Tingo María Airport Explained

Tingo María Airport
Iata:	TGI
Icao:	SPGM
Type:	public
City-Served:	Tingo María, Huánuco, Peru
Elevation-F:	2146
Coordinates:	-9.2875°N -76.005°W
Pushpin Map:	Peru
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of the airport in Peru
Pushpin Label:	TGI
Pushpin Label Position:	top
Metric-Rwy:	y
R1-Number:	01/19
R1-Length-M:	2098
R1-Surface:	Gravel
Footnotes:	Sources: WAD,^[1] GCM, STV Google Maps^[2]

Tingo María Airport 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.^[3]

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.^[4]
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,^[5] crashed into Mount Huacranacro, 100 km (62.5 mls) east of Huaral. The 9 individuals on board (six American and three Peruvians) were killed.^[6] ^[7] The plane may have suffered an engine failure.^[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, for Lima. The 31 occupants were killed.^[10] ^[11] The crash is reported to have effectively ended commercial air links between Tingo María and Lima until LC Perú resumed the route in 2012.^[12]