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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

North, May 2026

A planning area page. 143 of the 3,920 flights in Philadelphia Police Department's record crossed this area in May 2026.

143

drone flights crossed North.

143

of them in May 2026.

11 min

median flight. Half were shorter.

Police drones crossed North 143 times between 1 May 2026 and 29 May 2026, by Philadelphia Police Department's published record. The most recent was on 29 May 2026.

143 of the 143 drawable flights that crossed the area in May 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.
NorthOne flight, takeoff to landingSensitive-purpose flight, as an area

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

7% 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 143 flights that crossed this area.

  1. Drone as first responder78%
  2. Training and testing9%
  3. Call for service6%
  4. Not stated4%
  5. Patrol support3%

Hour of day

Takeoffs by hour of the day, local time.

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Flight list, May 2026

DateTakeoff (EDT)PurposeAirborneFlight
Fri 1 May 20269:01 amCall for service9 min79a14de8
Fri 1 May 20269:35 amNot stated10 min556422ae
Fri 1 May 202610:27 amNot stated8 minf0d81f79
Fri 1 May 202610:30 amDrone as first responder13 min26bdc224
Fri 1 May 20268:51 pmCall for service15 minab12435e
Tue 5 May 202611:25 amDrone as first responder15 mind19ed373
Tue 5 May 202612:01 pmDrone as first responder8 min88578959
Tue 5 May 202612:24 pmDrone as first responder13 mina94a3de7
Tue 5 May 20262:10 pmDrone as first responder14 min2496605b
Tue 5 May 20263:37 pmDrone as first responder12 mine70c3e4b
Tue 5 May 20265:38 pmTraining and testing3 min7bda1b15
Tue 5 May 20268:28 pmDrone as first responder15 min0311faaa
Tue 5 May 20268:49 pmNot stated15 min301f53c4
Tue 5 May 20268:51 pmPatrol support10 min952d93e3
Tue 5 May 20269:01 pmPatrol support11 min42cabe43
Tue 5 May 20269:11 pmNot stated16 min63ba95c0
Tue 5 May 20269:52 pmDrone as first responder16 min70069820
Tue 5 May 202611:05 pmDrone as first responder13 min010559ed
Tue 5 May 202611:55 pmTraining and testing1 min 41 scbe17fe1
Wed 6 May 20262:54 pmDrone as first responder14 minc4fb5df2
Wed 6 May 20263:32 pmDrone as first responder13 min4421ddec
Thu 7 May 202610:51 amDrone as first responder16 minb975ef5f
Thu 7 May 202611:14 amDrone as first responder12 minc7c83f31
Thu 7 May 202611:47 amDrone as first responder14 min14a12d62
Thu 7 May 202612:32 pmDrone as first responder11 min266e175c
Thu 7 May 20262:13 pmDrone as first responder7 min577886ce
Thu 7 May 20262:34 pmDrone as first responder7 minad01c815
Thu 7 May 20266:04 pmTraining and testing9 min4c19fdee
Thu 7 May 20267:18 pmDrone as first responder8 min6df9f769
Thu 7 May 20267:42 pmTraining and testing6 min75b2c98f
Thu 7 May 20267:55 pmNot stated9 minb3d59530
Thu 7 May 20268:30 pmDrone as first responder13 mine36bbeec
Thu 7 May 20268:42 pmCall for service11 minf2e069e4
Thu 7 May 20268:54 pmNot stated14 mind906ecbc
Thu 7 May 20269:35 pmDrone as first responder6 min345f6764
Fri 8 May 202612:21 pmDrone as first responder7 min6e9b5783
Fri 8 May 202612:34 pmDrone as first responder11 minfa96ebd6
