Drone delivery services in the U.S.: who delivers where
By the operators' own pages, 5 operators in 15 metro areas deliver by drone today, and Dallas–Fort Worth has four of them. Type your ZIP code to see who reaches you.
Is drone delivery in my area?
Type a ZIP code or a town, use your location, or tap the map. You get each drone delivery service that reaches the spot by what its operator publishes, with the source and the date we checked it, or the nearest service if none does.
Delivers nowEarly access or patients onlyYour spotAlaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico are drawn below the lower 48.
Type a ZIP code or a town, or tap the map: who delivers by drone there shows here, with the source and the date we checked it.
Data checked Nov 15, 2026. Drone delivery areas change often, and not every address inside an area qualifies: the operator's own app or address check has the final word. Distances are straight-line miles.
Drone delivery companies in the U.S. and how to order from them
Five companies fly drone deliveries to U.S. homes today. You order in an app: Walmart's, DoorDash's, Amazon's or the drone company's own.
Drone delivery operators, as each describes its service
Wing
Alphabet's drone delivery company
- Dallas–Fort Worth, TX
- Houston, TX
- Atlanta, GA
- Charlotte, NC
- Orlando, FL
- Memphis, TN
- Sells through
- Walmart, DoorDash
- Payload
- Up to 5 lb on its technology page; 2.75 lb at its newest (Memphis) sites for now
- Range
- Homes within about 4 miles of a site
- How to order
- Walmart app, DoorDash app or the Wing app
Zipline
Drone maker and operator from South San Francisco
- Dallas–Fort Worth, TX
- Houston, TX (early access)
- Austin, TX (early access)
- Cleveland, OH (Cleveland Clinic patients only)
- Northwest Arkansas, AR (Walmart pharmacy only)
- Sells through
- Walmart, restaurants and local stores, Cleveland Clinic
- Payload
- Up to 8 lb on its fact sheet; its support page says about 5 lb per trip
- Range
- A 10-mile service radius per dock; Zipline support says 1.5 miles from participating Walmart stores
- How to order
- Zipline app; the Walmart app at some stores
Amazon Prime Air
Amazon's own drone delivery service
- Phoenix, AZ
- Tampa, FL
- Kansas City, KS
- Omaha, NE
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Detroit, MI
- Houston, TX
- San Antonio, TX
- Dallas–Fort Worth, TX
- Waco, TX
- Sells through
- Amazon
- Payload
- Up to 5 lb, in a box no bigger than a large shoebox
- Range
- About 175 square miles around each site
- How to order
- Amazon app or website: pick drone delivery at checkout
Flytrex
Drone delivery company working in the Dallas–Fort Worth area
- Dallas–Fort Worth, TX
- Sells through
- DoorDash, local restaurants
- Payload
- Up to 8.8 lb
- Range
- 2 to 3 miles; its map draws about 2.5 miles around each site
- How to order
- Flytrex app or DoorDash
Manna
Irish-founded air delivery company
- Tulsa, OK
- Sells through
- Local stores and restaurants
- Payload
- Up to 8.8 lb
- Range
- Within 2 miles of its Cherry Street base in Tulsa at launch
- How to order
- Manna app
Certified, not on the list
Other companies hold the FAA's drone air carrier certificate, among them UPS Flight Forward, Causey Aviation Unmanned, DroneUp, DEXA and DoorDash, but none lists a home delivery area we could confirm on its own pages, so the cards and the lookup leave them out.
DoorDash's own drone service, DoorDash Air, announced a pilot in Northern California on September 30, 2026, without naming an area.
Payload and range are each operator's own figures; where two of its pages differ, both are given.
Where drone delivery operates now, metro by metro
5 operators in 15 metro areas in 12 states: Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas, Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, Louisiana, Michigan and Oklahoma, plus prescriptions for patients in Ohio.
A dashed tile: early access or a limited service only.
Dallas–Fort Worth, TX4 operators
- Wing: places named: Arlington, Azle, Cedar Hill, Dallas, Denton, Fort Worth, Frisco, Garland, Haslet, Hickory Creek, Hurst, Lancaster, Lewisville, Mansfield, North Richland Hills, Seagoville, Wylie; 3 sites with a known address.
