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airships An airship, dirigible balloon or dirigible is a type of aerostat (lighter-than-air) aircraft that can navigate through the air flying under its own power. Aerostats use buoyancy from a lifting gas that is less dense than the surrounding ai ...

with a current unexpired

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(FAA) registration. In 2021, ''

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'' said that "consensus is that there are about 25

blimp A non-rigid airship, commonly called a blimp (Help:IPA/English, /blɪmp/), is an airship (dirigible) without an internal structural framework or a keel. Unlike semi-rigid airship, semi-rigid and rigid airships (e.g. Zeppelins), blimps rely on th ...

s still in existence and only about half of them are still in use for advertising purposes". The Airsign Airship Group is the owner and operator of 8 of these active ships, including the Hood Blimp, DirecTV blimp, and the MetLife blimp.

Goodyear

These airships are registered to the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio.

AirSign Airships

These airships are registered to AirSign Airships of Williston, Florida. Some of these have recently been re-registered to SkyShip Services of Windemere, FL.

Icarus Aircraft

These airships are registered to Icarus Aircraft of Palm City, FL:

LTA Galactic Inc

These airships are registered to LTA Galactic Inc. of Akron, Ohio

Other miscellaneous airships

These are other miscellaneous airships from the registry, many of which are unverified to exist or may be mistakenly listed as airships:

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Goodyear Blimps

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Icarus Aircraft

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Airships of the United States