Helos, callsigns and registration #'s

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Does anyone have a list of what callsigns go with what tailnumbers for police, EMS aircraft?

For Example, Contra Costa Sheriff STARR1 = N407CC

I'm trying to set up alerts for my ADSB program to alert me when they are up in the air. Would really like to have CalStar and Reach aircraft too.

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kma371, I'm familiar the Plane Finder, both the home and iPhone versions, which track using ADS-B technology. May I ask what search program you're using?



Back to your question, you could try searching through Google images.

The FAA website may help a little: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/
I don't see an advanced search tab so it may take a while to sort through the returns. I was able to see the N number of US Forest Service aircraft by searching under USDA.

I do like the idea of what you're setting up. It never occurred to me to track medical or fire helicopters in action. Would be interesting to watch say CalFire helicopters and such aircraft working a major wild fire.
 
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kma371, I'm familiar the Plane Finder, both the home and iPhone versions, which track using ADS-B technology. May I ask what search program you're using?



Back to your question, you could try searching through Google images.

The FAA website may help a little: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/
I don't see an advanced search tab so it may take a while to sort through the returns. I was able to see the N number of US Forest Service aircraft by searching under USDA.

I do like the idea of what you're setting up. It never occurred to me to track medical or fire helicopters in action. Would be interesting to watch say CalFire helicopters and such aircraft working a major wild fire.
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I'm using planeplotter. User is "mi"

The only issue with FAA database is when there is more than one aircraft registered to specific agency.

For example, Oakland has 3 helos, Sacramento PD has at least 2, Sacramento county has at least 3 or 4.
 
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Does anyone have a list of what callsigns go with what tailnumbers for police, EMS aircraft?

For Example, Contra Costa Sheriff STARR1 = N407CC

I'm trying to set up alerts for my ADSB program to alert me when they are up in the air. Would really like to have CalStar and Reach aircraft too.

Thanks.
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I have heard of Eagle 1.
 
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Sacramento County Sheriff uses the "STAR" callsign - they have a web site at Mission Statement For Air Ops Cops , but don't list the aircraft. I believe they use the last numeric digit of the registration number for the STARx call.

Sacramento Police Department uses the "AIR" callsign. I don't have any more information on them.

CalSTAR has information at http://www.calstar.org/service/default.aspx - they show information on the callsigns for each facility.
 
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Thanks everyone so far, but the callsigns arent really the issue. It's matching up registration numbers WITH the callsigns.

I might have to make a trip to some airports
 
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kma371 said:
Thanks everyone so far, but the callsigns arent really the issue. It's matching up registration numbers WITH the callsigns.

I might have to make a trip to some airports
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N222UT Calstar 7 out of Santa Maria
N708HP CHP H70 out of Paso Robles
 
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kma371 said:
Thanks everyone so far, but the callsigns arent really the issue. It's matching up registration numbers WITH the callsigns.
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Departments with smaller air forces may assign fixed tail numbers to their radio callsigns, but at LAPD they generally don't. There are about 16 "patrol" helicopters which rotate, so to speak, among callsigns which correspond to the primary patrol division to which they're assigned on a given flight.

Just as an example, Aerospatiale N668PD may be assigned to the San Fernando Valley and flying as "Air 10" one day, working the western metropolitan part of the city as "Air 8" the next, and have a surveillance assignment with a totally different type of callsign the next.

I haven't listened closely at night for a while, but during the early morning hours, about 03:00-07:00 depending on the day and the workload, they would have just one air unit, often on standby at Piper Tech's police "Hooper Heliport", for the entire city, and they would have an "Air 70" or "Air 80" callsign.
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For Sacramento Sheriff
STAR I is N864OF (not sure if they still have this aircraft)
STAR III is N173SD (not sure if they still have this aircraft)
STAR IV is N174SD (not sure if they still have this aircraft)
STAR V is N255SD
STAR VII is N277SD
STAR VIII is N288JK
STAR X is N911GC

Sac PD AIR 1 is N916SP
 
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Thanks scannerboy. Those are good.
 
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From video I have shot over the years

CALSTAR 3 N477CS
CALSTAR 10 N8118V
CALSTAR 11 N902CS
CALFIRE Air Attack 430 N407DF
CALFIRE Tanker 93 N450DF
CALFIRE Tanker 95 N448DF
CHP H-20 N216HP
 
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I made a really extensive list a couple years ago in the database section of the bayscan yahoo group:

AIR 1 - N2415 - Cessna 172 - Marin County Sheriff - Gnoss Field (KDVO), Novato, CA
EAGLE 1 - N996PD - Eurocopter AS350B2 - East Bay Regional Parks Dist - Hayward (KHWD)
HENRY 1 - N108SD - Bell 407 - Sonoma County Sheriff - Santa Rosa/Sonoma Co Airport (KSTS)
Standford Lifeflight - N117SU - Eurocopter BK-117 - Standford Medical Center - Palo Alto Airport (KPAO)
STARR 1 - N407CC - Bell 407 - Contra Costa County Sheriff - Concord / Buchanan Field Airport (KCCR)
STAR 1 - N621LS - Eurocopter EC-120B - Santa Clara County Sheriff - Moffet Federal Airfield (KNUQ)
POLICE 1 - N408DC - Eurocopter EC-120B - San Jose Police Department - Moffet Federal Airfield (KNUQ)

REACH:

REACH 1 - N24RX - Augusta A109 - Redwood Empire Air Care Helicopter (REACH)(Mediplane Inc) - Santa Rosa / Sonoma County Airport (KSTS)

"REACH ??" - N41RX - Bell 407 - Ukiah/Cloverdale/Willits(??)