- Zipline: places named: Rowlett, Mesquite, Waxahachie.
- Amazon Prime Air (Richardson site): 22 ZIP codes listed.
- Flytrex: 6 sites on its map, at Little Elm, Wylie, Rowlett, Hurst, Corinth and Denton.
Houston, TX3 operators
- Wing: places named: Crosby, Houston, Katy, Kemah, Missouri City, Montgomery, New Caney, Richmond, Spring; 5 sites with a known address.
- Zipline (early access): places named: Cypress.
- Amazon Prime Air (Richmond site): 15 ZIP codes listed.
Atlanta, GA
- Wing: places named: Conyers, Dallas (GA), Ellenwood, Hampton, Hiram, Locust Grove, Loganville, McDonough, Newnan, Snellville, Stockbridge, Woodstock; 6 sites with a known address.
Charlotte, NC
- Wing: places named: Charlotte, Concord, Gastonia, Huntersville, Indian Trail, Kannapolis, Kings Mountain, Lincolnton, Matthews, Shelby.
Orlando, FL
- Wing: places named: Apopka, Clermont, Haines City, Ocoee; 5 sites with a known address.
Memphis, TN
- Wing: places named: Bartlett, West Memphis (AR); 3 sites with a known address.
9 more metro areas and 3 with early access or a limited service
Phoenix, AZ
- Amazon Prime Air (Tolleson site): 16 ZIP codes listed.
Tampa, FL
- Amazon Prime Air (Ruskin site): 8 ZIP codes listed.
Kansas City, KS
- Amazon Prime Air (Kansas City site): 14 ZIP codes listed.
Omaha, NE
- Amazon Prime Air (Papillion site): 10 ZIP codes listed.
Baton Rouge, LA
- Amazon Prime Air (Baton Rouge site): 20 ZIP codes listed.
Detroit, MI
- Amazon Prime Air (Hazel Park site): 33 ZIP codes listed.
- Amazon Prime Air (Pontiac site): 19 ZIP codes listed.
San Antonio, TX
- Amazon Prime Air (San Antonio site): 12 ZIP codes listed.
Waco, TX
- Amazon Prime Air (Waco site): 11 ZIP codes listed.
Tulsa, OK
- Manna: from its Cherry Street base at 1631 E. 15th St., within about 2 miles.
Austin, TX
- Zipline (early access): places named: Round Rock.
Cleveland, OH
- Zipline (Cleveland Clinic patients only): within about 5 miles of Cleveland Clinic's Beachwood Administrative Campus.
Northwest Arkansas, AR
- Zipline (Walmart pharmacy only): places named: Pea Ridge.
Announced, not flying yet
Each operator's own list of places it says are coming. None of them answers yes in the lookup until the operator says it delivers there.
- Wing: Cincinnati, Denver (planned for 2027), Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle (planned for 2027), St. Louis, Tampa.
- Amazon Prime Air: Chicago, Syracuse, Cleveland, Atlanta, Boise.
- Zipline: Phoenix.
- Flytrex: new Dallas–Fort Worth sites at Frisco, Murphy, Garland, North Hurst and Fort Worth; Houston; Charlotte; Atlanta.
- Manna: Dallas.
A town on the list is not a yes
Operators name the towns they reach, but every service checks the address itself. Amazon says it plainly for its ZIP codes, and Walmart for its own: not every address in a listed area qualifies.
Walmart drone delivery: Wing and Zipline fly the orders
Walmart does not fly the drones itself: Wing and Zipline fly its orders from Walmart stores, and Walmart says the program has made more than 2 million drone deliveries.
You order in the Walmart app or on Walmart.com. Walmart's help page on drone delivery sets the conditions: an eligible address and basket, a home within a set distance of a store that offers drone delivery, and an order of 2 to 8 lb, depending on the drone company. Deliveries take up to 30 minutes to arrive, and an order can be canceled until the drone takes off. Availability also depends on the weather and on each drone company's own terms.
- Who flies
Wing flies Walmart orders in Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, Atlanta, Orlando and Memphis; Zipline flies them in Dallas–Fort Worth, from stores such as those in Mesquite and Waxahachie, and Walmart pharmacy orders in Pea Ridge, Arkansas.
