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Appears in 4 stories · Last updated Nov 10, 2026
Operating in at least 13 US metro areas; UK expansion cleared
Amazon has started Prime Air drone deliveries in the Cleveland area and in Nampa, Idaho, as it works toward nearly 500 US cities and towns by the end of 2026. DroneXL counted Nampa, Amazon's first Idaho site, as its 13th US metro area.
Updated Yesterday
As of September 2026: Branded the crashed flight
An Amazon Prime Air cargo jet slid off a runway at Miami International Airport on Sept. 6 and killed five workers in a ground van. Recordings show one pilot warned for nearly two minutes that the plane was landing too fast.
Updated Sep 10
As of August 2026: Rival operator, split from industry group over safety rules
DoorDash spent years handing your burrito to a driver. Now it wants to hand it to a drone it built itself. On July 31, 2026, the company said it won an FAA air-carrier license and will begin flying its own delivery drones this fall.
Updated Aug 5
As of May 2026: Expanded to seven U.S. markets despite recurring MK30 safety incidents; facing increased FAA scrutiny over sense-and-avoid system reliability
For nearly a decade, every U.S. commercial drone operator wanting to fly beyond a pilot's line of sight needed an individual FAA waiver — a slow, bespoke process that capped the industry at small pilot programs. On August 7, 2025, the FAA proposed Part 108: a new, standardized framework for routine beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations replacing individual waivers. In January 2026, the FAA reopened the comment period for 14 days (closing February 11, 2026) to refine the rule before finalizing it in March 2026.
Updated May 29
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