Then, Chipotle staff will place the food orders at locations where they can be picked up by the drones, which will then fly to customers’ homes. The company says that Zipline’s drones will hover “about 300 feet in the air” while a little carrier that contains the food is lowered to the ground.

Chipotle’s burritos are now airborne with the launch of drone delivery. Yet, the stock isn’t flying that high. Should investors ride the drone wave or sit this one out?

Some Chipotle customers can now get their orders delivered by drone near Dallas, the emergent drone delivery capital of America. Why it matters: It shouldn't take a 4,000-pound car to deliver a two-pound burrito,