pmCall for service5 min2a812ac8
Sat 10 Oct 20262:30 pmOther8 min4f602f5e
Sat 10 Oct 20262:47 pmCall for service10 minb6f07b28
Sat 10 Oct 20262:55 pmCall for service14 min91e839db
Sat 10 Oct 20263:19 pmCall for service7 min7dfca3cc
Sat 10 Oct 20264:00 pmCall for service3 min18d171a4
Sat 10 Oct 20264:11 pmCall for service13 mina4dd2fca
Tue 13 Oct 20266:56 pmTraffic and crashes9 min41ccc159
Tue 13 Oct 20267:37 pmCall for service10 min0a6a0095
Tue 13 Oct 20267:54 pmCall for service7 minb5e07973
Tue 13 Oct 20268:26 pmOther7 minf7625b34
Tue 13 Oct 20268:40 pmCall for service6 min09119101
Tue 13 Oct 20268:52 pmCall for service9 min9e9de78c
Tue 13 Oct 20269:13 pmOther8 min2aeddf48
Tue 13 Oct 20269:46 pmCall for service9 minb339aeca
Tue 13 Oct 202611:07 pmCall for service14 min47792fb8
Wed 14 Oct 20265:22 pmCall for service9 min37c84bb1
Wed 14 Oct 20265:46 pmCall for service6 minb0286ae4
Wed 14 Oct 20267:23 pmCall for service7 min7cc1ee03
Wed 14 Oct 20268:25 pmCall for service12 minb6431da6
Wed 14 Oct 20268:40 pmCall for service13 minc5c77970
Wed 14 Oct 20269:53 pmCall for service14 min3dbba68c
Wed 14 Oct 202610:14 pmCall for service16 minfeb433e4
Wed 14 Oct 202610:59 pmCall for service19 min0872ea6d
Wed 14 Oct 202611:14 pmCall for service15 minb2fe57ac
Wed 14 Oct 202611:40 pmCall for service7 min0d5cf564
Thu 15 Oct 20266:11 pmCall for service12 minb1a7322b
Thu 15 Oct 20266:29 pmCall for service12 min228aa621
Thu 15 Oct 20266:53 pmCall for service8 min4e7c09fc
Thu 15 Oct 20268:16 pmOther12 mine28d28f0
Thu 15 Oct 20268:33 pmOther18 min84e2f70b
Thu 15 Oct 20268:47 pmTraffic and crashes9 min54d36907
Thu 15 Oct 20268:55 pmCall for service7 mind3dac9f5
Thu 15 Oct 202610:14 pmCall for service6 mina23c478a
Thu 15 Oct 202610:35 pmCall for service10 min63ea1523
Thu 15 Oct 202611:31 pmTraffic and crashes5 min35443542
Sat 17 Oct 20265:14 pmCall for service14 min8e9b0459
Sat 17 Oct 20265:52 pmTraffic and crashes6 min1a761238
Sat 17 Oct 20266:05 pmCall for service17 min14075974
Sat 17 Oct 20267:09 pmCall for service11 mind0b7b302
Sat 17 Oct 20267:46 pmCall for service14 minc9ac5e6b
Sat 17 Oct 20267:53 pmCall for service16 minbd56dad4
Sat 17 Oct 20268:41 pmCall for service7 min0bb8ec46
Sat 17 Oct 202610:05 pmCall for service11 mina4969686
Sat 17 Oct 202611:31 pmCall for service4 minf174668d
Sat 17 Oct 202611:38 pmCall for service10 min8a540cc6
Sat 24 Oct 20266:11 pmCall for service20 min37536a18
Sat 24 Oct 20267:52 pmCall for service19 min5fdeec8d
Sat 24 Oct 20269:22 pmCall for service22 mindc7ed2a6
Sat 24 Oct 202610:10 pmCall for service15 min4e762e87
Sat 24 Oct 202610:53 pmCall for service17 min416f4270
Sat 24 Oct 202611:28 pmPatrol support18 minee21e3c2
Wed 28 Oct 20268:55 pmCall for service8 min31d88dff
Wed 28 Oct 202611:25 pmCall for service12 min3e89536d
Wed 28 Oct 202611:46 pmCall for service1 min 37 sb6650888
Thu 29 Oct 20265:35 pmCall for service6 min6406460b
Thu 29 Oct 20265:45 pmCall for service5 min053f5c5a
Thu 29 Oct 20265:57 pmCall for service7 min565b709a
Thu 29 Oct 20266:05 pmCall for service6 minb032d41e
Thu 29 Oct 20266:39 pmCall for service14 min562616bd
Thu 29 Oct 20266:50 pmCall for service10 mine4ec5794
Thu 29 Oct 20267:21 pmCall for service17 min2b96612c
Thu 29 Oct 20268:18 pmCall for service10 mine0d67fa0
Thu 29 Oct 20268:47 pmTraffic and crashes13 minccb00041
Thu 29 Oct 20269:22 pmCall for service9 min647376cf
Thu 29 Oct 202610:02 pmCall for service8 min5598cb22
Thu 29 Oct 202610:34 pmCall for service15 min4d5a1a00
Fri 30 Oct 20265:38 pmCall for service6 min9cd03fd2
Fri 30 Oct 20266:33 pmCall for service19 min9f5f7ffd
Fri 30 Oct 20267:16 pmCall for service11 minf643c100
Fri 30 Oct 20267:52 pmPatrol support10 min75b5a570
Fri 30 Oct 20268:08 pmCall for service4 min70778f4d
Fri 30 Oct 20269:05 pmCall for service8 min00a53e82
Fri 30 Oct 202610:40 pmCall for service12 min20762394

All 134 listable flights in October 2026. Flights with a sensitive stated purpose are counted in the totals but not listed. Times are local to the agency.

How this page is made

  • Nothing that landed in the last 48 hours is counted, listed or drawn.
  • Drawn paths are simplified to 10 m and lose their first and last 200 m; flights too short to keep an interior are counted but not drawn.
  • The record's free-text description is never read into a page. Flights whose stated purpose names a domestic, sexual-assault, kidnapping, welfare, mental-health or juvenile matter are counted in totals and appear in neither the flight list nor on the map.
  • 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. "North" is a planning area polygon from City of Philadelphia (Planning Districts), licence recorded as "City of Philadelphia GIS disclaimer (provided as is; no license stated)", in the place layer file for Philadelphia. Boundary license unconfirmed, not for publication: ADR 0003 bars paging a place whose licence is unknown or share-alike; this page exists only in the local demo.
  • 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.

Corrections and questions: file an issue in the korvid-labs repository (demo).