Delivers now - The fee
Walmart's own pages disagree. Its drone delivery help page says Walmart+ members pay no fee for a limited time; its page on the site and app says a $19.99 fee applies to every drone order and Walmart+ members pay $0; its drone shop page calls delivery free for a limited time. The checkout shows the fee that applies.
Varies - Who can order
Adults with a Walmart account: Walmart's drone delivery terms (last updated February 25, 2025) ask for a customer 18 or older with a Walmart.com or Walmart+ account, and ask you to keep 20 feet from the drone.
18+ - What comes next
300 more Zipline sites, under a multi-year agreement announced November 5, 2026. Walmart named none of them yet, so the lookup does not include them.
AnnouncedIn Walmart's words
Walmart is adding 300 new Zipline drone delivery sites through a multi-year agreement, bringing faster delivery to more communities across the country.
Walmart corporate news, Walmart Expands Nation's Largest Retail Drone Delivery Operation with 300 New Zipline Sites (November 5, 2026)What it means: the same release counts more than 2 million Walmart drone deliveries, says Walmart has worked with Zipline since 2021, and claims 90% of America lives within 10 miles of a Walmart store.
How far from the store
Wing says it can usually serve homes within about 4 miles of a store. Zipline's support page says it delivers within 1.5 miles of participating Walmart stores, though its fact sheet gives each dock a 10-mile service radius.
Amazon drone delivery: Prime Air sites and the ZIP codes they serve
Amazon Prime Air delivers from 11 U.S. sites, each serving about 175 square miles, and lists the ZIP codes each site reaches.
Amazon's article of August 19, 2026 names the sites: Tolleson (Phoenix area), Ruskin (Tampa area), Kansas City, Kansas, Papillion (Omaha area), Baton Rouge, Hazel Park and Pontiac (Detroit area), Richmond (Houston area), San Antonio, Richardson (Dallas area) and Waco. Nearly all items of 5 lb or less that fit in a large shoebox can go by drone, which Amazon says is more than 60% of the items customers buy most often. Orders arrive in as fast as 30 minutes, most around 60 minutes after checkout.
- The fee
Free for Prime members on orders of $50 or more; $2.99 for Prime members under $50, and $4.99 without Prime.
From $0 - How to order
The same Amazon app and cart: if your address qualifies, you pick drone delivery at checkout and, on the first order, confirm a delivery spot such as a driveway or yard. The drone delivery page on Amazon's website checks an address.
At checkout - The drop
The MK30 drone drops the package from about 13 feet. Amazon's help page asks for a clear spot, with no people, pets, cars or objects over 5 feet tall within 10 feet of it; you must be 18 or older, can keep up to three spots per property, and can cancel within 5 minutes.
13 ft drop - Coming soon
Georgia, Ohio, Illinois, Idaho and New York: Amazon names Atlanta, Cleveland, Chicago, Boise and Syracuse, and says Prime Air is expanding to nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns this year.
Announced
Every ZIP code Amazon lists, site by site
| Site | Metro | ZIP codes listed |
|---|---|---|
| Tolleson site, 10601 W. Van Buren Street | Phoenix, AZ | 85031, 85033, 85035, 85037, 85043, 85301, 85303, 85305, 85307, 85323, 85338, 85339, 85340, 85353, 85392, 85395 |
| Ruskin site, 3350 Laurel Ridge Ave | Tampa, FL | 33534, 33569, 33570, 33572, 33573, 33578, 33579, 33598 |
| Kansas City site, 6925 Riverview Avenue | Kansas City, KS | 66101, 66102, 66103, 66104, 66105, 66106, 66109, 66111, 66112, 66202, 66203, 66216, 66217, 66218 |
| Papillion site, 14248 NE-370 | Omaha, NE | 68028, 68046, 68059, 68127, 68128, 68133, 68135, 68136, 68137, 68138 |
| Baton Rouge site, 9001 Cortana Place | Baton Rouge, LA | 70714, 70726, 70739, 70802, 70803, 70805, 70806, 70807, 70808, 70809, 70810, 70811, 70812, 70814, 70815, 70816, 70817, 70818, 70819, 70820 |