Fri 8 May 20261:14 pmDrone as first responder12 minf7138259
Fri 8 May 20261:46 pmDrone as first responder14 mine62d267b
Fri 8 May 20263:20 pmDrone as first responder9 min00407a9d
Fri 8 May 20264:13 pmDrone as first responder16 min4f1e705e
Fri 8 May 20265:16 pmDrone as first responder7 min4fe621f4
Fri 8 May 20265:30 pmDrone as first responder8 min2c4cd1c2
Fri 8 May 20265:43 pmDrone as first responder10 min833cf9f2
Fri 8 May 20265:50 pmDrone as first responder12 minfe885ab0
Fri 8 May 20265:59 pmDrone as first responder18 min15c3e2fe
Fri 8 May 20266:19 pmDrone as first responder8 min1d15b35c
Fri 8 May 20266:40 pmDrone as first responder6 min271a59b6
Fri 8 May 20267:18 pmDrone as first responder15 minb75775f4
Fri 8 May 20268:07 pmDrone as first responder7 minca145415
Fri 8 May 20268:26 pmDrone as first responder7 min341e6a34
Fri 8 May 20269:18 pmDrone as first responder10 mind1f98c3e
Fri 8 May 20269:35 pmDrone as first responder10 min872fe7f4
Fri 8 May 202610:26 pmDrone as first responder18 min2feb7e8f
Sat 9 May 202611:10 amDrone as first responder12 minf06c1768
Sat 9 May 202611:52 amDrone as first responder14 mind7dd21c8
Sat 9 May 202612:06 pmDrone as first responder12 min10c9ffc6
Sat 9 May 20261:47 pmDrone as first responder11 minc4cde55e
Sat 9 May 20263:43 pmDrone as first responder16 mine1f03dd3
Sat 9 May 20263:59 pmDrone as first responder17 minfc2fe148
Sat 9 May 20264:20 pmDrone as first responder11 min9b9ff401
Sat 9 May 20267:44 pmDrone as first responder4 min003ff04d
Sat 9 May 20268:10 pmDrone as first responder10 min37bd86f2
Sat 9 May 20268:30 pmPatrol support10 mine3e5e1d4
Sat 9 May 20268:39 pmPatrol support11 min4590605b
Sat 9 May 20268:42 pmPatrol support16 min115a77bf
Sat 9 May 20268:53 pmDrone as first responder11 minbe12b8f4
Sat 9 May 20269:22 pmDrone as first responder12 minedb1ae63
Sat 9 May 20269:48 pmDrone as first responder14 min3410236b
Sat 9 May 202610:26 pmDrone as first responder17 mine985d323
Sat 9 May 202610:37 pmDrone as first responder13 min21cf49b1
Sat 9 May 202611:00 pmDrone as first responder9 min2698b642
Sat 9 May 202611:22 pmDrone as first responder11 min04d2d0cb
Tue 12 May 202610:34 amDrone as first responder9 min8bac7349
Tue 12 May 202611:45 amDrone as first responder9 min412996bf
Tue 12 May 20261:29 pmCall for service12 min5fac039c
Tue 12 May 20262:35 pmDrone as first responder11 mine92eed5a
Tue 12 May 20269:54 pmDrone as first responder18 min533e1c8b
Wed 13 May 202612:19 pmTraining and testing55 se466db1b
Wed 13 May 202612:25 pmDrone as first responder9 min4acd021c
Wed 13 May 20261:32 pmDrone as first responder8 mina1727c45
Wed 13 May 20262:28 pmDrone as first responder12 minde4a146b
Wed 13 May 20266:02 pmTraining and testing3 min35023b5f
Wed 13 May 20266:13 pmDrone as first responder18 min868b7913
Wed 13 May 20268:57 pmTraining and testing4 mina6b1afc9
Wed 13 May 20269:09 pmTraining and testing55 sa7121ea0
Wed 13 May 20269:11 pmTraining and testing2 min1636c6c5
Wed 13 May 20269:15 pmTraining and testing3 mine9d97cfe
Thu 14 May 202611:14 amDrone as first responder6 min09965505
Thu 14 May 202611:55 amTraining and testing5 mina007bef3
Fri 15 May 20261:25 pmDrone as first responder7 minc69e4853
Fri 15 May 20261:41 pmDrone as first responder9 min58c04922
