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Independence Day

Wendover Airfield

Wendover · United States  ·  Hiller reports to air base

Independence Day filmed at Wendover Airfield, Wendover. Hiller reports for duty at this abandoned airfield on the Nevada border, which plays the El Toro air base. On screen it's El Toro air base.

Where to go

40.730008, -114.02876
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Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
Independence Day (1996)
On screen
El Toro air base
In real life
Wendover Airfield, Wendover
Can you visit?
Closed to visitors
Time to allow
—
Confidence
Probable

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Questions

Where exactly did Independence Day film at Wendover Airfield?
At 40.730008, -114.02876 in Wendover. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Wendover Airfield?
Closed to visitors.
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