{"schemaVersion":"0.4.0","type":"product","id":"prd_wing_delivery","slug":"wing-delivery","name":"Wing delivery drones","companyId":"co_wing","summary":"Highly automated delivery drones that fly Walmart orders from the store, hover over the customer's address and lower the package on a tether.","primaryWorld":"drones","worlds":["drones"],"audience":["consumer","enterprise"],"categorySlugs":["autonomous-systems"],"capabilitySlugs":["autonomous-flight"],"evidenceStage":{"value":"deployment","asOf":"2026-10-17","sourceIds":["src_walmart_drone_2025","src_wing_metros_2026","src_fortworth_drone_report"],"note":"Delivering Walmart orders in Dallas–Fort Worth since 2024, and in Houston, Atlanta, Orlando and Charlotte by October 2026.","regions":["US"],"support":{"src_fortworth_drone_report":{"support":"independently_verified","verified":"The City of Fort Worth's staff report names the two Walmart stores Wing flies from in Fort Worth, says deliveries began at the N. Beach Street store in June 2024, and describes the city's site-plan requirement for the Wing–Walmart project"}},"basis":{"kind":"ongoing_operation","site":"Walmart stores","detail":"Walmart said in June 2025 that Wing would deliver from 100 more Walmart stores across Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando and Tampa, on top of Dallas–Fort Worth; the City of Fort Worth reports Wing deliveries from two Fort Worth Walmart stores since June 2024; and Wing said in October 2026 that its fleet makes thousands of residential deliveries a day.","sourceIds":["src_walmart_drone_2025","src_fortworth_drone_report","src_wing_metros_2026"],"support":{"src_walmart_drone_2025":{"support":"customer_confirmed"},"src_fortworth_drone_report":{"support":"independently_verified","verified":"The City of Fort Worth's staff report names the two Walmart stores Wing flies from in Fort Worth, says deliveries began at the N. Beach Street store in June 2024, and describes the city's site-plan requirement for the Wing–Walmart project"}}}},"commercialAvailability":{"value":"service_available","asOf":"2026-10-17","sourceIds":["src_wing_walmart_page","src_wing_metros_2026","src_wing_houston_2026"],"note":"Walmart customers at eligible addresses see drone delivery as an option in the Walmart app or on Walmart.com, or order in the Wing app; others can join a waitlist.","regions":["US"]},"lifecycle":{"value":"active","asOf":"2026-10-17","sourceIds":["src_wing_metros_2026"]},"releaseChannel":"general","statusLabel":"Delivering in US metro areas","availability":"Wing delivers Walmart orders by drone in Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, Atlanta, Orlando and Charlotte; customers order through Walmart or the Wing app. No delivery fee was found in the sources checked.","pricing":[],"claims":[{"id":"clm_wing_flight","text":"Wing says its highly automated drones fly at about 150 feet and up to about 60 mph, then hover over the address and lower the package on a tether to a spot about the size of a picnic blanket.","evidenceClass":"company_claim","sourceIds":["src_wing_houston_2026"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17"},{"id":"clm_wing_payload","text":"Wing gives two payload limits: up to about 2.5 pounds (January 2026) and up to five pounds across its two aircraft types (October 2026). Wing doesn't publish names for the aircraft.","evidenceClass":"company_claim","sourceIds":["src_wing_houston_2026","src_wing_metros_2026"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17"},{"id":"clm_wing_houston","text":"Wing and Walmart began drone delivery in the Houston area on January 15, 2026, from five Walmart Supercenters in Crosby, Katy (two stores), Houston and Kemah.","evidenceClass":"documented","sourceIds":["src_wing_houston_2026"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17"},{"id":"clm_wing_scale","text":"Wing says its fleet makes thousands of residential deliveries a day and that more than three million customers can get drone delivery. It plans to serve more than 270 Walmart stores, with Denver and Seattle in 2027.","evidenceClass":"company_claim","sourceIds":["src_wing_metros_2026"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17"},{"id":"clm_wing_faa","text":"The FAA lists Wing Aviation as an air carrier certificated to deliver