# AS16509 Amazon
> AS16509 is Amazon. Addresses on it are AWS or other Amazon infrastructure.
ASN: AS16509
Name: AMAZON-02
Handle: AS16509
Organization: Amazon.com, Inc.
Country: US
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AS16509 is Amazon in this site’s list, checked 13 Oct 2026. [AS14618](https://ipinfo.fyi/asn/14618) is the other Amazon ASN on that list. Traffic here is datacenter traffic. Mail servers, banks, and trading platforms often treat it as a VPN, proxy, or server. The classification does not tell you which AWS product, or whether a person is using a commercial VPN that rented an Amazon address.

Canonical: https://ipinfo.fyi/asn/16509
## Questions

### Is an Amazon IP a VPN?

Not by itself. AS16509 is Amazon infrastructure. Some VPN exits use cloud hosts, and so do ordinary servers. The ASN cannot tell those apart.