| Hazel Park site, 1400 E. Ten Mile Road | Detroit, MI | 48015, 48017, 48021, 48030, 48067, 48069, 48070, 48071, 48072, 48073, 48075, 48076, 48088, 48089, 48091, 48092, 48093, 48202, 48203, 48205, 48206, 48211, 48212, 48213, 48220, 48221, 48227, 48234, 48235, 48237, 48238, 48310, 48312 |
| Pontiac site, 1200 Featherstone Road | Detroit, MI | 48009, 48084, 48085, 48098, 48301, 48302, 48304, 48306, 48307, 48309, 48323, 48326, 48328, 48329, 48340, 48341, 48342, 48359, 48360 |
| Richmond site, 10507 Harlem Road | Houston, TX | 77072, 77077, 77082, 77083, 77084, 77094, 77099, 77406, 77407, 77450, 77469, 77478, 77479, 77494, 77498 |
| San Antonio site | San Antonio, TX | 78101, 78109, 78152, 78217, 78218, 78219, 78220, 78222, 78223, 78239, 78244, 78263 |
| Richardson site, 3051 Research Drive | Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | 75002, 75013, 75023, 75025, 75040, 75041, 75042, 75044, 75048, 75074, 75075, 75080, 75081, 75082, 75089, 75093, 75094, 75098, 75240, 75243, 75248, 75252 |
| Waco site, 2000 Exchange Parkway | Waco, TX | 76643, 76655, 76701, 76704, 76705, 76706, 76707, 76708, 76710, 76711, 76712 |
From Amazon's article of August 19, 2026. Amazon: not every address in a listed ZIP code qualifies. The site points come from the FAA's environmental assessments of each Prime Air site.
Amazon's own address check
The lookup above goes by the ZIP codes Amazon lists for each site, which are coarser than an address. Amazon's drone delivery page, and the checkout, decide for your door.
Zipline drone delivery: Dallas–Fort Worth, early access and patients
Zipline delivers across Dallas–Fort Worth for Walmart and local restaurants, runs early-access programs near Houston and Austin, and flies prescriptions to Cleveland Clinic patients.
Zipline's drone does not come down. It hovers high above the home, more than 300 feet up in Zipline's words, and lowers a delivery droid on a tether that steers to a spot as small as a patio table or the front steps. Its fact sheet gives the P2 aircraft up to 8 lb, up to 24 miles of flight and up to 70 mph; its support page puts the limit at about 5 lb per trip and has the app split a heavier order into more deliveries. You order in the Zipline app, or in the Walmart app at some stores.
- Dallas–Fort Worth
Operating, from Walmart stores and restaurants such as the Chipotle on Lakeview Parkway in Rowlett; Zipline says it made more than one million deliveries in the area this year. It does not list the more than 20 towns it serves there.
Delivers now - Houston
Early access in Cypress, its First Flight program from April 29, 2026, for the first 5,000 residents who sign up.
Early access - Austin
Early access in Round Rock, announced October 9, 2026.
Early access - Cleveland
Prescriptions for Cleveland Clinic patients who live within five miles of its Beachwood administrative campus, announced August 3, 2026.
Patients only - Northwest Arkansas
Walmart pharmacy orders in Pea Ridge, by Zipline's support page.
Pharmacy - Phoenix
Announced on January 21, 2026; we found no Zipline page that says it delivers there yet.
Announced
How fast
Zipline says its median order in October 2026 arrived 19 minutes after checkout. Walmart's own figure for its drone program: up to 30 minutes.
Wing, Flytrex and Manna: drone delivery through DoorDash and their own apps
Wing is the largest of the three, in six metro areas; Flytrex covers parts of Dallas–Fort Worth, and Manna one corner of Tulsa.
Wing
Wing, Alphabet's drone delivery company, flies for Walmart and DoorDash in six metro areas, Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, Atlanta, Charlotte, Orlando and Memphis, and says it can usually serve homes within about 4 miles of a site. It cruises at about 150 feet at up to 60 mph, comes down to about 20 feet over the home and lowers the package on a tether, with nothing for you to unhook. You mark a spot about the size of a picnic blanket, with no trees or wires over it. Its technology page gives a payload of up to 5 lb; at its newest sites, in Memphis, the limit is 2.75 lb for now. Since March 5, 2026, some sites fly until 9 p.m. You order in the Walmart, DoorDash or Wing app, and Wing's website checks an address.
