Where was Top Gun: Maverick filmed?
2022 film directed by Joseph Kosinski
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) was filmed in Naval Air Station Fallon, Naval Air Station Lemoore, Eldorado National Forest and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit — 4 recorded filming locations in the United States. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
Part of the Top Gun film series
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Filming locations
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Naval Air Station Fallon
🇺🇸 United States
military airbase and training facility near Fallon, Nevada, USA
“Although the real-life Top Gun school had been moved to Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada since the events of the first film, the story was set in San Diego at Naval Air Station North Island.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
🇺🇸 United States
United States national forest
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Naval Air Station Lemoore
🇺🇸 United States
US Navy airfield near Lemoore, California, United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Eldorado National Forest
🇺🇸 United States
U.S. National Forest in California designated in 1910
Also per Wikipedia's article
The article names 13 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Paris
🇫🇷 France
capital and most populous city in France
“During scripting discussions in Paris in 2017, where Cruise was shooting for Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Kosinski pitched two ideas to Cruise.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
San Diego
🇺🇸 United States
seat of San Diego County, California, United States; second-largest city in California
“Preliminary production on the film officially started on May 30, 2018, in San Diego.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Seattle
🇺🇸 United States
city in and county seat of King County, State of Washington, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
🇺🇸 United States
U.S. Navy airbase
“In March, filming in the Cascade Mountains was completed out of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Oak Harbor, Washington, where routes were scouted by helicopter and the L-39 before filming the F/A-18s.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Lake Tahoe
🇺🇸 United States
lake in California and Nevada, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Norfolk
🇺🇸 United States
independent city in Virginia, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Naval Air Station North Island
🇺🇸 United States
United States Navy aviation base in San Diego, California, USA
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🏙 Towns & cities
Chico
🇺🇸 United States
city in Butte County, California, United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Cascade Range
🇺🇸 United States
mountain range in western North America
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🏙 Towns & cities
Oak Harbor
🇺🇸 United States
city on Whidbey Island in Island County, Washington State, United States
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Lemoore
🇺🇸 United States
city in Kings County, California, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
🇺🇸 United States
US Navy installation near Ridgecrest, California, United States
“Between November 7 and 9, 2018, NAWS was used as the filming location for the fictional Mach 10-capable aircraft known as Darkstar featured in the opening scene of Paramount's Top Gun: Maverick, later released in 2022.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Naval Air Station Patuxent River
🇺🇸 United States
military naval air station and flight test center in Maryland, United States
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Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Top Gun: Maverick have?
4 places recorded on Wikidata, and 13 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United States.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Inception (2010), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Amélie (2001), Catch Me If You Can (2002) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.