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Tingo María Airport

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Airport type
  
public

01/19
  
2,098

6,883
  
Gravel

Phone
  
+51 988 002 194

Elevation AMSL
  
2,146 ft / 654 m

2,098
  
6,883

Code
  
TGI

Serves
  
Tingo María

Tingo María Airport

Address
  
Jose Abelardo Quiñones, Tacna, Peru

Similar
  
Parque Nacional Tingo Ma, Hotel Oro Verde, Hotel Madera Verde, Universid Nacional Agraria d, ALOJAMI ECO RURAL V

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.

Accidents and incidents

  • 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.
  • On February 25, 1994, an Expresso Aéreo Yakovlev Yak-40 (OB-1559), piloted by two Russians and one Peruvian, struck Mount Carpish six minutes after leaving Tingo María, Peru for Lima. The 31 occupants were killed.

    • References

    Tingo María Airport Wikipedia
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