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{{Short description|Austrian airbase and former race track}}
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{{Infobox airport
| name                = Zeltweg Air Base
| nativename          = Fliegerhorst Hinterstoisser
| IATA                = 
| ICAO                = LOXZ
| image               = Zeltweg Airfield Fliegerhorst Hinterstoisser 04.jpg
| type                = 
| city-served         = 
| location            = [[Austria]]
| elevation-f         = 2238
| elevation-m         = 682
| coordinates         = {{coord|47|12|8|N|14|44|32|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map         = Austria
| pushpin_label       = LOXZ
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Fliegerhorst Hinterstoisser in Austria
| r1-number           = 08/26
| r1-length-f         = 9,022
| r1-length-m         = 2,750
| r1-surface          = Asphalt
| r2-number           = 08L/26R
| r2-length-f         = 3,609
| r2-length-m         = 1,100
| r2-surface          = Grass
| metric-rwy          = y
| footnotes           = Source: Landings.com<ref name="Landings">[http://aerobaticsweb.org/cgi-bin/search_apt?LOXZ Airport record for Fliegerhorst Hinterstoisser] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415112540/http://aerobaticsweb.org/cgi-bin/search_apt?LOXZ |date=15 April 2014 }} at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08</ref><ref name="Google">{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?ht=en&z=13&t=k&q=47.2021388888889,14.7420277777778+%28Zeltweg+Airport%29|title=location of Fliegerhorst Hinterstoisser|access-date=2013-08-08}}</ref>
}}
[[File:AIRPOWER16 - Der Freitag (28784013393).jpg|thumb|Crowds at Zeltweg Air Base for Airpower 2016]]
[[File:Austrian Air Force Pilatus PC-7 Lofting-1.jpg|thumb|Pilatus PC-7, Zeltweg, 2008|alt=|right]]
'''Zeltweg Air Base''', known in German 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==
Zeltweg Air Base has been home to the Austrian Air Force's Surveillance Squadron since 1976, operating a variety of jet types, including [[Saab 35 Draken|Saab 35OE Draken]] until 2005, [[Northrop F-5|Northrop F-5E Tiger II]], and [[Eurofighter Typhoon]]s since 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=2staffel-uberwachungsgeschwader |url=https://natotigers.org/tiger-unit/2staffel-uberwachungsgeschwader |website=NatoTigers.org |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>

It is also a base for training aircraft, such as the [[Saab 91 Safir]] (retired 1992),<ref>{{cite web |title=Photo of Saab 91 3F-SS on last day of service |url=https://www.airhistory.net/photo/184830/3F-SS |website=www.airhistory.net |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref> the [[Pilatus PC-7]] (12 in service, since 1984) and the [[Diamond DA40 Diamond Star|Diamond DA 40NG]] (4, since 2018).<ref>{{cite web |title=New Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte DA40NG (article dated 22nd November 2018) |url=https://www.key.aero/article/new-osterreichische-luftstreitkrafte-da40-ng |website=Key.aero |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref>

==AirPower air show==
Since 1997, the AirPower show is held at Zeltweg. The 2003 and 2005 editions featured [[Red Bull Air Race]] events.<ref>{{cite web |title=2003 - Red Bull air race is born |url=https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/red-bull-air-race-key-moments |website=redbull.com |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airshow Action Zeltweg AIRPOWER05 |url=https://steehouwer.com/galleries/2005/zeltweg-2005-airpower05-austria/ |website=steehouwer.com |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> The show was held in 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2019.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}} It is scheduled to be held again in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bundesheer veranstaltet 2022 die AIRPOWER in Zeltweg|url=https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20210906_OTS0125/bundesheer-veranstaltet-2022-die-airpower-in-zeltweg-bild|access-date=2021-10-28|website=OTS.at|language=de}}</ref>

Franz Hinterstoisser, after whom the airfield was named, was an early pioneer of Austrian aviation (1863-1933).<ref>{{cite book |title=Aus-Meinem-Luftschiffertagebuche, Franz-Hinterstoisser |id={{ASIN|1167508564|country=uk}} }}</ref>

==Zeltweg Military Aviation Museum==
Hangar 8 of Hinterstoisser Air Base is home to the "Zeltweg Military Aviation Museum" (''Militärluftfahrtmuseum Zeltweg''), a branch of the Vienna Museum of Military History (''Heeresgeschichtliches Museum''). The collection includes over 25 historic aircraft, and associated military equipment.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zeltweg Military Aviation Museum |url=https://www.hgm.at/besuch/militaerluftfahrtmuseum-zeltweg#c249 |website=Heeresgeschichtliches Museum |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref>