Flytrex
Flytrex flies in parts of Dallas–Fort Worth from six sites on its service map, at Little Elm, Wylie, Rowlett, Hurst, Corinth and Denton, with five more marked coming soon. Its FAQ gives up to 8.8 lb, 2 to 3 miles and 32 mph; DoorDash says the Flytrex drone it uses carries 6.6 lb. You order in the Flytrex app or through DoorDash. Flytrex says new metro areas come in early 2027.
Manna
Manna began delivering in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on August 12, 2026, from its Cherry Street base at 1631 E. 15th St., to homes within 2 miles at launch, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Its drones carry up to 8.8 lb at up to 50 mph; you order in the Manna app. Manna names Dallas as its next city.
Ordering through DoorDash
DoorDash's help page names Wing, Flytrex and Manna as its drone partners. Look for the drone icon or filter, then pick Drone at checkout; smaller orders are more likely to fit. DoorDash says drone delivery is generally available in daylight hours, and alcohol does not go by drone.
How drone delivery works, from the order to your yard
You order in an app, a worker loads the drone at a store, a nest or a hub, and the drone flies its route to your yard and lowers or drops the package without landing.
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Check the address
Before the first orderEvery service checks the address itself, and not every home in a served town or ZIP code qualifies. You choose where the package lands: a driveway or yard for Amazon, a clear spot about the size of a picnic blanket for Wing, a spot as small as a patio table for Zipline.
Check my area -
Order in the app
Under the weight limitOnly items that qualify show the drone option, and the whole order counts against the weight limit: 5 lb at Amazon, 2 to 8 lb at Walmart depending on the drone company. Zipline's app splits a heavier order into more deliveries.
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The drone is loaded
Store, nest or hubWing's drones wait at a nest of charging pads, often in a store's parking lot; Zipline's at docks; Amazon's at Prime Air sites next to its warehouses. The FAA does not pick these places: the operators do, under state and local zoning.
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The flight
Under 400 ftThe FAA says delivery drones on their routes must stay under 400 feet. Wing cruises at about 150 feet, Zipline more than 300 feet up. Wing says its average flight in Atlanta takes five minutes or less, and Flytrex says under 5 minutes.
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The drop
No landingWing lowers the package on a tether from about 20 feet, Zipline sends its droid down a tether, and Amazon's MK30 drops the package from about 13 feet. Then the drone flies back to charge for the next order.
FAA rules for drone delivery: Part 135, BVLOS exemptions and the proposed Part 108
Carrying other people's packages by drone beyond the pilot's sight takes an FAA air carrier certificate under Part 135 plus an exemption or waiver. The proposed Part 108 would change that, but it is not final.
- Part 107
Within sight only. The everyday commercial rule, for drones under 55 lb, lets a pilot carry property for pay within visual line of sight, but the FAA will not waive the line-of-sight rule for it.
No BVLOSThe exact rule
However, no waiver of this provision will be issued to allow the carriage of property of another by aircraft for compensation or hire.
14 CFR 107.205(c), on the waiver of 107.31, visual line of sightWhat it means: under Part 107 the pilot and any visual observer “must be able to see the unmanned aircraft throughout the entire flight” (107.31), and a delivery company cannot get a waiver of that to fly packages out of sight.
- Part 135
An air carrier certificate. The FAA's package delivery page names seven drone operators with one: Wing (April 2019), UPS Flight Forward, Amazon Prime Air (commercial flights since August 2020), Zipline (June 2022), Causey Aviation Unmanned (January 2023), DroneUp (November 2024) and DEXA (April 2025). DoorDash says its DoorDash Labs became the eighth, on July 29, 2026.
RequiredThe exact rule
Part 135 certification is the only path for small drones to carry the property of another for compensation beyond visual line of sight.
FAA, Package Delivery by Drone (Part 135), last updated September 3, 2026What it means: the certificate itself is issued under 14 CFR part 119, and the company then flies under the part 135 operating rules. Flytrex and Manna are not on the FAA's list, and the pages of theirs we read do not say whose certificate they fly under.
- BVLOS
An exemption or waiver on top. To fly beyond visual line of sight, a certificated operator also needs an exemption or waiver, such as one from the see-and-avoid rule, 14 CFR 91.113(b).
