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DATASET SUMMARY
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Dataset Title | ARROW UAS Flight Telemetry Dataset – Alaska DOT&PF
Repository DOI | https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.31931241
Data Management Plan DOI | https://doi.org/10.48321/D13644C943
Collection Period | 2023-07-15 to 2025-01-15
Geographic Coverage | State of Alaska, United States
Number of Records | 1151
Number of Fields | 26
Each Row Represents | One completed UAS flight mission conducted using a Skydio aircraft platform.
Privacy Statement | No imagery, video, audio recordings, thermal imagery, LiDAR point clouds, photogrammetric products, personally identifiable information (PII), law enforcement records, or mission-derived analytical products are included.
License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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DATA DICTIONARY
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Field Name | Category | Data Type | Definition | Example Values From Dataset | Non-Blank Records | Missing / Blank Records | Unique Values | Units / Format | Missing Data / Null Handling | Reviewer Notes
Flight ID | Flight Operations Metadata | Identifier | Unique system-generated identifier assigned to each flight record by the flight management platform. | 20ebe56c-cdc9-4b14-b0f9-c9e11596d519; 50a283a9-beb1-4447-8dc9-4d38b6148bd2; 488eef5f-443b-4437-97f9-c4e1192de8f3; b6b7c58e-df41-4b23-af84-b76d3e4660c4; 355c41d6-9b3f-4419-b9de-e1ff0749d0fc | 1151 | 0 | 1148 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | None; expected to be populated for each flight. | Used as the primary record identifier. Duplicate values may indicate records associated with the same flight export or repeated system records.
Vehicle | Flight Operations Metadata | Text / categorical | Aircraft or vehicle identifier associated with the UAS platform used for the flight. Values are system-generated aircraft names or serial-style labels from the Skydio platform. | Skydio2P-h7f4; Skydio2-mm6e; Skydio2P-5bs3; Skydio2P-d5et; Skydio2P-9s8f | 1151 | 0 | 36 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | None; expected to be populated for each flight. | This identifies the aircraft platform used, not the aircraft payload or sensor product.
Pilot | Flight Operations Metadata | Text / categorical | Anonymized operator field. Individual operator names have been removed and replaced with organizational-level attribution. | Alaska DOT&PF | 1151 | 0 | 1 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | None; expected to be populated for each flight. | Operator information is anonymized to Alaska DOT&PF and does not contain personally identifiable information.
Local Takeoff Time | Temporal Metadata | Date/time | Local date and time when the flight was initiated from the operator/local mission perspective. | 2023-07-15 16:25:00; 2023-07-17 12:44:00; 2023-07-18 19:14:00; 2023-07-18 21:35:00; 2023-07-19 15:23:00 | 1151 | 0 | 1141 | YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS | None; expected to be populated for each flight. | Represents local operational time for the flight record.
Takeoff | Temporal Metadata | Date/time | System-generated takeoff timestamp recorded by the aircraft or flight management system. | 2023-07-15 23:25:00; 2023-07-17 19:44:00; 2023-07-19 02:14:00; 2023-07-19 04:35:00; 2023-07-19 22:23:00 | 1151 | 0 | 1141 | YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS | None; expected to be populated for each flight. | May reflect system/export time conventions and should be interpreted as a telemetry timestamp.
Takeoff Address | Geographic Metadata | Text | System-generated address or location label associated with the takeoff location when available. | No address available; 3000 Glenn Highway, Palmer, Alaska 99645, United States; Alaska Highway, Tanacross, Alaska 99737, United States; 5700 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99507, United States; 7960 Upper Omalley Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99507, United States | 1151 | 0 | 283 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | Blank or system text such as 'No address available'. | Address availability depends on source system geocoding and operational location metadata.
Takeoff Latitude | Geographic Metadata | Geographic coordinate / text export | Latitude coordinate associated with the takeoff location when available. | No latitude available; 61.2150735; 61.2205822; 61.2205835; 61.222798 | 1151 | 0 | 962 | decimal degrees or source-system text | Blank or system text such as 'No latitude available'. | Some records may not include coordinate data due to export settings, aircraft/system availability, or privacy/public-release handling.
Takeoff Longitude | Geographic Metadata | Geographic coordinate / text export | Longitude coordinate associated with the takeoff location when available. | No longitude available; -149.7935947; -149.7935137; -149.7934662; -149.7915952 | 1151 | 0 | 962 | decimal degrees or source-system text | Blank or system text such as 'No longitude available'. | Some records may not include coordinate data due to export settings, aircraft/system availability, or privacy/public-release handling.
