Tingo María Airport

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″S 76°00′18″W
Map
	TGI Location of the airport in Peru
Runways
	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]

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 newly built Peruvian National Police Cessna 208 Caravan (PNP-021) that had left Tingo María, crashed into Mount Huacranacro, 100 km (62.5 mls) east of Huaral. The 9 occupants were killed.[8]
On February 25, 1994, an Expresso Aéreo Yakovlev Yak-40 (OB-1559), piloted by two Russians and one Peruvian,[9] struck Mount Carpish six minutes after leaving Tingo María, Peru for Lima. The 31 occupants were killed.[10] This crash effectively ended commercial air links between Tingo María and Lima until LC Perú resumed the route in 2012.[11]

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