ExemptionThe exact rule
Drone operators that want to conduct small package delivery must use the FAA's existing Part 135 certification process and obtain an exemption or waiver to provide drone package deliveries using BVLOS.
FAA, Package Delivery by Drone (Part 135), last updated September 3, 2026What it means: in the FAA's words, “BVLOS refers to any drone operation that is flown outside of the pilot's direct line of sight”. Its July 2026 national environmental review gives, as the kind of relief it grants, “an exemption to 14 CFR § 91.113(b) to enable BVLOS operations”.
- Height
Under 400 feet. “For Drone Package Delivery flight paths, the drones must be operating under 400 feet,” the FAA says; it adds that commercial drones have an average wingspan of about 5 feet and can be fixed-wing, multirotor or hybrid.
400 ft - Environmental review
Every new area is reviewed. The FAA has completed more than 20 environmental assessments of drone delivery proposals and one programmatic assessment for the whole country, signed July 28, 2026; each assessment ended in a finding of no significant impact.
ReviewedThe FAA's words
The FAA has completed more than 20 environmental assessments (EAs) for individual drone package delivery proposals and one PEA for drone package delivery. Each EA resulted in a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).
FAA, Package Delivery by Drone (Part 135), last updated September 3, 2026What it means: a review can bind the operator to limits; the FAA's own example is “reducing the number of operations per day to reduce noise impacts”, or keeping a hub a set distance from homes, schools, hospitals, places of worship and parks.
- Part 108
Proposed, not final. The FAA's proposed rule for flights beyond visual line of sight, published August 7, 2025, would move package delivery to a new Part 108 of permits and certificates. As of November 15, 2026, no final rule has been published.
ProposedThe exact text
this rule would eliminate package delivery entirely as an option under part 107.
Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations, notice of proposed rulemaking, 90 FR 38212 (August 7, 2025), Docket FAA-2025-1908What it means: the proposal would allow aircraft of up to 1,320 lb, flying no higher than 400 feet above ground, with five categories of population density. Delivery under a permit would be limited to Category 3 areas and below, with drone and package together no heavier than 55 lb; busier areas would need a certificate. Comments closed October 6, 2025, and reopened until February 11, 2026, on electronic conspicuity and right-of-way only. The FAA's July 2026 review says delivery continues under Part 135 until a final rule, and that Part 108 delivery “may commence one to two years after rule issuance”.
Who picks the sites
“The FAA does not select the locations for commercial drone operators to conduct operations. The operators select the locations,” the FAA says. Hubs must follow state and local land use and zoning rules, and the FAA says operators and local governments should tell the local community about the drone operations they propose.
Flying your own drone for pay
Paid flights of your own, from photos to inspections, run under Part 107 and its remote pilot certificate.
Drone license guideWhat you can order by drone: weight limits, items and the delivery fee
Small and light things: up to 5 lb at Amazon, 2 to 8 lb at Walmart depending on the drone company, and up to 8.8 lb at Flytrex and Manna.
- Amazon
Up to 5 lb, in a box no bigger than a large shoebox. Amazon says millions of items qualify, among them iPhones and Samsung Galaxy phones, AirTags, AirPods and Ring doorbells.
5 lb - Walmart
2 to 8 lb per order, depending on the drone company; Walmart says tens of thousands of items are eligible.
2–8 lb - Wing
Up to 5 lb on its technology page; 2.75 lb at its Memphis sites for now.
2.75–5 lb - Zipline
Up to 8 lb on its fact sheet; about 5 lb per trip on its support page, with heavier orders split.
5–8 lb - Flytrex and Manna
Up to 8.8 lb each, by their own pages; DoorDash gives 6.6 lb for the Flytrex drone it uses.
8.8 lb - Not by drone
No alcohol through DoorDash, and at Amazon only items marked eligible at checkout. Walmart and Amazon ask for a customer 18 or older.
Limits - Weather
Wind and rain are up to the drone: Wing says its drones fly in wind and moderate rain, Amazon's MK30 in light rain, and Walmart says availability depends on the local weather.
Weather
Is drone delivery free?
