Amazon’s Prime Air Drones Head for the Omaha Suburbs

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Amazon has confirmed that its next drone-delivery market is the Omaha area, with Prime Air aircraft set to fly out of the company’s warehouse in Papillion, Nebraska.

The service will carry items under five pounds (2.3 kg) that fit in a shoebox, to homes within a 7 to 8 mile (11 to 13 km) radius of the warehouse. Amazon has not named a launch date, telling KETV only that it hopes to reach customers by air soon. Omaha lands on a Prime Air map that filled in quickly through 2026.

Amazon confirmed the plan but stopped short of a date

Amazon told KETV it is working to bring Prime Air to its Papillion facility on the southern edge of the Omaha metro, and confirmed the basic shape of the service without committing to when it starts. A spokesperson said the company is always looking for faster ways to deliver.

The rules are narrow at first. A package has to weigh less than five pounds and fit inside a shoebox, and the destination has to sit within roughly 7 to 8 miles of the warehouse. That reach covers Papillion and its neighboring suburbs, not the entire Omaha metro…

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