Fri 15 May 20263:43 pmDrone as first responder9 min32d09188
Fri 15 May 20266:06 pmDrone as first responder17 min6b603197
Fri 15 May 20268:32 pmDrone as first responder19 min2c9d98f3
Sat 16 May 20265:40 pmDrone as first responder14 minb7cb523c
Sat 16 May 20265:57 pmDrone as first responder17 min348a12ab
Wed 20 May 20261:05 pmDrone as first responder17 min7ea02fc9
Wed 20 May 20261:25 pmDrone as first responder15 minc2152bac
Wed 20 May 20261:53 pmDrone as first responder16 minae50e95d
Fri 22 May 20268:30 pmDrone as first responder13 mina7837ac0
Fri 22 May 20269:06 pmDrone as first responder13 min6859ec92
Fri 22 May 202610:16 pmDrone as first responder7 min5a939939
Sat 23 May 20262:04 pmDrone as first responder10 min4e3354f7
Tue 26 May 202611:38 amDrone as first responder15 min9262be60
Tue 26 May 20261:53 pmDrone as first responder7 min03c11332
Tue 26 May 20262:06 pmDrone as first responder16 min73811c3d
Tue 26 May 20262:23 pmDrone as first responder19 min2a054ec7
Tue 26 May 20262:31 pmCall for service10 min7c1eaf9a
Tue 26 May 20262:44 pmDrone as first responder8 mine420c275
Tue 26 May 20263:17 pmCall for service9 min5ac2bb9b
Tue 26 May 20265:14 pmDrone as first responder18 mina204d354
Tue 26 May 20267:58 pmDrone as first responder18 mind9e3008c
Tue 26 May 20269:16 pmDrone as first responder15 min98f6524b
Tue 26 May 20269:46 pmDrone as first responder19 mina2a31f2e
Tue 26 May 202611:47 pmCall for service5 minc15829d6
Wed 27 May 20265:49 pmDrone as first responder39 s1cc525a1
Wed 27 May 20266:03 pmDrone as first responder16 min224f2eb7
Wed 27 May 20266:26 pmDrone as first responder17 min50c1f430
Wed 27 May 20266:46 pmDrone as first responder15 minf55d42fb
Wed 27 May 20267:32 pmDrone as first responder11 min430de611
Wed 27 May 20269:13 pmDrone as first responder15 min805d009d
Wed 27 May 20269:49 pmDrone as first responder7 min27b48d7f
Wed 27 May 202610:58 pmDrone as first responder11 min1e6fba25
Thu 28 May 202610:17 amTraining and testing1 min 18 s0278c954
Thu 28 May 202611:07 amDrone as first responder9 mind1bf34aa
Thu 28 May 202611:19 amDrone as first responder9 min615b8c9b
Thu 28 May 202611:39 amDrone as first responder11 min869bd773
Thu 28 May 20261:19 pmTraining and testing4 min8e9839f8
Thu 28 May 20266:56 pmDrone as first responder10 mine8f2dcd0
Thu 28 May 20267:10 pmDrone as first responder8 min42975d27
Thu 28 May 20267:31 pmDrone as first responder10 mine1c86738
Thu 28 May 20268:52 pmDrone as first responder11 min5ad7f905
Thu 28 May 20269:54 pmDrone as first responder16 min328100d7
Fri 29 May 20261:02 pmDrone as first responder5 minc3a49440
Fri 29 May 20261:48 pmDrone as first responder4 min17d1dbdc
Fri 29 May 20263:17 pmDrone as first responder13 min58a331aa
Fri 29 May 20263:53 pmDrone as first responder16 mina3227f04
Fri 29 May 20265:46 pmDrone as first responder15 mind5ed68f4
Fri 29 May 20266:47 pmDrone as first responder18 minb4b69865
Fri 29 May 20267:46 pmCall for service10 min8f697446
Fri 29 May 20269:30 pmDrone as first responder11 min00f4906a
Fri 29 May 20269:53 pmDrone as first responder19 mindcdd8df5

All 143 flights in May 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. "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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