Amazon launches Prime Air in Kansas City
Amazon Prime Air launched autonomous drone deliveries in Kansas City, Kansas, offering Prime members rapid small‑package delivery for a fee and signaling commercial drone logistics moving beyond pilots. The rollout marks a concrete city‑scale deployment for last‑mile UAS services. (fox4kc.com)
Amazon activated Prime Air in the Kansas City metro on February 9, 2026, marking the service’s rollout into its seventh U.S. metropolitan market. (kshb.com) Flights originate from a site adjacent to Amazon’s MKC6 fulfillment operations and are limited to packages of five pounds or less within a 7.5‑mile delivery radius (15‑mile round trip), operating only during daylight hours. (kmbc.com) Amazon set customer pricing at $4.99 per drone delivery for Prime members and $9.99 for non‑Prime customers, and says the program will ramp up through the first half of 2026. (kmbc.com) The Prime Air site sits next to the MKC6 fulfillment center at 6925 Riverview Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, and the company’s initial service footprint covers roughly 177,100 residents inside that 7.5‑mile zone. (kshb.com) Amazon’s broader expansion follows the FAA’s BVLOS (beyond‑visual‑line‑of‑sight) approvals that Amazon says were granted after demonstrating onboard detect‑and‑avoid systems during flight demonstrations with FAA inspectors. (aboutamazon.com) The Kansas City launch arrived five days after an MK30 drone collided with an apartment building in Richardson, Texas on February 4, 2026, an incident that produced debris, smoke at the scene, and renewed scrutiny of MK30 operations. (dronexl.co)
