# Where can drones deliver packages?

**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.

Last verified Jun 18, 2025. 40 sources.

## Short answer

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

| Operator | Drone | Where | Status | Latest record | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amazon | Prime Air MK30 | Phoenix, Arizona | Delivering | Nov 5, 2024 | [Amazon drone delivery takes off in Arizona](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-drone-delivery-arizona) (2024-11-05), [Amazon launches same-day drone delivery in Arizona city](https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/amazon-launches-same-day-drone-delivery-in-arizona-city/732275/) (2024-11-05) |
| Amazon | Prime Air MK30 | College Station, Texas, USA, United States | Delivering | Dec 1, 2022 | [FOX 4 News](https://www.fox4news.com/news/video-amazon-delivery-drone-crashes-texas) (2022-12-01) |
| Flytrex | Flytrex delivery drone (Sky2) | Dallas, Texas | Delivering | not yet on record | [Flytrex](https://www.flytrex.com/), [DoorDash and Flytrex Launch Drone Delivery in Dallas-Fort Worth](https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/doordash-flytrex-launch-drone-delivery) |
| Matternet | Matternet M2 | London, UK, United Kingdom | Delivering | Jan 1, 2024 | [Commercial UAV News](https://www.commercialuavnews.com/matternet-launches-uk-drone-delivery-operations-nhs) (2024-01-01) |
| Matternet | Matternet Station | Raleigh, North Carolina | Delivering | not yet on record | [Matternet](https://matternet.us/), [WakeMed Hospital First in the Nation to Debut Drone Delivery for Medical Samples](https://www.wral.com/wakemed-hospital-first-in-the-nation-to-debut-drone-delivery-for-medical-samples/18286070/) |
| Matternet | Matternet M2 | United Kingdom | Delivering | Jun 18, 2025 | [Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (official)](https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/news/nhs-blood-samples-be-delivered-drones-london-first), [DroneLife](https://dronelife.com/2025/06/18/apian-expands-nhs-drone-delivery-network-with-matternet-partnership/), [DroneDJ](https://dronedj.com/2026/04/27/nhs-london-medical-drone-delivery/) |
| Matternet | Matternet M2 | United States | Delivering | Jul 1, 2020 | [Matternet (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/matternets-m2-drone-system-enabling-new-us-hospital-delivery-network-at-wake-forest-baptist-health-301093121.html), [Matternet (Business Wire)](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230906895698/en/Matternet-Partner-UPS-Flight-Forward-Receives-FAA-Authorization-to-Operate-Matternet-M2-Delivery-Drones-Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight) |
| Matternet | Matternet M2 | Switzerland | Delivering | Jan 1, 2017 | [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/30/drone-crash-near-kids-leads-swiss-post-and-matternet-to-suspend-autonomous-deliveries/), [IEEE Spectrum](https://spectrum.ieee.org/swiss-post-suspends-drone-delivery-service-after-second-crash), [MobiHealthNews](https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/emea/swiss-post-matternet-resume-drone-delivery-operations-hospital-facilities-switzerland) |
| Wing | Wing Autoloader | Dublin, Ireland | Delivering | not yet on record | [Wing](https://wing.com/), [Wing Drones to Deliver Medical Supplies to Dublin Hospitals](https://www.commercialuavnews.com/wing-drones-to-deliver-medical-supplies-to-dublin-hospitals) |
