Een 12-jarige jongen raakt vermist in 1978, om in 1986 ineens weer op te duiken. In de 8 jaar die zijn voorbij gegaan, is David niet ouder geworden. Het is geen toeval dat ten tijde van de terugkeer van David, er verstrikt in elektriciteitskabels een UFO wordt gevonden.
Nee, helaas is Flight of the Navigator nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | David Joseph | Producer |
| Production | Mark Damon | Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert Wald | Producer |
| Production | John W. Hyde | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Mark H. Baker | Original Story |
| Editing | Jeff Gourson | Editor |
| Writing | Michael Burton | Screenplay |
| Production | Dimitri Villard | Producer |
| Writing | Matt MacManus | Screenplay |
| Production | Jonathan Sanger | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Randal Kleiser | Director |
| Sound | Alan Silvestri | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | James Glennon | Director of Photography |
| Art | Thierry Coup | Set Designer |
| Camera | Craig Haagensen | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Jack Bennett | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Jane Feinberg | Casting |
| Art | Scott Jacobson | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Emile Razpopov | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Dessie Markovsky | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Steve Maslow | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Michael Novotny | Art Direction |
| Camera | Ron Goodman | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Jim Borgardt | ADR & Dubbing |
| Production | Valorie Massalas | Casting |
| Visual Effects | Peter Donen | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Art | Gabriel C. Ell | Construction Coordinator |
| Sound | Kenneth Karman | Music Editor |
| Camera | Jordan Klein Sr. | Underwater Camera |
| Visual Effects | Craig Boyajian | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Lighting | Gary Holt | Gaffer |
| Production | Mike Fenton | Casting |
| Directing | Lillian O. MacNeill | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Robert J. Litt | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | William J. Creber | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Diana Johnson | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Lou Byrd | Costume Design |
| Sound | Robert Wald | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Elliot Tyson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | James H. Armfield | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Courtney Brown | Stunt Double |
| Sound | Walter A. Gest | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Peter Lyons Collister | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Sound | Tim Webb | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Malcolm R. Harding | Production Manager |
| Directing | Randall Badger | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Peter Bogart | First Assistant Director |
