Wing and Walmart will fly drone deliveries to Denver and Seattle in 2027

The companies will bring delivery of thousands of Walmart items by drone to the Denver and Seattle metros in 2027. They haven't given exact launch dates.

The weather angle: Wing is pitching this as a test of its drones in tougher conditions. "From Seattle's rain to Denver's wintry weather," the company says it's expanding to regions with a range of weather and community needs.

"Adding new metros to our expansion speaks to how quickly people across the country are adopting drone delivery," said Heather Rivera, Wing's chief business officer.

Greg Cathey, Walmart's senior vice president of eCommerce transformation, said the goal is "giving more customers a practical option when they need something quickly."

A local welcome: Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell, south of Seattle, was quoted in the announcement. "The future has arrived and its being delivered by Walmart by drone!" he said.

On paper, it's big. In the air, it's still small.

• Flying today: five metros, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Atlanta, Charlotte and Orlando, DroneXL reports.
• Announced: 12 more metros without a launch date, plus Denver and Seattle, for 19 in total. Wing rounds that to "nearly 20."
• Customers: more than three million already have access, according to Wing.
• The goal: more than 270 Walmart stores and over 40 million customers.

The waiting list: the 12 announced markets came in batches, DroneXL reports. Tampa was named in June 2025. Los Angeles, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Miami followed in January 2026. In June, seven more were added: Memphis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area and Salt Lake City.

Orlando is the only market to go from announced to flying since then, in July, according to DroneXL.

Wing's fleet is made up of two small, lightweight aircraft, which together complete thousands of residential deliveries each day, the company says.

• Speed: up to 60 mph.
• Payload: up to five pounds.
• Drop-off: the drone lowers the box to your yard on a tether, DroneXL reports.
• Range: Wing's drone hubs, or "nests," cover about six miles, according to DroneXL.

What you can order: tens of thousands of Walmart items, Wing says, from trail mix, fall produce and coffee beans to Halloween candy, electronics and allergy medications.

How you order: once service launches, eligible customers will automatically see drone delivery as an option in the Walmart app or on Walmart.com. You can also order through the Wing app, or join a waitlist at wing.com/walmart.

Wing and Walmart first partnered in 2023 with a pilot at two Dallas-area stores that reached about 60,000 homes, TechCrunch has reported. That grew to 18 Walmart Supercenters in Dallas-Fort Worth, then spread to Atlanta.

In January, the companies announced plans to add another 150 Walmart stores through 2026 and into 2027. Rivera told TechCrunch at the time that Wing's top 25% of customers use the service three times a week. Popular orders include eggs, ground beef, tomatoes, avocados, limes, Lunchables and Takis.

Once the full rollout is done, Wing would serve about 10% of the US population, according to TechCrunch.

Scale matters: Rivera wouldn't say if the business is profitable, but said "volume is definitely powering our flywheel," TechCrunch reported.

Some are getting ready, and some are hitting pause.

The FAA controls US airspace, but local governments have a say over the ground hubs where drones take off, DroneLife notes. That covers things like location, operating hours, noise, parking and security.

Around Denver, DroneXL reports:

• Castle Rock passed an emergency ordinance on July 20 freezing drone-hub applications for six months.
• Parker followed on July 21 with a nine-month pause.
• Northglenn's planning commission recommended Colorado's first drone delivery ordinance on September 15. The draft keeps launch pads 200 feet from homes and schools, caps noise at 65 decibels at the property line, and limits hours to 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. A final council vote is set for October 26.
• Thornton and Longmont have received pre-applications for drone facilities, DroneLife reports, including two Walmart locations in Longmont.

The catch for cities: a hub in a neighboring town can still serve every address nearby, because the FAA owns the airspace, Northglenn's own staff analysis notes, according to DroneXL and DroneLife.

Around Seattle, Wing's first sign was a building permit for a Walmart Supercenter in Tacoma, filed in September, DroneXL reports. Rival Zipline got there earlier on paper: the FAA posted a draft environmental review for up to 75 Zipline sites across the Seattle metro in September 2025 and hasn't posted a decision since.

Why the suburbs froze hubs: DroneXL argues Castle Rock and Parker acted because planners first saw a pre-application for an 18-drone port before any delivery company had publicly named Denver. They had none of the altitude, noise or flight-frequency figures that Northglenn is now writing into its rules.

Open questions: DroneXL says it sent Wing 30 written safety questions on September 8 and hasn't received answers. It suggests residents in towns on the Denver list ask their councils to require altitude, noise, aircraft count and flight frequency in a public filing before the first delivery.

Washington state so far: Rivera said in June that Wing was already working with communities in its new markets, DroneXL notes. In the Puget Sound area, that has so far produced one store permit in Tacoma, and Wing doesn't yet appear on the FAA's Washington entries.

There's paperwork still to clear. The FAA's public list of drone delivery environmental reviews, last updated September 24, covers Wing in Dallas-Fort Worth, Charlotte, Central Florida, Houston and Atlanta, but none of the 14 announced metros, DroneXL reports.

A national environmental assessment the FAA signed on July 28 may let Wing skip filing metro by metro, but Wing hasn't said whether it will use it, according to DroneXL.

The announcement came just days after DoorDash revealed more details about its own drone service, Engadget notes. DoorDash Air will debut in northern California with partners including Chipotle and Popeyes. We covered DoorDash's drone plans last week, along with Lowe's drone delivery launch.

• In Denver or Seattle: drone delivery could be an option for eligible Walmart orders sometime in 2027. You can join the waitlist now.
• Check your town: local rules on drone hubs could affect where launch sites go and when they operate.
• Small orders only: with a five-pound limit, think groceries and essentials, not a big weekly shop.