| Wing | Wing Delivery Aircraft | United States | Delivering | May 14, 2025 | [DoorDash (official)](https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/doordash-wing-expand-to-charlotte), [Wing (official)](https://wing.com/news/wing-and-doordash-tee-off-first-ever-drone-delivery-service-in-charlotte), [Walmart (official)](https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2023/08/24/walmart-and-wing-team-up-to-provide-the-convenience-of-drone-delivery), [Wing (official)](https://wing.com/news/wing-walmart-expand-drone-delivery-coast-to-coast), [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/11/wing-to-expand-drone-delivery-to-another-150-walmart-stores/), [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/05/walmart-and-wing-expand-drone-delivery-to-five-more-u-s-cities/) (2019-01-01) |
| Wing | Wing Delivery Aircraft | Australia | Delivering | Apr 1, 2019 | [VentureBeat](https://venturebeat.com/ai/wing-launches-commercial-drone-delivery-service-in-canberra-australia/), [DoorDash (official)](https://about.doordash.com/en-au/news/doordash-and-wing-announce-pilot-program-to-make-drone-delivery-available-via-doordash-app-in-australia), [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/googles-next-big-bet-taking-drone-deliveries-mainstream-130058913.html) (2017-01-01) |
| Wingcopter | Wingcopter 198 | Lilongwe, Malawi | Delivering | not yet on record | [Wingcopter](https://wingcopter.com/), [Humanitarian Drone Corridor Launched in Malawi \| UNICEF](https://www.unicef.org/stories/humanitarian-drone-corridor-launched-malawi) |
| Zipline | Zipline Platform 2 (P2) | Texas, United States | Delivering | Apr 10, 2025 | [The Drone Girl](https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/04/10/zipline-p2-home-delivery-texas/), [DroneLife](https://dronelife.com/2025/11/11/from-store-to-sky-zipline-and-walmart-grow-drone-delivery-network-in-texas/) |
| Zipline | Zipline Platform 1 (Zip) | Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire | Delivering | Apr 1, 2019 | [Zipline (official)](https://www.zipline.com/newsroom/news/announcements/zipline-to-triple-its-life-saving-drone-delivery-network-with-150-million-u-s-state-department-contract-that-will-be-more-than-doubled-by-african-countries), [Axios](https://www.axios.com/2025/11/25/state-department-africa-zipline), [Warp News](https://www.warpnews.org/transportation/zipline-surpasses-2-million-drone-deliveries-and-expands-to-new-cities/) (2019-04-01) |
| Zipline | Zipline Platform 1 (Zip) | Rwanda | Delivering | Oct 1, 2016 | [IEEE Spectrum](https://spectrum.ieee.org/in-the-air-with-ziplines-medical-delivery-drones), [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2023/03/22/zipline-ceo-keller-rinaudo-cliffton-logistics-health-care-farmers-walmart/), [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipline_(drone_delivery_company)) (2016-10-01) |
| Zipline | Zipline Platform 2 (P2) | United States | Delivering | not yet on record | [Fierce Healthcare](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/ziplines-new-drone-brings-rx-deliveries-michigan-medicine-intermountain-multicare), [Michigan Medicine (official)](https://www.michiganmedicine.org/news-release/michigan-medicine-deploy-ziplines-drone-service-delivery-patient-prescriptions), [Becker's Hospital Review](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/pharmacy/michigan-medicine-2-other-systems-to-deploy-prescriptions-with-new-drones/) |

