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*A 1944-built DC-4/C-54 is on display at [[Historical Aircraft Restoration Society]] in [[New South Wales]], Australia, with a planned restoration to airworthiness.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thesenior.com.au/story/8009136/world-war-ii-era-aeroplanes-to-fly-high-again/?cs=6744 |title=DC4, Vampire planes on display at HARS Aviation Museum Tarmac Days in December 2022 |website=thesenior.com.au |access-date=5 January 2023 |date=7 December 2022 }}</ref>
*A 1945-built DC-4 (C-54D) 43-17228 is being operated by Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation as a flying museum of the Berlin Airlift. Called the ''Spirit of Freedom'', it replaced a previous C-54 (44-9144) damaged by a tornado in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spiritoffreedom.org |title=Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation |access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref>
*Alaska Air Fuel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frontiersman.com/news/city-airport-s-future-bright/article_3778a314-8e4c-11e4-b56a-df14b4587ea5.html|title=City: airport's future bright}}</ref> also operates
*One ex-[[Buffalo Airways]] DC-4<ref>{{Cite web|title = Douglas DC-4 "Oil Bomber" Spray Plane at KCGI|url = http://www.semissourian.com/story/1739871.html|website = seMissourian.com|date = 28 June 2011|access-date=9 February 2016}}</ref> (N55CW c/n 10673, currently registered to Aircraft Guaranty Corp Trustee) is fitted with spray bars on top of the wings and is currently based in Florida on standby for oil pollution control.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://de.flightaware.com/resources/registration/N55CW|title=N55CW (1942 DOUGLAS C54D-DC owned by AIRCRAFT GUARANTY CORP TRUSTEE) Aircraft Registration ✈ FlightAware}}</ref>
*A 1945-built C-54 (C-54E-5-DO) c/n 27289, USAAF serial 44-9063, was recovered from Reconstruction Finance Corporation by Douglas aircraft for conversion to DC-4. It served with Pan American World Airways from 1946 to 1952 as NC-88887, then with a succession of carriers and private owners until retired in 1989 as N88887. Around 1990 it was placed on display at the Berlin Airlift Memorial at Frankfurt Airport.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/N88887/629654 |title=Registration Details for N88887 |work=PlaneLogger |access-date=22 November 2021}}</ref>
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