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FAA Part 135 carrier
Amazon's drone delivery service. It holds a standard Part 135 certificate, and the FAA notes operations began in August 2020 at its Pendleton, OR test site. Final FAA environmental reviews cover Tolleson AZ, 22 Texas sites, Detroit, Kansas City, Florida and Omaha. Draft reviews for Baton Rouge and Chicago have closed for comment.
6dated approvals naming Amazon
9places named in sources, plus 15 FAA review areas
Points are city or metro centers named in sources, not facilities. Circles are drawn to scale around each FAA-reviewed site; they show what the FAA reviewed, not daily flights.
Timeline
Dated FAA documents and primary sources that name this company, oldest first.
Metrics
10 figures in 9 groups, each with its source type, link and date. Values appear as published.
planned max flights per site
1,000/day; 365,000/yr
sites
11 sites in 10 metros
NTSB incidents (crane collision, Tolleson AZ)
2 aircraft, 0 injuries
Part 135 certificate date
August 2020
MK30 max operating range
7.5
operating area per site
174
MK30 max cruise speed
73
MK30 max payload
5
MK30 typical en-route altitude
180-377
MK30 max takeoff weight
83.2
Status
Solid cards have a source for the value shown. Dashed means unknown: no source settles it yet.
Proposal on file with FAA
Part 135 certificate
Most recent site review: Omaha FONSI, Sep 9, 2026.
Pendleton, OR test site
The FAA describes Pendleton as a test site where operations began in August 2020.
Per-site delivery operations are not confirmed by a primary source in this pass.
Coverage
Pendleton, OR
Tolleson, AZ
Texas (22 sites), TX
Detroit, MI
Kansas City, MO
Florida (6 sites), FL
Omaha, NE
Lockeford, CA
College Station, TX
Baton Rouge, LA
Chicago, IL
Government
Registrations
N579PA
N791PA
WPR26LA001, WPR26LA002
FAA-2019-0573 (Exemptions 18601/18602; 18601E cited by NTSB)
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