Land | Temporal Metadata | Date/time | System-generated landing or flight completion timestamp recorded by the aircraft or flight management system. | 2023-07-15 23:37:00; 2023-07-17 19:57:00; 2023-07-19 02:22:00; 2023-07-19 04:44:00; 2023-07-19 22:41:00 | 1151 | 0 | 1139 | YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS | Blank if the source system did not record a landing timestamp. | Used with takeoff time and duration to understand flight timing.
Duration (seconds) | Temporal Metadata | Numeric | Total flight duration measured in seconds. | 693.0; 769.0; 496.0; 559.0; 1088.0 | 1134 | 17 | 801 | seconds | Blank if the source system did not record a duration value. | Numeric duration field; divide by 60 to calculate approximate minutes.
Battery | Aircraft / Battery Metadata | Text / categorical | System-generated battery identifier associated with the flight. | pr350a23701729; pr350a23700817; q52a202q010310; pr350a23700820; q52a202q010379 | 911 | 240 | 92 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | Blank if the source system did not record the battery identifier. | Represents battery metadata only and does not include battery health analysis beyond source export values.
Sensor Package | Aircraft Configuration Metadata | Text / categorical | Primary Skydio gimbal payload installed on the aircraft for the flight. This field is aircraft configuration metadata only and does not contain imagery, video, thermal data, or sensor-derived outputs. Known payload types include VT300-L and VT300-Z. VT300-L includes wide-angle visible, narrow-angle visible, and FLIR Boson+ thermal camera capability. VT300-Z includes narrow-angle visible, telephoto visible, and FLIR Boson+ thermal camera capability. | 3z-b7sv; 3z-e32f; cirrus506; 3z-fc2n; 3z-4kr2 | 355 | 796 | 22 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | Blank if no sensor package was recorded by the source system. | Values in the export may appear as system-generated package identifiers. The field documents installed payload configuration only.
Attachment (TOP) | Aircraft Configuration Metadata | Text / categorical | Approved Skydio accessory recorded on the top accessory mount. Known top-mount accessories include NightSense – Visible Light and RTK/PPK GPS. NightSense uses bright white LEDs to improve onboard camera visibility during low-light operations. RTK/PPK GPS provides centimeter-level positioning through RTK corrections or PPK fallback and supports NTRIP 1.0 correction sources. | X10NS-7bc2; X10NS-uk62; X10NS-bn38; X10NS-ha8b; X10NS-5u9d | 248 | 903 | 13 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | Blank if no top attachment was recorded. | This is aircraft configuration metadata only and does not contain sensor data.
Attachment (BOTTOM) | Aircraft Configuration Metadata | Text / categorical | Approved Skydio accessory recorded on the bottom accessory mount. Known bottom-mount accessory support includes NightSense – Visible Light, which uses bright white LEDs to improve onboard camera visibility during low-light operations. | X10NS-9n7f; X10NS-bn38; X10NS-uk62; X10NS-c8bs; X10NS-s9aa | 248 | 903 | 13 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | Blank if no bottom attachment was recorded. | This is aircraft configuration metadata only and does not contain sensor data.
Attachment (LEFT) | Aircraft Configuration Metadata | Text / categorical | Approved Skydio accessory recorded on the left accessory mount. Known side-mount accessories include Spotlight and Speaker. Spotlight provides illumination to identify a person or scene in low/no-light environments. Speaker projects live voice or pre-recorded audio for tactical, emergency, or operational communications. | A2092640A45R0026; A2092640A45R0161; A2092640A45R0265; A2092640A45R0290 | 25 | 1126 | 4 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | Blank if no left attachment was recorded. | This is aircraft configuration metadata only and does not include audio recordings or transmitted message content.
Attachment (RIGHT) | Aircraft Configuration Metadata | Text / categorical | Approved Skydio accessory recorded on the right accessory mount. Known side-mount accessories include Spotlight and Speaker. Spotlight provides illumination to identify a person or scene in low/no-light environments. Speaker projects live voice or pre-recorded audio for tactical, emergency, or operational communications. | A2092640A45R0290; A2092640A45R0026 | 8 | 1143 | 2 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | Blank if no right attachment was recorded. | This is aircraft configuration metadata only and does not include audio recordings or transmitted message content.