Aircraft on display include;<ref>{{cite web |title=Luftfahrtmuseum Zeltweg |url=https://www.aviationmuseum.eu/Blogvorm/luftfahrtmuseum-zeltweg/ |website=aviationmuseum.eu |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mig-21R, Zeltweg Museum |url=https://www.planewatcher.com/details.php?image_id=3805 |website=planewatcher.com |access-date=27 August 2024 |archive-date=27 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240827020903/https://www.planewatcher.com/details.php?image_id=3805 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Aérospatiale Alouette III]] helicopter
* [[Agusta-Bell 204]] helicopter
* [[De Havilland DH.115 Vampire]]
* [[Fouga CM.170 Magister]]
* [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21]]R (Yugoslav AF)
* [[Saab J29F]]
* [[Saab 35 Draken|Saab 35OE Draken]]
* [[Saab 105]] jet trainer
* [[Short SC.7 Skyvan]]
* [[Yakovlev Yak-18]] - the first aircraft to enter service with the Austrian Armed Forces of the Second Republic
<gallery>
File:J29F.jpg|Saab J29F
File:Draken Austria (26621347063).jpg|Saab 35OE Draken
File:MIG 21.jpg|MIG 21R
File:Skyvan SC-7.jpg|Skyvan SC-7
File:Safir Austria (27258858036).jpg|Saab 91 Safir (now preserved at Zeltweg Museum)
File:Luftfahrtmuseum 2.jpg|General view of museum
</gallery>

==Motorsports==
{{Infobox motorsport venue
| name             = Zeltweg
| location         = [[Zeltweg]], [[Styria]], [[Austria]]
| image            = [[File:Circuit Zeltweg.svg|class=skin-invert|250px|Zeltweg Airfield]]
| image_caption    = Grand Prix Circuit (1957–1968)
| capacity         = 
| fia_grade         = 
| owner            = 
| operator         = 
| broke_ground     = 
| opened           = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1957|10|06}}
| closed           = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1968|08|25}}
| construction_cost= 
| architect        = 
| former_names     =
| events           = [[World Sportscar Championship]] ''[[1000 km Zeltweg|500km of Zeltweg]]'' (1966–1968)<br /> [[Formula One]] ''[[Austrian Grand Prix]]'' (1964)
| layout          = Grand Prix Circuit (1957–1968)
| surface          = 
| length_km        = 3.186
| length_mi        = 1.980
| turns            = 4
| record_time      = 1:04.820
| record_driver    = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jo Siffert]]
| record_car       = [[Porsche 908]]
| record_year      = [[1968 World Sportscar Championship|1968]]
| record_class     = [[Group 6 (motorsport)#Group 6 Prototype-Sports Cars (1966 to 1971)|Group 6]]
|}}
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 Austrian Grand Prix|1964]]. The [[World Sportscar Championship]] [[1000 km Zeltweg|Zeltweg 500 Kilometres]] was held later, until the track was abandoned in 1969 following the construction of the purpose-built [[Red Bull Ring|Österreichring]] nearby at Kattigar.

===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''.<ref name='1968_zeltweg_500km'>{{cite web |title=Zeltweg 500 Kilometres 1968 |url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Zeltweg-1968-08-25.html |website=racingsportscars.com |date=25 August 1968 |access-date=23 January 2015}}</ref> The fastest official race lap records at the Zeltweg Air Base are listed as:

{| class=wikitable
! Category !! Time !! Driver !! Vehicle !! Event
|-
! colspan=5 | Grand Prix Circuit: 3.186&nbsp;km (1957–1968)
|-
| [[Group 6 (motorsport)#Group 6 Prototype-Sports Cars (1966 to 1971)|Group 6]] || '''1:04.820'''<ref name='1968_zeltweg_500km' /> || [[Jo Siffert]] || [[Porsche 908]] || [[1968 World Sportscar Championship|1968 500km of Zeltweg]]
|-
| [[Group 4 (motorsport)|Group 4]] || '''1:09.400'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Zeltweg 500 Kilometres 1967 |url=https://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Zeltweg-1967-08-20.html |website=racingsportscars.com |date=20 August 1967 |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref>
|| [[Denny Hulme]]{{efn|name=1967 Zeltweg Sportscar|Both drivers took the same lap time independently.}}<br>[[Paul Hawkins (racing driver)|Paul Hawkins]]{{efn|name=1967 Zeltweg Sportscar|Both drivers took the same lap time independently.}} || [[Ford GT40]]{{efn|name=1967 Zeltweg Sportscar|Both drivers took the same lap time independently.}} || [[1967 World Sportscar Championship|1967 Sports Car Grand Prix Österrich]]
|-
| [[Formula One]] || '''1:10.560''' || [[Dan Gurney]] || [[Brabham BT7]] || [[1964 Austrian Grand Prix]]
|-
| [[Formula Two]] || '''1:16.000'''<ref>{{cite web |title=1960 Zeltweg F2 |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1960-zeltweg-f2/ |website=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport Magazine]] |date=18 September 1960 |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref> || [[Stirling Moss]] || [[Porsche 718#Formula Two|Porsche 718]] || [[1960 Formula Two season#Non-championship race results|1960 Flugplatzrennen]]
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Commons category|Zeltweg Airfield}}
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[[Category:Austrian Grand Prix]]
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[[Category:Motorsport venues in Styria]]
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[[Category:Austrian Air Force airbases]]