Amazon (Amazon Robotics) · delivery drone
Prime Air MK30
Amazon's hexacopter-style delivery drone for parcels up to 5 lb. It uses cameras and machine learning to detect and avoid people, animals, aircraft and obstacles, and a separate monitor computer can switch to a backup controller and fly home.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- DriverlessHow it runs
- Driverless
- In serviceSince 2024-11
- Fleet
- —See details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Payload
- 2.3 kgCarries more than 17%
Why it matters
Amazon says the FAA approved it to fly beyond visual line of sight from the first day at a new site.
Real-world use
MK30 deliveries began from Tolleson, Arizona in November 2024; the drone had also started deliveries in College Station, Texas (Amazon, November 2024).
Timeline
- First shown
- 2024-11
- Released
- 2024-11
Maker
Amazon (Amazon Robotics)Company · founded 2003 (as Kiva Systems) · Seattle, Washington, United StatesWholly owned by Amazon
How it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- Tolleson, Arizona and College Station, Texas, US (Amazon, November 2024)
- Driverless since
- 2024-11
- Fleet
- not published
How it stacks up
Against other delivery drones that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Prime Air MK30 carries more than 17% of the 6 other delivery drones that publish a payload. Bars show the 6 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
#25 of 215 current vehicles in public attention.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- 12 reported deployments
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Other movement
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.
From the maker
Prime Air MK30 is the only vehicle from Amazon in the atlas.
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Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
12 reported deployments.
- Deployed
Amazon Prime Air · Tolleson
Amazon Prime Air delivers packages by MK30 drone to customers around Tolleson, Arizona (Phoenix metro), one of its 11 US drone sites (Amazon, 2026). Amazon
- Deployed
Amazon Prime Air · Ruskin
Amazon Prime Air delivers packages by MK30 drone to customers around Ruskin, Florida (Tampa metro), one of its 11 US drone sites (Amazon, 2026). Amazon
- Deployed
Amazon Prime Air · Kansas City
Amazon Prime Air delivers packages by MK30 drone to customers around Kansas City, Kansas, one of its 11 US drone sites (Amazon, 2026). Amazon
- Deployed
Amazon Prime Air · Papillion
Amazon Prime Air delivers packages by MK30 drone to customers around Papillion, Nebraska (Omaha metro), one of its 11 US drone sites (Amazon, 2026). Amazon
- Deployed
Amazon Prime Air · Baton Rouge
Amazon Prime Air delivers packages by MK30 drone to customers around Baton Rouge, Louisiana, one of its 11 US drone sites (Amazon, 2026). Amazon
- Deployed
Amazon Prime Air · Hazel Park
Amazon Prime Air delivers packages by MK30 drone to customers around Hazel Park, Michigan (Detroit metro), one of its 11 US drone sites (Amazon, 2026). Amazon
- Deployed
Amazon Prime Air · Pontiac
Amazon Prime Air delivers packages by MK30 drone to customers around Pontiac, Michigan (Detroit metro), one of its 11 US drone sites (Amazon, 2026). Amazon
- Deployed
Amazon Prime Air · Richmond
Amazon Prime Air delivers packages by MK30 drone to customers around Richmond, Texas (Houston metro), one of its 11 US drone sites (Amazon, 2026). Amazon
- Deployed
Amazon Prime Air · San Antonio
Amazon Prime Air delivers packages by MK30 drone to customers around San Antonio, Texas, one of its 11 US drone sites (Amazon, 2026). Amazon
- Deployed
Amazon Prime Air · Richardson
Amazon Prime Air delivers packages by MK30 drone to customers around Richardson, Texas (Dallas metro), one of its 11 US drone sites (Amazon, 2026). Amazon
- Deployed
Amazon Prime Air · Waco
Amazon Prime Air delivers packages by MK30 drone to customers around Waco, Texas, one of its 11 US drone sites (Amazon, 2026). Amazon
- Deployed
Amazon Prime Air · Amazon fulfillment centre · Darlington
Darlington, England, is Amazon Prime Air's first drone delivery site outside the US. Amazon
Sources
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