packages by drone under Part 135, first as a single-pilot operator in April 2019 and as a standard operator from October 2019.","evidenceClass":"documented","sourceIds":["src_faa_part135_wing"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17"},{"id":"clm_wing_kemah","text":"A Wing drone returning to the Kemah, Texas, Walmart crashed and caught fire on March 1, 2026; no one was hurt. Wing said it was cooperating with federal authorities and the store said deliveries would continue.","evidenceClass":"documented","sourceIds":["src_galvnews_kemah_wing"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17","support":{"src_galvnews_kemah_wing":{"support":"independently_verified","verified":"The Galveston County Daily News reported the crash from the Kemah fire department's account"}}},{"id":"clm_wing_people","text":"The sources checked don't describe what remote staff do while Wing's drones fly. Human involvement is left blank because none of the Index's options can be confirmed from them.","evidenceClass":"documented","sourceIds":["src_wing_metros_2026","src_wing_houston_2026"],"observedAt":"2026-10-17"}],"sourceIds":["src_wing_walmart_page","src_wing_metros_2026","src_wing_houston_2026","src_walmart_drone_2025","src_faa_part135_wing","src_fortworth_drone_report","src_galvnews_kemah_wing"],"lastCheckedAt":"2026-10-17","updatedAt":"2026-10-17","editorial":{"status":"published","reviewedBy":"Holly White","reviewedAt":"2026-10-17","note":"Batch 2B-D record, approved in the evidence review (2026-10-17) and published."},"status":"available","statusAsOf":"2026-10-17","sourceRecords":[{"id":"src_wing_walmart_page","title":"Wing drone delivery with Walmart","publisher":"Wing","url":"https://wing.com/walmart","origin":"company","mediaType":"official_page","checkedAt":"2026-10-22","sourceType":"first_party"},{"id":"src_wing_metros_2026","title":"Wing and Walmart add new metros to the nation's largest drone delivery network","publisher":"Wing","url":"https://wing.com/news/wing-walmart-new-metros-nations-largest-drone-delivery-network","origin":"company","mediaType":"press_release","publishedAt":"2026-10-05","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"first_party"},{"id":"src_wing_houston_2026","title":"Greater Houston kicks off Walmart and Wing's biggest expansion year yet","publisher":"Wing","url":"https://wing.com/news/greater-houston-kicks-off-walmart-wing-expansion-year","origin":"company","mediaType":"press_release","publishedAt":"2026-01-15","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"first_party"},{"id":"src_walmart_drone_2025","title":"Walmart Takes Flight with Drone Delivery Expansion to 5 New Cities, Redefining Fast, Flexible Retail","publisher":"Walmart","url":"https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2025/06/05/walmart-takes-flight-with-drone-delivery-expansion-to-5-new-cities-redefining-fast-flexible-retail","origin":"named_customer","mediaType":"press_release","publishedAt":"2025-06-05","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"independent"},{"id":"src_faa_part135_wing","title":"Package Delivery by Drone (Part 135)","publisher":"Federal Aviation Administration","url":"https://www.faa.gov/uas/advanced_operations/package_delivery_drone","origin":"regulator","mediaType":"official_page","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"regulator"},{"id":"src_fortworth_drone_report","title":"Informal report to City Council: drone policy","publisher":"City of Fort Worth","url":"https://www.kxan.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2026/06/Drone-Policy_Informal-Report_Fort-Worth.pdf","origin":"independent_reporting","mediaType":"official_page","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"independent"},{"id":"src_galvnews_kemah_wing","title":"Drone used for Walmart deliveries crashes, catches fire in Kemah","publisher":"The Galveston County Daily News","url":"https://www.galvnews.com/news/drone-used-for-walmart-deliveries-crashes-catches-fire-in-kemah/article_d3fd72a6-6e4f-5966-8423-be8f9fdc1821.html","origin":"independent_reporting","mediaType":"news_report","publishedAt":"2026-03-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-17","sourceType":"independent"}],"canonicalUrl":"https://itsalive.ai/products/wing-delivery"}