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.

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.

Yes. DEPLOY independently verifies Prime Air MK30 performing Delivers packages autonomously, with no human in the loop.

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.

Prime Air MK30 is made by Amazon, based in Seattle, Washington, USA, founded in 1994.

22 verified deployments of Prime Air MK30 are on the DEPLOY registry, including at College Station, Texas, USA, Tolleson, Arizona, USA, Darlington, England, United Kingdom.

Prime Air MK30 is in pilot deployments with named customers and is not yet broadly for sale.

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.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable aerial robots to Prime Air MK30 include Wing Delivery Aircraft, Skydio X10, Zipline Platform 2 (P2), Manna Delivery Drone.

Prime Air MK30 and Wing Delivery Aircraft (Wing · 35 deployments) are both aerial robots on the DEPLOY registry. Prime Air MK30 has 22 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Prime Air MK30 ranks in roughly the top 2% of aerial models tracked by the registry.

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.

Prime Air MK30 has 6 active incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. 6 incidents on record (2 serious, 1 moderate, 3 minor). Most recent: Aug 2026. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.

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.