Top Gun was filmed in San Diego in the United States of America.
Volleyball court
In movie
Scene where The pilots play two teams of beach volleyball during a vacation after class. Maverick and Goose's team wins, but he has to finish the match to ride his motorcycle to Charlie's house - they have a date.
Timing: 00:40:57
Real
Scene was shot at Miramar Marine Corps Air Force Base is a U.S. Marine Corps facility.
The base is best known as the former home of the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School (NFWS) and its TOPGUN training program. The volleyball scene in the movie was filmed on the sand courts. They no longer exist, but they were located just north of Barracks 298-300.
San Diego
Bar
In movie
Scene where The pilots are relaxing in a bar, they have lots of drinks and everything is going very cheerfully. Maverick and Goose try to seduce an unknown blonde girl by singing You've Lost That Loving Feeling. It works and she pays attention to them.
Timing: 00:21:35
Real
Scene was shot in the bar of the Lafayette Hotel, the creators needed a large bar to accommodate a lot of people and to show in the shot the large and tight-knit fraternity of pilots. Only the hotel had a bar suitable in size and location.
San Diego
Naval Training Center
In movie
Scene where At the showdown, Charlie takes a stance against Maverick in front of all the other riders, showing that he is taking too much risk, even though he won the fight in doing so. Offended he gets on his motorcycle and rides away.
Timing: 00:56:02
Real
Scene was shot in the building of the real navy school. It was important for the creators of the film to preserve the historicism of the program, so they used real locations as much as possible. In 2000, the building was transferred to the Museum of Art.
San Diego
Street
In movie
Scene where Charlie catches up with Maverick, risking her life and running red lights at several traffic lights. After catching up, she explains that all the criticism at the training center and this risky trip was to confess her love for him and not to arouse suspicion of the other pilots.
Timing: 00:56:52
Real
Scene was shot on Laurel Street, which is in the Bankers Hill neighborhood of San Diego.
San Diego
Viper’s House
In movie
Scene where Maverick visits Viper's house, where they have a conversation about his flying style, how his father flew and what happened to him. He also asks Maverick about his chances of graduating from Top Gun Academy, but he's not sure if he's ready to stay after Goose's death.
Timing: 01:25:30
Real
Scene was shot at the Point Loma Lighthouse. This is a real working lighthouse, around which several dwellings have been built, including the lighthouse keeper.
San Diego
Locker room in the training area
In movie
Scene where Maverick and Iceman fight because Iceman thinks Maverick is too dangerous, and he also argues that a victory doesn't count if it's accomplished by going below the height set by the tutorial.
Timing: 00:37:17
Real
Scene was shot in the locker room at Belmont Amusement Park. Obviously, the filmmakers wanted to shoot a large-scale scene, and the Top Gun program did not have as many pilots to build a large locker room. Therefore, the scene was filmed in an amusement park, where such facilities are very large and designed for hundreds of people.
San Diego
Belmont Park
