Where was Top Gun: Maverick filmed? Guide to ALL the Filming Locations

The opening and final scenes in the Mojave Desert hangar with the silver P-51 Mustang, which also appears in the video with Lady Gaga, were filmed at the Inyokern Airport in California.

This World War II veteran is actually Cruise's own airplane who is also a licensed pilot in the real world.

The sequence with the experimental (and fictional) Darkstar plane, was filmed at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in the Mojave Desert.

Director Joseph Kosinski said that in the scene with Ed Harris pictured, the plane destroyed the set, ripping the roof off the guard shack.

The Cecil's Cafe scene following the supersonic jet crash was filmed at the Halfway House cafe located on the outskirts of Santa Clarita.

The Top Gun base, nicknamed "Fightertown USA", was filmed at several locations, including the North Island Naval Air Station on San Diego Bay.

The plane on display outside the main gate is actually an A-4E Skyhawk, not the F-14 Tomcat that the filmmakers CGI'd into the scene.

The Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada and the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Oak Harbor, Washington, were also featured in the new film.

In the 1986 movie, most of the Top Gun school was filmed at the Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, now the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar), at the time known as "Fightertown USA".

As the local press reported, the Hard Deck bar owned by Penelope "Penny" Benjamin (played by Jennifer Connelly) was located on Breaker’s Beach in Coronado.

In 2018, the film crew built an impressive set in less than a month on this beach, located at the Coronado air station premises.

Looking at the background scenery, it seems that the sailing scene was filmed in San Francisco Bay.

Penny's house is a gorgeous oceanfront home located at 4000 Bluff Place in San Pedro near Cabrillo Beach.

This is a private residence - if you are visiting, please be considerate of the owners’ property.

In one of the first training scenes, the F-18s fly over Groves Lake in Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada.

As the San Diego Union-Tribune revealed, the funeral scene was filmed at the Army's Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in Point Loma.

This beautiful burial ground, with perfectly lined-up gravestones overlooking San Diego Harbor and the Pacific Ocean, is the resting place for service members since the Battle of San Pasqual during the Mexican-American War in 1846.

At least 112,000 Army, Navy Seals, Sailors, Marines, and Air Force are buried at Fort Rosecrans.

Amateur photographer Christopher Lohff captured a picture of a U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet pilot wearing Maverick's helmet flying over the Rainbow Canyon, also known as Star Wars Canyon, in the Death Valley National Park.

Popular among military pilots for training missions, the canyon earned its nickname due to its resemblance to scenes from the Star Wars films, offering stunning views of low-flying fighter jets maneuvering through its colorful rock formations.

The photo also reveals an array of four devices resembling the new Sony VENICE CineAlta video cameras positioned on the coaming of the rear cockpit.

The F-18 low-level flyover scene and the target range were filmed at the US Naval Reservation and training area in Nevada.

This military zone is situated about 37 miles southeast of NAS Fallon.

When the Dagger squadron arrives at the entrance of the canyon, leading to the uranium enrichment plant, they fly over the Big Creek Bridge on the Big Sur coast of California.

According to a Twitter user, the spectacular low-level flight formation scene was filmed at Rimrock Lake west of Yakima in Washington State.

Some other sources believe that the scene was filmed at Kachess Lake, located about 50 miles north of Rimrock Lake.

The snowed mountains of the unnamed rogue nation were recorded at Washington's Cascade Mountains.

The Northgate Aviation Chico Jet Center in Chico, CA, served as a base for a team of moviemakers and stunt pilots to shoot footage over Butte County, including Lake Oroville, Feather River Canyon, and the High Lakes region.

They used grey L-39 fighter jets with computer points painted in different places to digitally transform the aircraft into the F-18 we see in the film.

The scene in the woods was filmed at the Washoe Meadows State Park located in South Lake Tahoe (California).

The SFGate informed that the destroyed airbase was filmed at Lake Tahoe Airport, near the forest.

Location manager Mike Fantasia found this spot, with a mountaintop overlooking the airport, after scouting more than 200 aerodromes.

During production, the airport was undergoing renovations, so the crew could make it look like a war zone.