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Naval Air Station North Island

United States Navy aviation base in San Diego, California, USA

United States · 32.6992, -117.2153

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Naval Air Station North Island is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 4 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

“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.”
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) · Wikipedia

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Naval Air Station North Island
Photo: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel M. Young · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Naval Air Station North Island as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Naval Air Station North Island?

4 productions are recorded as filmed at Naval Air Station North Island, including Top Gun (1986), Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and Seven Days in May (1964). 4 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at Naval Air Station North Island?

Top Gun (1986), covered by 62 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Naval Air Station North Island?

Naval Air Station North Island is in the United States. Its coordinates are 32.6992, -117.2153.

What other filming locations are near Naval Air Station North Island?

Naval Base Point Loma (4 km south-west), San Diego International Airport (4 km north), Hotel del Coronado (4 km south-east), Point Loma (4 km south-west) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel M. Young, Public domain.