A
mooring mast, or
mooring tower, is a structure designed to allow for the docking of an
airship outside of an
airship hangar or similar structure. More specifically, a mooring mast is a mast or tower that contains a fitting on its top that allows for the
bow of the airship to attach its mooring line to the structure. When it is not necessary or convenient to put an
airship into its
hangar (or
shed) between
flights, airships can be moored on the surface of land or water, in the air to one or more wires, or to a mooring mast. After their development mooring masts became the standard approach to mooring airships as considerable manhandling was avoided.