Robot model
Prime Air MK30
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…
- Manufacturer
- Amazon
- Form factor
- aerial
- Maturity
- pilot
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 2
- Website
- aboutamazon.com ↗
Appears inLogistics robots/Delivery drones
Overview
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.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- pilot(Small-scale deployment in controlled or trial conditions.)
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Sources on file
- 4 sources, view all
Key facts
Payload
Autonomy level
Form factor
Sensor suite
Maturity
Specs
Notes
Range
Specs
Max speed
Form Factor
Payload kg
Data & sources
Press releases
1
Web sources
3
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Pricing
No verified price is on record for Prime Air MK30. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (2)
Amazon Prime Air MK30 drone delivery operating in College Station, TX and Lockeford, CA.
- Prime Air MK30 at Phoenixoperational
In November 2024 Amazon launched Prime Air drone delivery service in Tolleson, Arizona using its new MK30 drone, covering the West Valley Phoenix Metro Area.
Prime Air MK30 on the deployment map
Where Prime Air MK30 is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
- delivery and inspection drones in United States →
- delivery and inspection drones in California →
- delivery and inspection drones in Ukraine (combat zones) →
- delivery and inspection drones in Nevada →
- delivery and inspection drones in United Kingdom →
- delivery and inspection drones in China →
- The global deployment map →
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Superseded updatedJul 11, 2026
prime-air-mk30 -> amazon-prime-air-mk30
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Amazon Prime Air operations (MK30 era)
- Record createdJun 4, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Incident recordedFeb 15, 2026
Amazon MK30 delivery drone struck an apartment building in Richardson, Texas; backyard...
- Incident recordedNov 25, 2025
Amazon MK30 delivery drone clipped an internet cable in Waco, Texas; FAA probe
Previous generation
- Amazon Prime Air MK30superseded
The historical entries remain on the registry for reference; current coverage tracks this generation.
Deployment-verified media (1)
Amazon's Prime Air safety-and-operations film from the MK30 era. No MK30-product-specific film exists on Amazon's official channel; this is the closest official Prime Air video.
From deployment: Phoenix
Regulatory filings (2)
- faa_actionfaa action · us_faaactive
- faa_actionfaa action · us_faacleared
Applicant: Amazon
Safety record
4 incidents on record (2 serious, 1 moderate, 1 minor). Most recent: Feb 2026.
Most recent: Feb 2026
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Incidents affecting Prime Air MK30 (4)
- Amazon MK30 delivery drone struck an apartment building in Richardson, Texas; backyard grass fire2026-02-15 · Property damage
- Amazon MK30 delivery drone clipped an internet cable in Waco, Texas; FAA probe2025-11-25 · Malfunction
- Two Amazon MK30 drones struck the same construction crane in Tolleson, Arizona2025-10-01 · Collision
- Two Amazon MK30 delivery drones crashed within minutes at an Oregon test site2024-12-16 · Malfunction
Includes incidents linked directly to this model or to deployments of it. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (4)
- https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-prime-air-drone-delivery-mk30-design
- https://dronexl.co/2025/05/16/why-amazon-mk30-drones-crashed-sensor-issues-exposed/
- https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/amazon-drones-crash-crane-arizona
- https://www.amazon.com/Prime-Air-Drone-Operations/b?ie=UTF8&node=216862659011
Common questions
- What is Prime Air MK30?
- 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.
- How much does Prime Air MK30 cost?
- Prime Air MK30's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Prime Air MK30 from Amazon. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
- Is Prime Air MK30 actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. Prime Air MK30 is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Is Prime Air MK30 autonomous or teleoperated?
- Yes. DEPLOY independently verifies Prime Air MK30 performing Delivers packages autonomously, with no human in the loop.
- What are the specs of Prime Air MK30?
- Prime Air MK30's recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: Range: 7.5 mi; Max speed: 74 mph; Payload: 2.26 kg. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.
- Who makes Prime Air MK30?
- Prime Air MK30 is made by Amazon, based in Seattle, Washington, USA, founded in 1994.
- Where is Prime Air MK30 deployed?
- 2 verified deployments of Prime Air MK30 are on the DEPLOY registry, including at College Station, Texas, USA, Phoenix.
- Can you buy Prime Air MK30?
- Prime Air MK30 is in pilot deployments with named customers and is not yet broadly for sale.
- Is Prime Air MK30 FAA certified?
- Prime Air MK30 has 2 regulatory records on the DEPLOY registry: FAA authorization, active; FAA authorization, cleared. See the Regulatory filings section for each agency source.
- What are alternatives to Prime Air MK30?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable aerial robots to Prime Air MK30 include Skydio X10, Wing Delivery Aircraft, MQ-9 Reaper, Matternet M2.
- How does Prime Air MK30 compare to Skydio X10?
- Prime Air MK30 and Skydio X10 (Skydio · 5 deployments) are both aerial robots on the DEPLOY registry. Prime Air MK30 has 2 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is Prime Air MK30 a top aerial?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Prime Air MK30 ranks in roughly the top 15% of aerial models tracked by the registry.
- What is Prime Air MK30's maturity stage?
- Prime Air MK30 is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.
- Is Prime Air MK30 safe?
- Prime Air MK30 has 4 active incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. 4 incidents on record (2 serious, 1 moderate, 1 minor). Most recent: Feb 2026. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.
- How fast is Amazon Prime Air MK30 drone delivery?
- Amazon Prime Air MK30 drones deliver small packages weighing up to 5 pounds (2.3 kg) in as little as 30 to 60 minutes. The MK30 went through 1,070 flight hours on 6,300+ flights during testing. Amazon is FAA Part 135 certified. Prime Air operates in multiple US locations.
Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-15
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-15
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Prime Air MK30.Recent coverage
Prime Air MK30 in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Prime Air MK30 from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/amazon-prime-air-mk30.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/989509b8-2112-4a9d-b37a-55d09be1aaa2
- Revision history: /models/amazon-prime-air-mk30/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
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Reality vs attention
Prime Air MK30 draws attention at the 94th percentile but verifies reality at the 75th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap +19.3, 23rd widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Strong recent media coverage and press activity. Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 19, 2026