Tingo María Airport

Tingo María Airport
IATA: TGI ICAO: SPGM
Summary
Airport type	public
Serves	Tingo María, Huánuco, Peru
Elevation  AMSL	2,146 ft / 654 m
Coordinates	9°17′15″S76°00′18″W / 9.28750°S 76.00500°W / -9.28750; -76.00500
Map
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

Airlines	Destinations
Atsa Airlines	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 individuals on board (six American and three Peruvians) were killed. ^{[9] [10]} The plane may have suffered an engine failure. ^[11]
• On February 25, 1994, Expresso Aéreo Flight 028, a Yakovlev Yak-40 (OB-1559), piloted by two Russians and one Peruvian, ^[12] struck Mount Carpish six minutes after leaving Tingo María, 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

• Transport in Peru
• List of airports in Peru

References

1. "Airport information for SPGM". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. 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 . 23 May 1989.
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. "Russian Plane Crashes in Peru, 29 May Have Died". 27 February 1994.
15. Tingo Maria commercial flights

External links

• OpenStreetMap - Tingo María
• OurAirports - Tingo María
• SkyVector Aeronautical Charts
• Accident history for Tingo María Airport at Aviation Safety Network