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Prime Air MK30 at Papillion, Nebraska, 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 · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Drones

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Announced as one of 11 new Prime Air launch locations in Aug 2026 expansion to nearly 500 US cities.

Safety record

No incidents on record for Prime Air MK30 at Papillion, Nebraska, USA.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-20
Model
Prime Air MK30
Company
Amazon
Location
Papillion, Nebraska, USA
Operator
Amazon Prime Air
Status
announced
First seen
2026-08-19
ID
539859c0-1a11-4c40-b532-2086879ba92d

Timeline

  1. Aug 2026
    First recorded
    Prime Air MK30 first documented operating at Papillion, Nebraska, USA.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: announced, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

  1. Amazon's Prime Air is taking off in nearly 500 U.S. cities · https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/19/amazons-prime-air-is-taking-off-in-nearly-500-u-s-cities/ · 2026-08-19
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-20

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-20

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: aerial

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Common questions

What is the Prime Air MK30 deployment at Papillion, Nebraska, USA?
Prime Air MK30, built by Amazon, is recorded as a deployment at Papillion, Nebraska, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Amazon Prime Air operates the deployment.
Who operates Prime Air MK30 at Papillion, Nebraska, 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 Papillion, Nebraska, USA go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting August 19, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Is the Prime Air MK30 deployment at Papillion, Nebraska, USA still active?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is announced but not yet operating.
Have there been incidents at the Prime Air MK30 deployment at Papillion, Nebraska, 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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