Crew or equipment visible: As Striker is attaching the bomb to the control panel, a crewmember is reflected in the controls.
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Ted Stryker is attempting to land the shuttle, he makes reference to the events of Airplane! (1980) and talks about landing a Boeing 767 in Chicago. In "Airplane!" he was landing a Boeing 707. The Boeing 767 was not in service in 1980.
Continuity: During the airport security screening, the TV is supposedly displaying what we can see. There are two people in the background (on the TV) but not in the main picture.
Continuity: In the opening in the airport, when Scraps the dog is first shot he's on a leash. When they cut back, there's no longer a leash.
Continuity: When Ted lands the shuttle on the moon, it bypassed the moon colony and crashed as it did it spun around so the nose was now facing to the Base, later in a long shot, when everyone was jumping out of the shuttle the long camera shot shows a long deep trail left by the shuttle crash, yet there is no spin out trail and the shuttle nose is facing away from the base
Continuity: When McCroskey informs Striker about Joe Salucci, he doesn't mention ether the insurance nor Salucci's impotence. Yet Striker mentions both when he confronts Salucci.
Continuity: When Striker is in the passenger seat and throws his drink in his face, you see his shirt wet. In the long shot of him and Elaine talking his shirt is completely dry.
Continuity: Right after they blow the computer, Ted tells Elaine she'd better check the readout. When she gets up, the back of her shirt is untucked. A moment later, when she is standing at the engineer's station, the back of her shirt is tucked in.