Appendix A - Appendix A to Part 121—Tables Depicting Service Standard Day Ranges
The following tables reflect the service standard day ranges resulting from the application of the business rules applicable to the market-dominant mail products referenced in §§ 121.1 through 121.4 (for purposes of this part, references to the contiguous states also include the District of Columbia):
Table 1. End-to-end service standard day ranges for mail originating and destinating within the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia.
Table 1—Contiguous United States
| Mail class | End-to-end
range (days) | First-Class Mail * | 1-5 | Periodicals | 3-9 | USPS Marketing Mail | 3-10 | Package Services | 2-8 |
|---|
* Excluding USPS Connect TM Local Mail.
Table 2. End-to-end service standard day ranges for mail originating and/or destinating in non-contiguous states and territories.
Table 2—Non-Contiguous States and Territories
| Mail class | End-to-end | Intra state/territory | To/from contiguous 48 states | To/from states of Alaska and
Hawaii, and the territories of Guam, Puerto Rico (PR), American Samoa (AS), Northern Mariana Islands (MP), and U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) | Alaska | Hawaii,
Guam, MP, & AS | PR &
USVI | Alaska | Hawaii,
Guam, MP, & AS | PR &
USVI | Alaska | Hawaii,
Guam, MP, & AS | PR &
USVI | First-Class Mail * | 1-4 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Periodicals | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3 | 13-19 | 12-22 | 11-16 | 21-25 | 21-26 | 23-26 | USPS Marketing Mail | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 14-20 | 13-23 | 12-17 | 23-26 | 23-27 | 24-27 | Package Services | ** 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 12-18 | 11-21 | 10-15 | 21-26 | 20-26 | 20-24 |
|---|
* Excluding USPS Connect
** Excluding bypass mail.
Table 3—Destination Entry Service Standard Day Ranges for Mail to the Contiguous 48 States and the District of Columbia
| Mail class | Contiguous United States | Destination entry (at appropriate facility) | DDU
(days) | SCF
(days) | ADC
(days) | NDC
(days) | Periodicals | 1 | 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | USPS Marketing Mail | 2 | 3-4 | 5 | Package Services | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|
Table 4—Destination Entry Service Standard Day Ranges for Mail to Non-Contiguous States and Territories
| Mail class | Destination entry (at appropriate facility) | DDU
(days) | SCF
(days) | ADC
(days) | NDC
(days) | Alaska | Hawaii, Guam, MP, & AS | PR & USVI | Alaska | Hawaii, Guam, MP, & AS | PR & USVI | Alaska | Hawaii, Guam, MP, & AS | PR & USVI | Periodicals | 1 | 1-3 | 1 | 1-3 | 1-4 (AK)
11 (JNU) 11 (KTN). | 1 (HI)
2 (GU) | 1-4 | 10-11 | 10 | 8-10 | USPS Marketing Mail | 2 | 3-4 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 14 | 13 | 12 | Package Services | 1 | 2 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
|---|
AK = Alaska 3-digit ZIP Codes 995-997; JNU = Juneau AK 3-digit ZIP Code 998; KTN = Ketchikan AK 3-digit ZIP Code 999; HI = Hawaii 3-digit ZIP Codes 967 and 968; GU = Guam 3-digit ZIP Code 969.