Tingo María Airport

Airport in Peru

TGI

Location of the airport in Peru

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
01/19	2,098	6,883	Gravel

Sources: WAD,^[1] GCM,^[2] STV^[3] Google Maps^[4]

Tingo María Airport (IATA: TGI, ICAO: SPGM) is an airport serving Tingo María, in the Huánuco Region of Peru. The runway is alongside the west bank of the Huallaga River.

The Tingo Maria non-directional beacon (Ident: TGM) is located on the field.^[5]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
ATSA	Lima^[6]

Accidents and incidents

On December 8, 1967, a Faucett DC-4 airliner, crashed into Mount Carpish at 10,200 feet, shortly before it was scheduled to land at Tingo María on a flight from Huánuco, killing all 66 passengers and six crew.^[7]
On May 20, 1989, a US or Peruvian-owned Cessna 208 Caravan (PNP-021) that had left Tingo María on a DEA coca eradication mission taking place in the context of Operation Snowcap,^[8] crashed into Mount Huacranacro, 100 km (62.5 mls) east of Huaral. The 9 occupants (six American and three Peruvians) were killed.^[9]^[10] The plane may have suffered an engine failure.^[11]
On February 25, 1994, an Expresso Aéreo Yakovlev Yak-40 (OB-1559), piloted by two Russians and one Peruvian,^[12] struck Mount Carpish six minutes after leaving Tingo María, Peru for Lima. The 31 occupants were killed.^[13]^[14] The crash is reported to have effectively ended commercial air links between Tingo María and Lima until LC Perú resumed the route in 2012.^[15]

References

^ "Airport information for SPGM". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006.
^ Airport information for TGI at Great Circle Mapper.
^ Airport information for Tingo María Airport at Transport Search website.
^ Google Maps - Tingo María
^ SkyVector TGM
^ "Atsa Airlines | Pasajes aéreos y promociones en vuelos nacionales". Archived from the original on 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
^ Aviation Safety Network database
^ Michael Isikoff (1989-05-23). "DRUG AGENTS' BODIES FOUND IN PERU CRASH". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
^ "ASN Aircraft accident Cessna 208 Caravan I PNP-021 Huaral".
^ "Air Crash Impairs Drug War in Peru". Chicago Tribune.
^ "Detroit DEA agent among Peruvian crash victims".
^ "Peru Tragedia Aérea". El Tiempo.com. 1994-02-27. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
^ "ASN Aircraft Accident Yakovlev OB-1559 Tingo Maria". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
^ https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1994/02/27/russian-plane-crashes-in-peru-29-may-have-died/
^ Tingo Maria commercial flights