Landmarks & buildings
Wendover Airport
airport in Wendover, Utah, United States
United States · 40.7186, -114.0308
Wendover Airport is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 1 more.
“While most of the interiors of the Fairchild C-123 Provider transport aircraft were filmed in Hollywood Center Studios soundstage #7, Wendover Airport in Utah, as the stand in for the fictional Lerner Airfield, was used for the C-123 flying and taxi scenes.”
Movies filmed at Wendover Airport
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Wendover Airport as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Named here by Wendover Airport’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Wendover Airport, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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Con Air 1997
“Several flying scenes for the 1997 movie Con Air were filmed at Wendover, using a Fairchild C-123K Provider.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Landmarks & buildings
Wendover Air Force Base
United States·under 1 km
former United States Air Force base in Utah now known as Wendover Airport
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Landmarks & buildings
Historic Wendover Airfield
United States·1 km north-west
aviation museum in Wendover, Utah
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Towns & cities
Wendover
United States·2 km north
city in Tooele County, Utah, United States
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Towns & cities
West Wendover
United States·4 km north-west
city in Elko County, Nevada, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Bonneville Salt Flats
United States·21 km north-east
densely packed salt pan in northwestern Tooele County, Utah, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Blue Lake
United States·24 km south
large geothermal pond in Utah, U.S.
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Wendover Airport?
2 productions are recorded as filmed at Wendover Airport, including Independence Day (1996) and Con Air (1997). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Wendover Airport?
Independence Day (1996), covered by 71 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Wendover Airport?
Wendover Airport is in the United States. Its coordinates are 40.7186, -114.0308.
What other filming locations are near Wendover Airport?
Wendover Air Force Base (under 1 km), Historic Wendover Airfield (1 km north-west), Wendover (2 km north), West Wendover (4 km north-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 United States Geological Survey (USGS), Public domain.