Operations
Approvals: CAAC operating certificates held by Phoenix Wings, SF Express's drone airline
Autonomy: Autonomous route flights between SF Express sites.
Primary use: Parcel and intra-city express routes.
Operators and customers: SF Express (Phoenix Wings).
Aircraft record
Aircraft record
| Make | Fengyi Technology (SF Express) |
| Class | delivery |
| Type | multirotor |
| Country | China |
| Powertrain | battery-electric |
| Payload (kg) | 10 |
| Range (km) | 20 |
| Autonomy | Autonomous route flights between SF Express sites |
| Regulatory | CAAC operating certificates held by Phoenix Wings, SF Express's drone airline |
| Primary use | Parcel and intra-city express routes |
| Operators | SF Express (Phoenix Wings) |
| Status | in service |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
In context
Where it fits
Listed in Delivery Drones. Drones are compared on payload against range and endurance, how far the operation runs without people on site (docks, remote operations centers, detect-and-avoid), which approvals let it fly beyond visual line of sight, and who actually flies it.
| Model | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sky2 (Flytrex) | multirotor | in service |
| M2 (Matternet) | multirotor | in service |
| Fourth-generation delivery drone (Meituan) | multirotor | in service |
| Manna delivery drone (Manna) | multirotor | paused |
| DroneUp delivery drone (DroneUp) | multirotor | unconfirmed |
| Wingcopter 198 (Wingcopter) | hybrid VTOL | in production |
| MK30 (Amazon Prime Air) | hybrid VTOL | in service |
| Wing delivery aircraft (standard and large-payload) (Wing (Alphabet)) | hybrid VTOL | in service |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Ark 40 (Fengyi Technology (SF Express))
- Sources
- ElectronsX drones dataset; maker specifications, operator releases and FAA, EASA and CAAC approvals
- Updated
- 2026-10