FAA Part 135 carrier

DroneUp

Drone delivery company with a standard Part 135 certificate since November 2024. The FAA says it began operations in the Murphy, TX area of Dallas-Fort Worth, where its environmental review was signed Oct 28, 2024.

DroneOperations began (primary source)

Research snapshotVerified Oct 22, 2026

Dated FAA approvals: 2Part 135 certificate and final environmental decisions.
Draft reviews pending: 0FAA environmental reviews with no final decision yet.
Place named in sources: 1Cities, metros or regions tied to it by a dated source.
Places where operations began: 1A source says service started. That does not confirm daily service today.

Approvals and drafts: FAA Part 135 page updated Sep 3, 2026FAA environmental review page updated Oct 14, 2026. Places are counted from the coverage records below, each with its own source.

FAA approvals over time

2024 to 2026

2dated approvals naming DroneUp

Each step is a Part 135 certificate or a final FAA environmental decision. Hover or focus a point for its source.

Only 2 dated approvals. Read this as a list of events, not a trend.

Show the data behind this chart (2 rows)

Date	Operator	Event	Kind	Source
Nov 2024	DroneUp	DroneUp Part 135 air carrier certificate	Part 135 certificate	FAA Part 135 page(opens in a new tab) updated Sep 3, 2026
Oct 28, 2024	DroneUp	DroneUp Dallas-Fort Worth finding of no significant impact	Final environmental decision	FAA environmental review page(opens in a new tab) updated Oct 14, 2026

Where sources place DroneUp

Full map

1place named in sources, plus 11 FAA review areas

Operating, reported or pilot
Permitted
Announced
FAA review area, dashed if draft

Points are city or metro centers named in sources, not facilities. Circles are drawn to scale around each FAA-reviewed site; they show what the FAA reviewed, not daily flights.

Timeline

Milestones

Dated FAA documents and primary sources that name this company, oldest first.

2 dated events

2024

Oct 28, 2024
DroneUp Dallas-Fort Worth finding of no significant impact
Oct 28, 2024Final environmental decisionFAA environmental review page(opens in a new tab) updated Oct 14, 2026
Nov 2024
DroneUp Part 135 air carrier certificate
Nov 2024Part 135 certificateFAA Part 135 page(opens in a new tab) updated Sep 3, 2026

Metrics

Figures reported for this company

1 figure in 1 group, each with its source type, link and date. Values appear as published.

FAA approval

1 figure

Part 135 certificate date
U.S.
November 2024 (exited early 2025)
Verify against FAA package delivery page
Secondary source, pending FAA checkflightbrief.news(opens in a new tab)Sep 20, 2026

Status

Six dimensions, each sourced and dated

Solid cards have a source for the value shown. Dashed means unknown: no source settles it yet.

What counts as confirmed

Announced
Publicly proposed or planned
Yes
Proposal on file with FAA
Event date not stated
FAA environmental review page(opens in a new tab) updated Oct 14, 2026
Permitted
Certificate, FONSI or city permit
Yes
Part 135 certificate
Effective Nov 2024
FAA Part 135 page(opens in a new tab) updated Sep 3, 2026
Operating
Deliveries actually happening
Yes
Murphy, TX area
Event date not stated
The FAA says DroneUp began operations in the Murphy area. Start date not stated in the report.
Start date onlyUndated
FAA Part 135 page(opens in a new tab) updated Sep 3, 2026
No source yetPilot · trial or limited test servicePaused · temporarily stoppedEnded · shut down or exited
As of Oct 22, 2026

Coverage

Places (1)

Open in coverage matrix

DroneUp status by place
Place	Announced	Permitted	Pilot	Operating	Paused	Ended	Sources
Dallas-Fort Worth, TXMurphy, TX areaBegan ops	YesProposal on file with FAA	YesFONSI signedOct 28, 2024	Unknown	YesBegan operations, Murphy areaStart date onlyUndated	Unknown	Unknown	FAA environmental review page(opens in a new tab) updated Oct 14, 2026FAA Part 135 page(opens in a new tab) updated Sep 3, 2026

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Murphy, TX area
Began ops
Announced
YesProposal on file with FAA
Permitted
YesFONSI signedOct 28, 2024
Operating
YesBegan operations, Murphy area
Start date onlyUndated
Unknown
Pilot, Paused, Ended
FAA environmental review page(opens in a new tab) updated Oct 14, 2026FAA Part 135 page(opens in a new tab) updated Sep 3, 2026

Government

Documents (2)

Document library

Part 135 certificate · Nov 2024
DroneUp Part 135 air carrier certificateFAA Part 135 page(opens in a new tab) updated Sep 3, 2026
FONSI · Oct 28, 2024
DroneUp Dallas-Fort Worth finding of no significant impactFAA environmental review page(opens in a new tab) updated Oct 14, 2026

Registrations

Public identifiers (0)

All registrations

No public identifiers on file yet

Certificate numbers, exemption dockets, type certificates and N-numbers appear here only when an issuer publishes them, with a link to that record.

News

Stories about this company

No news stories yet

No story in the news dataset is tagged with this operator yet.

Date

Operator

Event

Kind

Source

Nov 2024

DroneUp

DroneUp Part 135 air carrier certificate

Part 135 certificate

FAA Part 135 page updated Sep 3, 2026

Oct 28, 2024

DroneUp

DroneUp Dallas-Fort Worth finding of no significant impact

Final environmental decision

FAA environmental review page updated Oct 14, 2026

Place

Announced

Permitted

Pilot

Operating

Paused

Ended

Sources

Dallas-Fort Worth, TXMurphy, TX areaBegan ops

YesProposal on file with FAA

YesFONSI signedOct 28, 2024

Unknown

YesBegan operations, Murphy areaStart date onlyUndated

Unknown

FAA environmental review page updated Oct 14, 2026FAA Part 135 page updated Sep 3, 2026

Approvals and markets

FAA approvals over time

Where sources place DroneUp

Milestones

2 dated events

Figures reported for this company

FAA approval

Six dimensions, each sourced and dated

Announced

Permitted

Operating

Places (1)

Documents (2)

Public identifiers (0)

No public identifiers on file yet

Stories about this company

No news stories yet

Approvals and markets

FAA approvals over time

Where sources place DroneUp

Milestones

2 dated events

Figures reported for this company

FAA approval

Six dimensions, each sourced and dated

Announced

Permitted

Operating

Places (1)

Documents (2)

Public identifiers (0)

No public identifiers on file yet

Stories about this company

No news stories yet