## How we know this

- [Amazon drone delivery takes off in Arizona](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-drone-delivery-arizona) (2024-11-05)
- [Amazon launches same-day drone delivery in Arizona city](https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/amazon-launches-same-day-drone-delivery-in-arizona-city/732275/) (2024-11-05)
- [FOX 4 News](https://www.fox4news.com/news/video-amazon-delivery-drone-crashes-texas) (2022-12-01)
- [Flytrex](https://www.flytrex.com/)
- [DoorDash and Flytrex Launch Drone Delivery in Dallas-Fort Worth](https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/doordash-flytrex-launch-drone-delivery)
- [Commercial UAV News](https://www.commercialuavnews.com/matternet-launches-uk-drone-delivery-operations-nhs) (2024-01-01)
- [Matternet](https://matternet.us/)
- [WakeMed Hospital First in the Nation to Debut Drone Delivery for Medical Samples](https://www.wral.com/wakemed-hospital-first-in-the-nation-to-debut-drone-delivery-for-medical-samples/18286070/)
- [Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (official)](https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/news/nhs-blood-samples-be-delivered-drones-london-first)
- [DroneLife](https://dronelife.com/2025/06/18/apian-expands-nhs-drone-delivery-network-with-matternet-partnership/)
- [DroneDJ](https://dronedj.com/2026/04/27/nhs-london-medical-drone-delivery/)
- [Matternet (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/matternets-m2-drone-system-enabling-new-us-hospital-delivery-network-at-wake-forest-baptist-health-301093121.html)
- [Matternet (Business Wire)](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230906895698/en/Matternet-Partner-UPS-Flight-Forward-Receives-FAA-Authorization-to-Operate-Matternet-M2-Delivery-Drones-Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/30/drone-crash-near-kids-leads-swiss-post-and-matternet-to-suspend-autonomous-deliveries/)
- [IEEE Spectrum](https://spectrum.ieee.org/swiss-post-suspends-drone-delivery-service-after-second-crash)
- [MobiHealthNews](https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/emea/swiss-post-matternet-resume-drone-delivery-operations-hospital-facilities-switzerland)
- [Wing](https://wing.com/)
- [Wing Drones to Deliver Medical Supplies to Dublin Hospitals](https://www.commercialuavnews.com/wing-drones-to-deliver-medical-supplies-to-dublin-hospitals)
- [DoorDash (official)](https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/doordash-wing-expand-to-charlotte)
- [Wing (official)](https://wing.com/news/wing-and-doordash-tee-off-first-ever-drone-delivery-service-in-charlotte)
- [Walmart (official)](https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2023/08/24/walmart-and-wing-team-up-to-provide-the-convenience-of-drone-delivery)
- [Wing (official)](https://wing.com/news/wing-walmart-expand-drone-delivery-coast-to-coast)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/11/wing-to-expand-drone-delivery-to-another-150-walmart-stores/)
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/05/walmart-and-wing-expand-drone-delivery-to-five-more-u-s-cities/) (2019-01-01)
- [VentureBeat](https://venturebeat.com/ai/wing-launches-commercial-drone-delivery-service-in-canberra-australia/)
- [DoorDash (official)](https://about.doordash.com/en-au/news/doordash-and-wing-announce-pilot-program-to-make-drone-delivery-available-via-doordash-app-in-australia)
- [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/googles-next-big-bet-taking-drone-deliveries-mainstream-130058913.html) (2017-01-01)
- [Wingcopter](https://wingcopter.com/)
- [Humanitarian Drone Corridor Launched in Malawi \| UNICEF](https://www.unicef.org/stories/humanitarian-drone-corridor-launched-malawi)
- [The Drone Girl](https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/04/10/zipline-p2-home-delivery-texas/)
- [DroneLife](https://dronelife.com/2025/11/11/from-store-to-sky-zipline-and-walmart-grow-drone-delivery-network-in-texas/)
- [Zipline (official)](https://www.zipline.com/newsroom/news/announcements/zipline-to-triple-its-life-saving-drone-delivery-network-with-150-million-u-s-state-department-contract-that-will-be-more-than-doubled-by-african-countries)
- [Axios](https://www.axios.com/2025/11/25/state-department-africa-zipline)
- [Warp News](https://www.warpnews.org/transportation/zipline-surpasses-2-million-drone-deliveries-and-expands-to-new-cities/) (2019-04-01)
- [IEEE Spectrum](https://spectrum.ieee.org/in-the-air-with-ziplines-medical-delivery-drones)
- [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2023/03/22/zipline-ceo-keller-rinaudo-cliffton-logistics-health-care-farmers-walmart/)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipline_(drone_delivery_company)) (2016-10-01)
- [Fierce Healthcare](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/ziplines-new-drone-brings-rx-deliveries-michigan-medicine-intermountain-multicare)
- [Michigan Medicine (official)](https://www.michiganmedicine.org/news-release/michigan-medicine-deploy-ziplines-drone-service-delivery-patient-prescriptions)
- [Becker's Hospital Review](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/pharmacy/michigan-medicine-2-other-systems-to-deploy-prescriptions-with-new-drones/)

## 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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