Tingo María Airport
Summary
Airport typepublic
ServesTingo María, Huánuco, Peru
Elevation AMSL2,146 ft / 654 m
Coordinates9°17′15″S 76°00′18″W / 9.28750°S 76.00500°W / -9.28750; -76.00500
Map
TGI is located in Peru
TGI
TGI
Location of the airport in Peru
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
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

AirlinesDestinations
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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Airport information for TGI at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ↑ Airport information for Tingo María Airport at Transport Search website.
  4. ↑ Google Maps - Tingo María
  5. ↑ SkyVector TGM
  6. ↑ "Atsa Airlines | Pasajes aéreos y promociones en vuelos nacionales". Archived from the original on 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  7. ↑ Aviation Safety Network database
  8. ↑ Michael Isikoff (1989-05-23). "DRUG AGENTS' BODIES FOUND IN PERU CRASH". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
  9. ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident Cessna 208 Caravan I PNP-021 Huaral".
  10. ↑ "Air Crash Impairs Drug War in Peru". Chicago Tribune.
  11. ↑ "Detroit DEA agent among Peruvian crash victims".
  12. ↑ "Peru Tragedia Aérea". El Tiempo.com. 1994-02-27. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  13. ↑ "ASN Aircraft Accident Yakovlev OB-1559 Tingo Maria". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  14. ↑ https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1994/02/27/russian-plane-crashes-in-peru-29-may-have-died/
  15. ↑ Tingo Maria commercial flights


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