Carrier(s) | Communications Metadata | Text / categorical | Communications carrier or network associated with the aircraft, dock, or supporting communications system during the mission. For this dataset, the intended carrier metadata is AT&T FirstNet Band 14. | Blank / not populated | 0 | 1151 | 0 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | Blank if carrier information was not recorded in the source export. | This identifies communications infrastructure metadata only and does not contain communications content.
Continuing response in another flight? | Incident / Response Metadata | Categorical / yes-no field | Indicator for whether the operational response continued in a separate UAS flight. | Blank / not populated | 0 | 1151 | 0 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | Blank if not applicable or not recorded. | This field supports incident/response tracking and may be unpopulated for non-incident missions.
Incident ID | Incident / Response Metadata | Identifier | Incident or response identifier associated with a mission when the flight was tied to an incident response workflow. | Blank / not populated | 0 | 1151 | 0 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | Blank if not applicable or not recorded. | This dataset does not include law enforcement records or incident narrative content.
Type of incident | Incident / Response Metadata | Identifier | Categorical incident type associated with the mission when applicable. | Blank / not populated | 0 | 1151 | 0 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | Blank if not applicable or not recorded. | Used for high-level operational classification only.
Type of incident - Additional details | Incident / Response Metadata | Identifier | Additional text details related to incident type when applicable. | Blank / not populated | 0 | 1151 | 0 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | Blank if not applicable or not recorded. | Public-release dataset does not include sensitive incident narrative content.
Did the drone get to the scene first? | Incident / Response Metadata | Categorical / yes-no field | Indicator for whether the UAS arrived at the operational scene before other responding resources. | Blank / not populated | 0 | 1151 | 0 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | Blank if not applicable or not recorded. | Used for response performance analysis when populated.
Did the drone clear the call without patrol resources? | Incident / Response Metadata | Categorical / yes-no field | Indicator for whether the UAS response resolved or cleared the call without additional patrol or field resources. | Blank / not populated | 0 | 1151 | 0 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | Blank if not applicable or not recorded. | Used for response efficiency analysis when populated.
How did the drone assist with the call? | Incident / Response Metadata | Categorical / yes-no field | Categorical or narrative field describing how the UAS supported the operational response when applicable. | Blank / not populated | 0 | 1151 | 0 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | Blank if not applicable or not recorded. | Used for high-level response assistance categorization.
How did the drone assist with the call? - Additional details | Incident / Response Metadata | Categorical / yes-no field | Additional text details describing the role of the UAS in the operational response when applicable. | Blank / not populated | 0 | 1151 | 0 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | Blank if not applicable or not recorded. | Public-release dataset does not include imagery, audio, video, or sensitive investigative content.
Other Notes | Incident / Response Metadata | Text | Additional operational notes exported with the record when applicable. | Blank / not populated | 0 | 1151 | 0 | System-generated text unless otherwise noted | Blank if not applicable or not recorded. | Notes field is intended for general operational metadata only.

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PAYLOADS & ACCESSORIES
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Accessory / Payload | Mount Location | Definition / Operational Meaning
VT300-L | Sensor Package | Primary Skydio gimbal payload with wide-angle visible, narrow-angle visible, and FLIR Boson+ thermal camera capability. Metadata only; no imagery or sensor outputs included.
VT300-Z | Sensor Package | Primary Skydio gimbal payload with narrow-angle visible, telephoto visible, and FLIR Boson+ thermal camera capability. Metadata only; no imagery or sensor outputs included.
NightSense – Visible Light | Top or Bottom | Uses bright white LEDs to improve onboard camera visibility during low-light operations. Suitable for inspections and reconstruction in dark environments.
RTK/PPK GPS | Top only | Provides centimeter-level geolocation accuracy through RTK corrections or PPK fallback. Compatible with GNSS correction sources using NTRIP 1.0 for survey and infrastructure workflows.
Spotlight | Left or Right | Provides illumination for low/no-light environments, supporting subject identification, scene illumination, and ground team coordination.
Speaker | Left or Right | Projects audio from the drone using live voice or pre-recorded messages for tactical, emergency, public information, or operational communications.
AT&T FirstNet Band 14 | Carrier(s) | Public safety broadband communications network used for telemetry, command-and-control, and operational data transport. Metadata only; no communications content included.