Maps of Movies
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Where Flight of the Navigator says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A boy falls into a Florida ravine; the film shot that forest in a Miami garden and its spaceship in Norway.
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Scenes and places
The Fourth of July frisbee contest (1978)
It is July 4, 1978, and the town is out for a holiday contest. David is a normal 12-year-old, with a younger brother to look after and an evening to get through.
Set in Fort Lauderdale, Florida — The Florida city where the film sets the Fourth of July, 1978 celebration. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A small island in Biscayne Bay between downtown Miami and Miami Beach.
Filmed at Watson Island, Biscayne Bay, Miami — Where the film's opening Frisbee championships were filmed, according to the production notes. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The woods and the ravine (1978)
David walks through the woods to pick up his little brother Jeff, who plays a trick on him. David falls into a ravine and is knocked out cold.
Set in Woods near the Freeman home, Fort Lauderdale — The woods David cuts through on his way to collect his brother, ending at a ravine. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A Miami bayfront estate with formal gardens, built in the 1910s.
Filmed at Villa Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami — Production notes say the gardens doubled as the forest next to David's house. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Home, eight years later (1986)
David wakes up to a world eight years on, with a missing-child poster that matches his face exactly. His parents are older and Jeff is now 16.
Set in Freeman family home, Fort Lauderdale — The family home where David is reunited with parents and a brother who have all aged. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A coastal Florida city of canals and beaches north of Miami.
Filmed at Fort Lauderdale / Broward County — Principal photography ran ten weeks in Fort Lauderdale; the exact house is not recorded. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The NASA research facility (1986)
Dr. Faraday persuades David to come in for 48 hours of tests. The scientists find his head full of star charts and alien technical manuals.
Set in NASA research facility — The fictional NASA site where Dr. Faraday studies David and the captured spaceship.
A film set, not a real NASA facility.
The hangar where the ship is kept (1986)
Drawn by a telepathic call from the ship, David slips into the hangar where NASA is holding it.
Set in NASA hangar and spacecraft storage — Where NASA keeps the spaceship that crashed through the power lines.
A general aviation airport in northwest Miami-Dade County.
Filmed at Opa-locka Airport hangars — Hangar interiors here stood in for NASA property. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Aboard the ship with Max (1986)
David boards the ship and meets Max, who calls him the Navigator. Together they escape the facility and Max explains what he needs from David's head.
Set in Inside the Trimaxion Drone Ship — The inside of the alien ship, where David meets its robotic commander, Max.
Ski is a town in Akershus county, south of Oslo.
Filmed at Ski, Akershus, Norway — Norwegian Film Commission lists Ski as the location for key exterior sequences with the spacecraft. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The roadside stop (1986)
The ship pulls over and David calls Jeff, who sets off fireworks on the roof so the ship can find their new house.
Set in Roadside gas station — A roadside stop where the spaceship pauses and David phones Jeff.
A small town on Florida's Atlantic coast, north of Palm Beach.
Filmed at BR Horse Ranch, Jupiter, Florida — The roadside general store 'Al's Alligator Farm' was filmed here; the link to the gas-station scene is an assumption. Coordinates are Jupiter town, not the ranch. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The glacier flight (1986)
Max flies his Navigator over ice and snow, and the two argue as they go. Their antics set off UFO reports as far away as Tokyo.
Set in Glacier, location not specified — An icy landscape the ship crosses in flight.
Which scenes use the glacier footage is not documented.
Characters
- David Freeman — A 12-year-old who wakes up eight years later without having aged.
- Max — The robotic commander of the Trimaxion Drone Ship, who calls David the Navigator.
- Jeff Freeman — David's younger brother, 16 years old in 1986.
- Dr. Louis Faraday — The NASA scientist who studies David and the spaceship.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was the forest where David falls into the ravine filmed?
- Where was the alien spaceship filmed?
- Where was the NASA hangar filmed?