Walmart brings drone delivery to Florida
Walmart is following through with plans to deliver online orders via drone in a major Florida metro market.
The discount giant is now offering its drone delivery service in Orlando via a partnership it launched with Wing, an on-demand drone delivery provider powered by Google parent company Alphabet, for drone delivery in the Dallas-Fort Worth market in August 2023.
Walmart is now delivering to more than 50,000 homes, businesses, and apartment buildings surrounding Supercenter locations in Apopka and Clermont, Fla. The retailer plans to expand the drone delivery program throughout Central Florida, including three Supercenter locations in Ocoee, Clermont and Haines City in the coming weeks:
“At Walmart, we’re always looking for new ways to give customers more choice and flexibility,” said Greg Cathey, senior VP, e-commerce fulfillment transformation at Walmart. “Working with Wing allows us to bring Orlando customers a wide assortment of everyday items through one of the fastest and most innovative delivery options available.”
This expansion will bring Walmart and Wing’s total service footprint to nearly 20 U.S. markets across the country. In June 2025, Walmart said it was offering its drone delivery service in markets including Atlanta, Charlotte and Houston. In June 2026, the retailer said it will launch Wing drone delivery in the Memphis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area and Salt Lake City metro areas.
Walmart is the first retailer to scale drone delivery across five states: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Texas. So far in 2026, Walmart has also said it will expand “ultra-fast” service via drones from Wing to an additional 150 stores over the next year, giving it a network of more than 270 drone delivery locations in 2027, and launched Wing drone delivery in Greater Houston.
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Wing’s drones fly at speeds up to 60 mph and use a tether to lower packages directly to a customer’s yard or driveway in as fast as 30 minutes. Once drone delivery is available, customers within delivery range will see the option on the Walmart app or website based on the address associated with their account. Customers can also place a delivery directly through the Wing app.
“We measure success in minutes saved and life made a little easier in Central Florida,” said Heather Rivera, Wing chief business officer. “Whether it’s helping a family grab a quick lunch without loading everyone into the car or delivering sunscreen to a visitor at their vacation rental, we want drone delivery to be a simple, seamless part of daily routines.”
Walmart also now offers drone-based food delivery via Zipline drones in Rowlett, Texas.
Based in Bentonville, Ark., Walmart Inc. runs 10,900 stores and numerous e-commerce websites in 19 countries.