Sometimes. Amazon delivers free to Prime members on orders of $50 or more, and Walmart+ members pay no drone fee. Everyone else pays $2.99 or $4.99 at Amazon and, by one of Walmart's pages, $19.99 at Walmart. Wing, Zipline, Flytrex and Manna state no price on the pages we read: the app you order in shows it.
How fast it arrives
In the operators' words: most Amazon orders around 60 minutes after checkout, Walmart orders up to 30 minutes, a median of 19 minutes at Zipline in October 2026, and an average of 25 minutes for DoorDash drone orders in 2025.
Drone delivery noise and privacy: what the operators and the FAA say
Delivery drones are loudest at the drop and around the nest. The FAA reviews noise for each new area but does not regulate privacy: state and local law does.
- Amazon's noise
Quieter than an idling delivery truck at the drop, which lasts about 30 seconds; at altitude, Amazon compares it to a window fan on low, typically not heard indoors.
30 seconds - Zipline's noise
It stays high: its typical flying height is at least 300 feet. On October 27, 2026, Zipline said its fleet cut overall sound exposure per flight by 68% and is 24% quieter at peak than its 2025 fleet, by its own internal modeling.
300 ft up - The FAA's review
Noise is weighed before an area opens. The FAA calls noise the public's primary interest in aviation changes; its reviews can limit flights per day and keep hubs away from homes, schools and parks.
Limits - Cameras
Amazon says its drones' cameras are for flying, for navigation, obstacle detection and a safe drop: they “do not track individuals or record movements”, and no person watches a live camera feed.
Onboard - Privacy law
“The FAA does not regulate privacy, but local privacy laws may apply to drone operations.” The FAA's fact sheet on state and local rules counts laws on privacy, voyeurism, harassment and trespass among those generally not preempted.
State law - A drone over your yard
Never shoot at it: “It's illegal under federal law to shoot at an aircraft,” the FAA says. If a flight looks like an immediate threat, call local police.
Illegal
Drones over private property
What your state says about drones over your house, and what the FAA leaves to it, is in the private property guide.
Flying over private propertyWho is flying overhead
Drones that must broadcast Remote ID send their position and an identifier; the Remote ID guide says what the public can read and what it cannot.
Drone Remote IDRelated pages
Drone work, the rules behind it, and the tools for your own flights.
Drone delivery services: questions and answers
Is there drone delivery near me?
Type your ZIP code or town into the lookup at the top of this page: it lists the operators that say they reach the spot, with the date we checked, or the nearest one if none does. Then confirm in the operator's own app or address check, because not every address inside an area qualifies.
Which states allow drone delivery?
The FAA, not each state, approves delivery flights. Drone delivery to homes operates today in Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas, Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, Louisiana, Michigan and Oklahoma, with prescriptions for patients in Ohio. The FAA lists its past delivery reviews in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Virginia. States and towns do rule on where the hubs may stand, through land use and zoning.
Is Walmart really doing drone delivery?
Yes. Walmart says its drone program has made more than 2 million deliveries, flown by Wing and Zipline from Walmart stores in Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, Atlanta, Orlando and Memphis, plus pharmacy orders in Pea Ridge, Arkansas. On November 5, 2026 it announced 300 more Zipline sites, without naming them yet.
How much does Walmart drone delivery pay?
Walmart does not fly the drones, so the flying jobs are at Wing and Zipline, and neither states pay on the pages we read; the drone pilot salary guide has the nearest official wage figures. For customers, Walmart's pages give two answers on the fee: free for a limited time on one, $19.99 per order for non-members on another, and Walmart+ members pay nothing on both.
How much does drone delivery cost?
At Amazon, nothing for Prime members on orders of $50 or more, $2.99 for Prime members under $50 and $4.99 without Prime. At Walmart, nothing for Walmart+ members and, by one help page, $19.99 for others. Wing, Zipline, Flytrex and Manna publish no price on the pages we read; the fee shows in the app at checkout.
Is drone delivery profitable?
None of the operators publishes whether its drone deliveries make money. What they publish is growth and investment: Zipline raised $1.5 billion at a $21.5 billion valuation on November 5, 2026, Uber targets one million deliveries a day with Zipline by 2029, Walmart is adding 300 Zipline sites, and Amazon is expanding Prime Air to nearly 500 cities and towns.
