Zeltweg Air Base

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 35OE Draken until 2005, Northrop F-5E Tiger II, and Eurofighter Typhoons since 2007.
It is also a base for training aircraft, such as the Saab 91 Safir, the Pilatus PC-7 and the Diamond DA 40NG.

AirPower air show

Since 1997, the AirPower show is held at Zeltweg. The 2003 and 2005 editions featured Red Bull Air Race events. The show was held in 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2019. It is scheduled to be held again in 2022.
Franz Hinterstoisser, after whom the airfield was named, was an early pioneer of Austrian aviation.

Zeltweg Military Aviation Museum

Hangar 8 of Hinterstoisser Air Base is home to the "Zeltweg Military Aviation Museum", a branch of the Vienna Museum of Military History. The collection includes over 25 historic aircraft, and associated military equipment.
Aircraft on display include;

Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopter
Agusta-Bell 204 helicopter
De Havilland DH.115 Vampire
Fouga CM.170 Magister
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21R
Saab J29F
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

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 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. The fastest official race lap records at the Zeltweg Air Base are listed as: