Overview
- New coverage will include Los Angeles, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Miami, with additional cities to be named later.
- Houston service is slated to begin on January 15 as the rollout continues through 2026 and into 2027.
- The program, already live in Dallas–Fort Worth and Atlanta, currently operates at roughly 27 stores after earlier launches in those regions and northwest Arkansas.
- Wing reports rising use, with its top quarter of customers ordering about three times a week and deliveries tripling over the past six months; Walmart+ members get drone delivery free, while non-members pay $19.99.
- Drones carry up to around 5 pounds within a roughly 6-mile radius using tethered drop-offs under FAA Part 135 approvals, as the industry awaits potential BVLOS changes under a proposed Part 108 rule.