How much can a delivery drone carry?
A few pounds: 5 lb at Amazon, 2 to 8 lb at Walmart depending on the drone company, 2.75 to 5 lb at Wing, about 5 to 8 lb at Zipline and up to 8.8 lb at Flytrex and Manna, by each one's own pages. Amazon's package must also fit in a large shoebox.
Is there drone delivery in Houston?
Yes. Wing delivers for Walmart in parts of the Houston area, and its Houston page names Crosby, Katy, Kemah, Missouri City, Montgomery, New Caney, Richmond and Spring as well as Houston itself. Amazon delivers from its Richmond, Texas, site to the ZIP codes it lists, and Zipline runs an early-access program in Cypress.
Does drone delivery work at night or in the rain?
Partly. Since March 5, 2026, some Wing sites fly until 9 p.m., and Manna flies from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Tulsa, while DoorDash says its drone delivery is generally available in daylight hours. Wing flies in wind and moderate rain and Amazon's MK30 in light rain; in worse weather the drone option is not offered.
Is drone delivery legal in the U.S.?
Yes, under FAA approval: each company needs an air carrier certificate under Part 135 and an exemption or waiver to fly beyond visual line of sight, and each new area goes through an FAA environmental review. The FAA's proposed Part 108 would replace that path, but it is not final yet.
Sources Named, not linked.
Documents are named, not linked. Service areas, payloads, fees and ordering steps come from the operators' and retailers' own pages, read between November 13 and Nov 15, 2026; the FAA's pages and the Federal Register were read on the same days. Where an operator's pages disagree, both figures are given. The lookup places each town and ZIP code by the Census Bureau's 2025 Gazetteer files, store addresses by the Census Geocoder, and five stores the Census address ranges do not know by OpenStreetMap.
Drone operators
- Wing website: Get delivery, FAQ, technology, Walmart and city pages (Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, Atlanta, Charlotte, Orlando, Memphis)
- Wing news (launch and service posts of August 24, 2023 to November 10, 2026)
- Zipline fact sheet, technology page and support pages (pharmacy delivery with Walmart; weight limit; how Zipline works)
- Zipline newsroom (January 21, April 20, April 29, October 9, October 27 and November 5, 2026)
- About Amazon, Amazon Prime Air drone delivery is expanding to nearly 500 US cities and towns this year (August 19, 2026)
- About Amazon, Amazon's drones deliver items in 60 minutes or less (May 20, 2025), and Amazon drone delivery help pages
- Flytrex website: home page, FAQ and service map (map data of September 6, 2026)
- Manna website, Tulsa page, and Manna newsroom (Tulsa launch, August 12, 2026)
Retailers and apps
- Walmart corporate news, Walmart Expands Nation's Largest Retail Drone Delivery Operation with 300 New Zipline Sites (November 5, 2026)
- Walmart press release on drone delivery in five new metro areas (June 5, 2025)
- Walmart help: Drone delivery; The Walmart site and app experience; Drone Delivery Terms of Use (last updated February 25, 2025)
- DoorDash help: Drone delivery, and DoorDash newsroom (Flytrex launch, June 26, 2025; DoorDash Labs Part 135, July 29, 2026; DoorDash Air, September 30, 2026)
- Cleveland Clinic newsroom, drone delivery of prescriptions (August 3, 2026)
FAA
- FAA, Package Delivery by Drone (Part 135) (last updated September 3, 2026)
- FAA, Public Involvement and Environmental Review for Drone Operations (updated November 9, 2026)
- FAA, Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment and FONSI/ROD for Drone Package Delivery Operations in the United States (signed July 28, 2026)
- FAA environmental assessments of the Prime Air sites (Tolleson, 2024; Texas; Florida; Detroit; Kansas City; Omaha; Baton Rouge, draft)
- FAA, What To Know About Drones, and FAA fact sheet, State and Local Regulation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (July 14, 2023)
Rules
- 14 CFR Part 107 (107.3, 107.31 and 107.205)
- Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations, notice of proposed rulemaking (90 FR 38212, August 7, 2025, Docket FAA-2025-1908), and the reopened comment period (91 FR 3695, January 28, 2026)
- FAA fact sheet, Beyond Visual Line of Sight proposed rule (August 6, 2025)