Zeltweg Air Base

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Zeltweg Air Base Fliegerhorst Hinterstoisser
IATA: none ICAO: LOXZ
Summary
Airport type	joint public/military
Serves	Zeltweg
Location	Austria
Elevation AMSL	2,238 ft / 682 m
Coordinates	47°12′8″N 14°44′32″E / 47.20222°N 14.74222°E / 47.20222; 14.74222
Map
LOXZ Location of Fliegerhorst Hinterstoisser in Austria
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 2,750 9,022 ASPHALT 08L/26R 1,100 3,609 GRASS
Source: Landings.com[1][2]

Zeltweg Air Base

Grand Prix Circuit (1957–1968)
Location	Zeltweg, Styria, Austria
Time zone	CET (UTC+1) CEST (DST)
Broke ground	1957
Opened	6 October 1957; 66 years ago (1957-10-06)
Closed	25 August 1968; 55 years ago (1968-08-25)
Major events	Formula One Austrian Grand Prix (1964) World Sportscar Championship 500km of Zeltweg (1966–1968)
Grand Prix Circuit (1957–1968)
Length	3.186 km (1.980 miles)
Turns	4
Race lap record	1:04.820 ( Jo Siffert, Porsche 908, 1968, Group 6)

Zeltweg Air Base, now known as Fliegerhorst Hinterstoisser, is a military airfield in Styria, Austria near Zeltweg. It is the main airfield of the Austrian Air Force. It was also used as a motor racing circuit in the 1960s.

History

Since 1997, the AirPower show is held at Zeltweg. The 2003 and 2005 editions featured Red Bull Air Race events.^{[citation needed]} The show was held in 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2019.^{[citation needed]} It is scheduled to be held again in 2022.^[3]

Motorsports

Built in 1957 in Styria, the idea for the track came from the United Kingdom's success at Silverstone Circuit, also built on the site of an airfield. However, the track engineers at Zeltweg failed to take into account the abrasive nature of the surface. A lone Formula One World Championship Grand Prix was held in 1964. The World Sportscar Championship Zeltweg 500 Kilometres was held later, until the track was abandoned in 1969 following the construction of the purpose-built Österreichring just across the street.

Lap records

The Formula 1 lap record on the Zeltweg Airfield circuit is 1:10.560 by Dan Gurney in a Brabham BT7, while the overall lap record is 1:04.820 and was set by Jo Siffert in a Porsche 908 during the 1968 Zeltweg 500 Kilometres.^[4] The fastest official race lap records at the Zeltweg Air Base are listed as:

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