Flight Section dashboard
The State Patrol Flight Section is responsible for state, county and local aerial law enforcement support. The flight section is based in St. Paul and Brainerd. It includes nine state trooper pilots who fly two Bell 407 helicopters, three Cessna 182 airplanes and a Cirrus SR22 airplane.
Flight Section statistics
The following tables show, by month, the number traffic details that our flight section did and the number of hours they spent on search-and-find missions. Learn more about our Flight Section’s common missions.
2023
|
Month |
Traffic details (events) |
Searches (hours) |
|---|---|---|
|
January |
43 |
14.3 |
|
February |
62 |
27.9 |
|
March |
95 |
38.3 |
|
April |
79 |
38.5 |
|
May |
115 |
43.1 |
|
June |
97 |
40.5 |
|
July |
74 |
30.5 |
|
August |
84 |
52.6 |
|
September |
73 |
41.3 |
|
October |
55 |
36.5 |
|
November |
98 |
31.1 |
|
December |
95 |
31.9 |
2022
|
Month |
Traffic details (events) |
Searches (hours) |
|---|---|---|
|
January |
24 |
29 |
|
February |
36 |
65 |
|
March |
32 |
87 |
|
April |
27 |
77 |
|
May |
47 |
55 |
|
June |
47 |
86 |
|
July |
112 |
75.1 |
|
August |
76 |
37.3 |
|
September |
81 |
37.7 |
|
October |
74 |
46.1 |
|
November |
46 |
16.5 |
|
December |
49 |
6.9 |
2021
|
Month |
Traffic details (events) |
Searches (hours) |
|---|---|---|
|
January |
67 |
16.8 |
|
February |
28 |
16.5 |
|
March |
46 |
28.8 |
|
April |
33 |
24 |
|
May |
56 |
28.8 |
|
June |
63 |
24.9 |
|
July |
64 |
34.5 |
|
August |
44 |
34.1 |
|
September |
42 |
56.5 |
|
October |
37 |
21.8 |
|
November |
59 |
22.7 |
|
December |
31 |
17.8 |