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Prime Air MK30 at Lockeford, California, 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.

Prime Air MK30 by Amazon · Operated by Amazon Prime Air · Unverified · Drones

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Machine-readable surfaces

Amazon's first U.S. commercial drone delivery site, announced June 13, 2022. Service discontinued as of April 22, 2024.

Safety record

No incidents on record for Prime Air MK30 at Lockeford, California, USA.

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Last updated
2026-07-27
Model
Prime Air MK30
Company
Amazon
Location
United States/California, USA/Lockeford, California, USA
Operator
Amazon Prime Air
Status
ended
First seen
2022-06-13
ID
3c012e5b-7cfc-40f9-9d82-8d4aca25cf0c

Timeline

  1. Jun 2022
    First recorded
    Prime Air MK30 first documented operating at Lockeford, California, USA.
  2. Jul 2026
    Current status: ended
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

  1. Amazon Prime Air · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Prime_Air · 2022-06-13
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-27

Verification posture

Unreviewed

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-27

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: aerial

Sources by quality tier

1
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Methodology surface for Prime Air MK30 at Lockeford, California, USA.

Common questions

What is the Prime Air MK30 deployment at Lockeford, California, USA?
Prime Air MK30, built by Amazon, is recorded as a deployment at Lockeford, California, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Amazon Prime Air operates the deployment.
Who operates Prime Air MK30 at Lockeford, California, USA?
Amazon Prime Air operates this deployment as a customer of Amazon, the manufacturer of Prime Air MK30.
When did the Prime Air MK30 deployment at Lockeford, California, USA go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting June 13, 2022 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Is the Prime Air MK30 deployment at Lockeford, California, USA still active?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is no longer operating at this location.
Have there been incidents at the Prime Air MK30 deployment at Lockeford, California, 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.

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