Top Gun: Maverick (2022) – Filming Locations
Action / Drama · Directed by Joseph Kosinski · Starring Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.
Where was Top Gun: Maverick filmed?
- San Diego, California — USA, San Diego – Fighter jet training sequences and naval base scenes. Primary filming location for the flight training and naval base scenes where Maverick trains the new pilots.
- Mojave, California — USA, Mojave – Desert training mission and aerial sequences. Used for the challenging low-level bombing run training sequence through the desert landscape.
- Lone Pine, California — USA, Lone Pine – Low-altitude flying training runs through mountain terrain. Dramatic mountain landscape used for the intense canyon-flying training sequences.
- Victorville, California — USA, Victorville – Additional aerial flight sequences and military operations. Historic military airfield used for filming various F/A-18 Super Hornet flight sequences.
- Ojai, California — USA, Ojai – Motorcycle riding and personal character scenes. Used for Maverick's personal scenes and motorcycle riding sequences between major action set pieces.