Treasure ValleyWednesday, November 4
Amazon drones are now delivering from its Nampa fulfillment center
The Daily Caldwell team
If you've been eyeing a faster Amazon order, there's a new option nearby. Amazon launched Prime Air drone delivery Friday to select customers and areas in Nampa, and the Boise area is one of three new areas now eligible.
Three new areas joined Amazon's 13 existing drone delivery areas
Source: Idaho Press
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Existing areas | 13 |
| New areas | 3 |
Drones fly from the Franklin Road facility, and the radius reaches the outskirts of Kuna and parts of Star and Meridian. The reports don't name Caldwell among those places. Prime members pay nothing on orders of $50 or more and $2.99 on smaller ones.
Amazon's Nampa drones, by the numbers
- 7.5 miles
- delivery radius from the Nampa facility
- 30 minutes
- the delivery time Amazon hopes to hit
- 5 pounds
- the heaviest package a drone carries
- 85 pounds
- the weight of each MK-30 drone
- Hours: 30 minutes after sunrise to 30 minutes before sunset
- Weather: good weather only
- Check your address: amazon.com/dronedelivery