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Prime Air MK30 at College Station, Texas, USA

The Amazon Prime Air MK30 is Amazon's current-generation autonomous last-mile delivery drone, recorded in the aerial form factor to fill the registry's delivery-drone coverage (it is the major US delivery drone with the most-documented safety record). Successor to the MK27-2, it is quieter with greater range and heat tolerance, carries onboard sense-and-avoid, and delivers small packages of up to about five pounds to customers' yards across markets including College Station, Texas, Tolleson, Arizona, Waco, Texas, Richardson, Texas, and parts of the UK and Italy. Made by Amazon's Prime Air unit, it is recorded at pilot maturity rather than stable commercial because a pattern of FAA- and NTSB-investigated crashes has driven repeated US operational suspensions, including a January 2025 pause after dual Oregon test crashes and a Phoenix-area pause after an October 2025 double crane-strike. Its predecessor, the MK27, had its own 2021 crash near Pendleton, Oregon, in which a motor failure caused an uncontrolled fall and a lithium-battery fire that ignited acres of wheat stubble, recorded here as lineage rather than a separate entity.

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Track Prime Air MK30 at College Station, Texas, USA

Machine-readable surfaces

Amazon Prime Air MK30 drone delivery operating in College Station, TX and Lockeford, CA. MK30 crashed into apartment building in Richardson, TX on July 2, 2026.

Safety record

No incidents on record for Prime Air MK30 at College Station, Texas, USA.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Unverified
Last updated
2026-07-08
Model
Prime Air MK30
Company
Amazon
Location
College Station, Texas, USA
Status
operational
First seen
2022-12-01
ID
92c0aa65-6f7e-4366-aa07-3835a6bec67f

Sources (1)

  1. Amazon delivery drone crashes in North Texas · https://www.fox4news.com/news/video-amazon-delivery-drone-crashes-texas · 2022-12-01
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-08

Verification posture

Unreviewed

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-08

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: aerial

Sources by quality tier

1
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Methodology surface for Prime Air MK30 at College Station, Texas, USA.

Common questions

What is the Prime Air MK30 deployment at College Station, Texas, USA?
Prime Air MK30, built by Amazon, is recorded as a deployment at College Station, Texas, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Amazon operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Prime Air MK30 at College Station, Texas, USA?
Amazon, the manufacturer of Prime Air MK30, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Prime Air MK30 deployment at College Station, Texas, USA go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting December 1, 2022 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Prime Air MK30 deployment at College Station, Texas, USA?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
Is Prime Air MK30 at College Station, Texas, USA safe?
Prime Air MK30 at College Station, Texas, USA has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

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