Prime Air (MK30)

1. 5

   Regulator-cleared or mass market

   A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.

2. 4

   Paying customersThis robot

   Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.

   Placed by: Amazon said Prime Air delivered from 11 US sites and would soon open in the Chicago, Syracuse, Cleveland, Atlanta and Boise areas (19 Aug 2026); Amazon started customer deliveries with its new MK30 drone in the West Valley of Phoenix, Arizona, and in College Station, Texas (11 Dec 2024).

   Held at this stage: The FAA decision on our record is an environmental review of drone hubs, not an approval to fly. Amazon's paid customer deliveries put it at stage 4.

3. 3

   Pilot

   Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.

4. 2

   Pre-orders

   Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.

5. 1

   Demo only

   Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. We could not confirm the exact date US deliveries resumed after the early-2025 pause. DroneXL says Amazon shut its Italian operation and its UK Darlington trial permission expires in December 2026; dates not confirmed.