Where was Top Gun filmed?
1986 film directed by Tony Scott
Top Gun (1986) was filmed in San Diego — 1 recorded filming location in the United States. It is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
Part of the Top Gun film series
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Filming locations
Also per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 6 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
Oceanside
🇺🇸 United States
city in San Diego County, California, United States
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Corpus Christi
🇺🇸 United States
city and county seat of Nueces County, Texas, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Naval Air Station Fallon
🇺🇸 United States
military airbase and training facility near Fallon, Nevada, USA
“Most of the sequences of the aircraft maneuvering over land were shot at Naval Air Station Fallon, in Nevada, using ground-mounted cameras.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
USS Lexington
🇺🇸 United States
1942 Essex-class aircraft carrier
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
🇺🇸 United States
US Marine Corps base near San Diego, California, United States
“Future NASA astronaut Scott Altman was among the pilots of VF-51 who flew F-14 aircraft for many of the film's stunt sequences, having been recently stationed at NAS Miramar at the time of filming.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Carlsbad
🇺🇸 United States
coastal city in the North County region of San Diego County, California, United States
Places whose own article says it was shot there
1 place whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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USS Ranger United States
“In early 1985, Ranger was used to film some interior scenes for the film Top Gun.” Wikipedia
Also shot in these places
- Citizen Kane 1941
- Some Like It Hot 1959
- Transformers 2007
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997
- The Aviator 2004
- Apollo 13 1995
- Babel 2006
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009
- Pearl Harbor 2001
- Casino 1995
- Bruce Almighty 2003
- Gattaca 1997
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Top Gun have?
1 place recorded on Wikidata, and 6 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United States.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Citizen Kane (1941), Some Like It Hot (1959), Transformers (2007), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) 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.