Siegerland Airport Siegerlandflughafen | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Serves | Siegerland, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Burbach | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,965 ft / 599 m | ||||||||||||||||||
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Siegerland Airport (IATA: SGE, ICAO: EDGS) or Siegerlandflughafen in German is a small regional airport in Burbach in the Siegerland region near Siegen, Germany. It was formerly served by the Scheuerfeld–Emmerzhausen railway and is presently used as the maintenance base for Avanti Air.
There are no scheduled services to and from Siegerland Airport. It is largely used for general aviation and parachuting.
On 8 September 1985 the airport hosted a DTM race, the circuit was called Siegerlandring.[citation needed]
The fastest official race lap records at Siegerlandring are listed as:
| Category | Time | Driver | Vehicle | Date |
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| Airfield Circuit: 3.346 km (1980–2000)[2] | ||||
| Group C | 1:01.960[3] | Oscar Larrauri | Porsche 962C | 1992 Int. 15. ADAC-Siegerland Flughafenrennen |
| Formula One | 1:04.150[4] | Walter Lechner | March 821 | 1983 Int. 6. ADAC Siegerland Flughafenrennen |
| Group 6 | 1:06.384[5] | Volkert Merl | Porsche 908/3 Turbo | 1982 ADAC Siegerland Flughafenrennen |
| Formula Three | 1:10.980[6] | Frank Jelinski | Ralt RT3 | 1981 Flughafenrennen Siegerland |
| Group A | 1:21.960[7] | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Volvo 240 Turbo | 1985 Siegerland DTM round |
