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Drones and delivery

Where can drones deliver packages?

Live in several markets

Yes, in a growing list of countries and US metros.

On DEPLOY's record, drone package delivery is operating today from Zipline, Wing, Amazon Prime Air, Matternet, Flytrex, and Wingcopter, carrying retail orders and medical supplies across parts of the US, Rwanda, Ghana, the UK, Switzerland, Ireland, Malawi, and Australia. The table below lists every verified deployment, each dated and sourced.

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Drone package delivery is real and operating in a growing set of places, though it is far from everywhere. On DEPLOY's record, the active operators are Zipline, Wing (Alphabet), Amazon Prime Air, Matternet, Flytrex, and Wingcopter. Coverage splits into two kinds. In Africa, Zipline runs national medical-delivery networks in Rwanda and Ghana, and Wingcopter flies medical supplies in Malawi.

In wealthy markets, delivery is metro-by-metro: Amazon Prime Air around Phoenix and College Station, Texas; Wing and Zipline delivering Walmart and DoorDash orders in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and other US metros; Flytrex in the Dallas suburbs; and Matternet moving hospital samples for the NHS in London, for UPS in the US, and for Swiss Post in Switzerland. Each entry below is a dated, sourced record, and where a service has ended (as Wing's early Australia operation has) the page says so rather than leaving it live.

Where drone delivery is live

One row per verified deployment, each dated and sourced. Coverage splits between national medical networks in a few African countries and metro-by-metro retail and healthcare services in wealthier markets. The sidewalk (ground) delivery answer lives on where delivery robots operate.

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Operators delivering
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Places on record
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Live services

Package-delivery drone deployments on the record

Source
Amazonlogistics

Prime Air expanding to nearly 500 cities by end of 2026. Items under 5 lbs, 30-60 min delivery, free for Prime members on $50+ orders.

Prime Air MK30Atlanta, Georgia, USAAnnouncedAug 19, 2026
Amazonlogistics

Prime Air expanding to nearly 500 cities by end of 2026. Items under 5 lbs, 30-60 min delivery, free for Prime members on $50+ orders.

Prime Air MK30Boise, Idaho, USAAnnouncedAug 19, 2026
Amazonlogistics

Prime Air expanding to nearly 500 cities by end of 2026. Items under 5 lbs, 30-60 min delivery, free for Prime members on $50+ orders.

Prime Air MK30Chicago, Illinois, USAAnnouncedAug 19, 2026
How we know this

Every row on this page comes from a dated, sourced Deployment record in the DEPLOY registry: an aerial delivery drone (an airspace, logistics vehicle), its operator, and the place it flies. Here are the sources behind them.

MashableAmazon drone delivery takes off in ArizonaAmazon launches same-day drone delivery in Arizona cityTechCrunchCBS NewsHouston Business Journal / KHOUAbout AmazonThe VergeFOX 4 NewsWikipediaBuoyant Aero (case study)DEXA takes drone delivery into the future to Dayton and beyondKroger and Drone Express Partner to Provide Grocery Delivery by DroneWalmart made over 6,000 drone deliveries in 2022We're Bringing the Convenience of Drone Delivery to 4 Million U.S. HouseholdsWalmart drone delivery service launches in Arizona with DroneUpElroy Air - NewsElroy Air demonstrates autonomous cargo delivery systems for Air Mobility Command and AFWERXFlytrexDoorDash and Flytrex Launch Drone Delivery in Dallas-Fort WorthIrish Drone Delivery Startup Manna Launches in U.S. with Trick-or-Treat Deliveries North of Fort WorthManna Air Delivery to Create 400 New Jobs in Ireland and the United StatesManna Starts Drone Delivery Flights in Balbriggan, IrelandAdvocate HealthAeroMorningGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (official)DroneLifeDroneDJMatternetWakeMed Hospital First in the Nation to Debut Drone Delivery for Medical SamplesCommercial UAV NewsMatternet (PR Newswire)Matternet (Business Wire)TechCrunchIEEE SpectrumMobiHealthNewsMy Neighborhood NewsTechCrunchDoorDash (official)Wing (official)Walmart (official)Wing (official)TechCrunchTechCrunchWingWing Drones to Deliver Medical Supplies to Dublin HospitalsYahoo FinanceVentureBeatDoorDash (official)WingcopterHumanitarian Drone Corridor Launched in Malawi | UNICEFZipline (GlobeNewswire)DroneLifeZipline Accelerates U.S. Growth with 13X Marketplace Expansion, New Leadership Hires, and Launches in Austin and ClevelandDroneLifeCity of Kaufman, TXYahoo FinanceFierce HealthcareThe Drone GirlDroneLifeWikipediazipline bentonville arkansasZipline Surpasses 2 Million Deliveries, Raises More than $600M to Power Next Phase of GrowthCleveland Clinic Launches First Long-Term U.S. Health System Drone Prescription Delivery ProgramFreightWavesFierce HealthcareMichigan Medicine (official)Becker's Hospital ReviewWarehouse Robotics Market Report 2026Zipline (official)AxiosWarp NewsIEEE SpectrumFortune

Coverage claims are attributed to the operators and their reporting; a deployment is on the record only when a reviewed, sourced entry supports it. Warehouse inventory drones, which fly indoors and deliver nothing to a recipient, are excluded.

Common questions

Which companies deliver by drone?
On DEPLOY's record the active package-delivery drone operators are Zipline, Wing (owned by Alphabet), Amazon Prime Air, Matternet, Flytrex, and Wingcopter. Zipline and Wingcopter focus on medical delivery, Amazon and Flytrex on retail and restaurant orders, Wing on retail via Walmart and DoorDash, and Matternet on hospital-sample logistics. Each has dated, sourced deployments in the table above.
Can Amazon deliver packages by drone?
Yes, in specific places. On DEPLOY's record Amazon Prime Air runs same-day drone delivery around the West Valley of Phoenix (from a site in Tolleson, Arizona) using its MK30 drone, and it has operated in College Station, Texas. It is a metro-by-metro rollout, not a nationwide service, and the record notes an MK30 that crashed in Richardson, Texas, so this is a live but still-limited program.
Where does Zipline deliver?
Zipline runs national medical-delivery drone networks in Rwanda (since 2016) and Ghana, and has expanded into US retail and healthcare delivery, including Walmart orders in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas and prescription delivery for US health systems. A November 2025 US State Department contract is set to widen its African network further. Every Zipline entry on this page is dated and sourced.
Is drone delivery available everywhere?
No. Drone delivery is live in a limited and specific set of places, not nationwide anywhere in the US. It runs as national medical networks in a few African countries and as metro-by-metro pilots and services in parts of the US, the UK, Switzerland, Ireland, and Australia. DEPLOY tracks each verified deployment as a dated, sourced record and does not claim coverage it cannot show, so a place that is not on this page is not on our record yet.
What can delivery drones actually carry?
It depends on the operator. Medical operators like Zipline, Matternet, and Wingcopter carry blood, vaccines, prescriptions, and diagnostic samples, often between hospitals or to clinics. Retail operators like Amazon Prime Air, Wing, and Flytrex carry small consumer orders, typically up to a few pounds, from a store or restaurant to a nearby home. This page tracks where each operates; the per-model specs live on each drone's record.

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