Josefa Camejo International Airport

Josefa Camejo International Airport
IATA: LSP – ICAO: SVJC
Summary
Airport type Public
Location Las Piedras (es), Venezuela
Elevation AMSL 75 ft / 23 m
Coordinates 11°46′50″N 70°09′00″W / 11.78056°N 70.15000°W / 11.78056; -70.15000
Map
LSP

Location of airport in Venezuela

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,800 9,186 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

Josefa Camejo International Airport (IATA: LSP, ICAO: SVJC), is an airport serving the Paraguaná Peninsula in Venezuela. The airport is named in honor of Josefa Camejo,[3] a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence.

Runway length does not include a 500 metres (1,600 ft) paved overrun on the east end.

The Paraguana non-directional beacon (Ident: PRG) and VOR-DME (Ident: PRG) are located on the field.[4][5]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Albatros Airlines Aruba
Aserca Airlines Caracas
Conviasa Caracas
Insel Air Aruba, Curaçao
Tiara Air Aruba

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Amerijet International Miami

Accidents and incidents

On Monday 5 December 2011, a flight from Aruba by the company Tiara Air departing from Josefa Camejo International Airport was on the runway going at full speed to depart when a donkey appeared on the runway. The aircraft, a Shorts 360, hit the donkey with the right main gear; the pilots kept climbing and continued the flight to Aruba for an emergency landing, which was performed safely with no injury on board.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for LSP at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ↑ Google Maps - Paraguana
  3. ↑ Josefa Camejo Spanish
  4. ↑ PRG NDB
  5. ↑ PRG VOR
  6. ↑ Accident history for LSP at Aviation Safety Network


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