CALSTAR:

CALSTAR 1 (OLD) - N623MB - Eurocopter BO-105S - California Shock Trauma Air Rescue (CALSTAR) - Concord / Buchanan Field Airport (KCCR)

(This is the old CALSTAR 1, the new CALSTAR 1 is an MD-900.)

CALSTAR 2 - N222RN - Bell 222 - California Shock Trauma Air Rescue (CALSTAR) - St Louise Hospital, Gilroy, CA
CALSTAR 4 - N222UT - Bell 222 - California Shock Trauma Air Rescue (CALSTAR) - Ukiah Municipal Airport (KUKI)

CHP:

CHP H-30 - N314HP - Eurocopter AS-350B3 - California Highway Patrol - Napa County Airport (KAPC)
CHP H-32 - N341HP - Eurocopter AS-350B3 - California Highway Patrol - Moffet Federal Airfield (KNUQ)

CAL FIRE:

AA-140 - N414DF - North American OV-10A - California Department of Forestry (CDF) - LNU ECC - Santa Rosa / Sonoma County Airport (KSTS)
TANKER 85 - N438DF - Grumman S-2T - California Department of Forestry (CDF) - LNU ECC - Santa Rosa / Sonoma County Airport (KSTS)
TANKER 86 - N433DF - Grumman S-2T - California Department of Forestry (CDF) - LNU ECC - Santa Rosa / Sonoma County Airport (KSTS)

AA-460 N415DF - North American OV-10A - California Department of Forestry (CDF) - BEU ECC - Hollister Municipal Airport (3O7)
TANKER 80 - N445DF - Grumman S-2T - California Department of Forestry (CDF) - BEU ECC - Hollister Municipal Airport (3O7)
TANKER 81 - N447DF - Grumman S-2T - California Department of Forestry (CDF) - BEU ECC - Hollister Municipal Airport (3O7)

AA-110 - N410DF - North American OV-10A - California Department of Forestry (CDF) - MEU ECC - Ukiah Municipal Airport (KUKI)
TANKER 90 - N434DF - Grumman S-2T - California Department of Forestry (CDF) - MEU ECC - Ukiah Municipal Airport (KUKI)
TANKER 91 - N428DF - Grumman S-2T - California Department of Forestry (CDF) - MEU ECC - Ukiah Municipal Airport (KUKI)

COPTER 101 - N499DF - Bell UH-1 Huey - California Department of Forestry (CDF) - MEU/NEU ECC - Howard National Forest Heliport, Willits, CA
COPTER 104 - N489DF - Bell UH-1 Huey - California Department of Forestry (CDF) - MEU/LNU ECC - Boggs Mountain Heliport, Cobb, CA
COPTER 106 - N495DF - Bell UH-1 Huey - California Department of Forestry (CDF) - SCU/CZU ECC - Alma Heliport, Los Gatos, CA
 
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Awesome list indigo.

Maybe we can wiki this?
 
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A wiki is a great idea. I tried the plane plotter but all that aeronautical jargon is beyond me. I wish there was a simpler way to see the CDF aircraft online this season.
 
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From the FAA N number lookup as of May 22 2011

(CHP has 15 helos and 15 fixed wing as of a 2010 newspaper article)

N-Number Serial Number Manufacturer Name
Model Name
108HP 3635 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
109HP 3245 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
216HP 3330 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
217HP 3628 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
314HP 3379 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
341HP 3407 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
4014Z 52058 BELL
206-L4 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
414HP 3378 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
441HP T20608240 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
443HP T20608241 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
511HP T20608251 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
513HP T20608285 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
518HP 4191 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B2 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
521HP T20608205 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
523HP T20608206 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
531HP T20608250 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
537HP 18280031 CESSNA
182S CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
551HP T20608286 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
553HP T20608633 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
617HP 3471 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
6197N 52014 BELL
206-L4 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
64HP 3675 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
661HP T20608208 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
663HP T20608212 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
708HP 3244 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
771HP T20608177 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
773HP T20608180 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
811HP 3404 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
82786 71-20522 BELL
OH-58A CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
881HP T20608234 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
883HP T20608235 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL

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https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...mt3TXN4ZjIxTDZLTGFnU1NsRzdmUnc&hl=en_US#gid=0

you might find a few more Calif helos at that URL
 
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From the FAA N number lookup as of May 22 2011

(CHP has 15 helos and 15 fixed wing as of a 2010 newspaper article)

N-Number Serial Number Manufacturer Name
Model Name
108HP 3635 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
109HP 3245 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
216HP 3330 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
217HP 3628 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
314HP 3379 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
341HP 3407 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
4014Z 52058 BELL
206-L4 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
414HP 3378 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
441HP T20608240 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
443HP T20608241 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
511HP T20608251 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
513HP T20608285 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
518HP 4191 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B2 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
521HP T20608205 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
523HP T20608206 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
531HP T20608250 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
537HP 18280031 CESSNA
182S CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
551HP T20608286 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
553HP T20608633 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
617HP 3471 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
6197N 52014 BELL
206-L4 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
64HP 3675 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
661HP T20608208 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
663HP T20608212 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
708HP 3244 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
771HP T20608177 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
773HP T20608180 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
811HP 3404 EUROCOPTER
AS 350 B3 CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
82786 71-20522 BELL
OH-58A CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
881HP T20608234 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
883HP T20608235 CESSNA
T206H CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL

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https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...mt3TXN4ZjIxTDZLTGFnU1NsRzdmUnc&hl=en_US#gid=0

you might find a few more Calif helos at that URL
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Thanks, but...Again, the registration numbers aren't the issue...I'm talking about matching registration numbers with callsigns for agencies with multiple aircraft.
 
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